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Brazil is my home and it's where I have my soul. One thing I have

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clear, motor racing is exciting. Motor racing is a sport that brings

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people to the limit, men and machine. A desire to go faster and

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faster all the time. I was part of it. Fear is very important,

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fundamental feeling of self preservation. It determines your

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limits. We expose ourselves to danger. We are used to being on the

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edge. If you are ahead most of the time,

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if you are on pole position, if you lead races more than anybody by far,

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you are always focused. We have to do what we believe is

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right, not what other people would like you to do, because they are

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competition, they are not on your side.

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You have to aim for what your heart tells you. If you believe in

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something you go to it right to the end. The reason for it is to

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succeed, so win. -- to win. The philosophy of a Brazilian legend,

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but it took him eight attempts to win this Brazilian Grand Prix and

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today Lewis Hamilton will try to emulate his hero and win here in

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Interlagos Brazil on his ninth attempt. He may have won the World

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Championship but he has built. This box to take. Mercedes have owned

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2015 and Nico still has to bring home the second place. He increased

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his chances with a win last time in home the second place. He increased

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Mexico. Now 21 points the gap to Sebastian Vettel. Then the finished

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battle between Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen rages at third place.

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-- the Finnish battle for fourth place. Williams are ready to

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celebrate their victory over Red Bull to third place. Obviously the

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Formula 1 paddock is deeply saddened by the tragic events in Paris two

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days ago. You will see all of the drivers and officials wearing black

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armbands in tribute to those who lost their lives, and many of the

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teams are displaying messages as a mark of respect. We will have all of

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the race action for you in just a moment, but first of all here is the

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story of qualifying, with Lee McKenzie.

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Fernando Alonso had a second engine failure of the weekend, which gave

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him some time to work on his tan if not his grid position. Jenson Button

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also hashed out in Q1 but before they went back to a despondent

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garage, data at the time to savour the podium, something the two former

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champions have not done for a while. The two Felipe Massa riddle art

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friends but that was almost tested when they came together on the

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track. Felipe Nasr was given a 3 place grid penalty and now starts

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from 13. Nico Rosberg had looked more comfortable than Lewis Hamilton

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throughout the three sessions and he put in a great early lap to take

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provisional pole, which he then battered again. Hamilton is flying

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but then missed out on pole position by eight hundredths of a second. The

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lab was really good and to try and better that afterwards, it's such a

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fine line, difficult to pull something out. I was down a tent and

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a half or something like that. It makes for an exciting race tomorrow.

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It was the speed on one lap and beating me in qualifying all the

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time, that is what made the difference. Nico Rosberg made his

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with consecutive pole position and Mercedes set a new single-season

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record for the most front row starts, with 31. The Ferraris line

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up behind. Hulkenberg is fifth, matching his best position of the

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year. Daniil Kvyat is alongside. After a grid penalty, Valtteri

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Bottas emerges in seven. Felipe Nasr is the highest placed Brazilian and

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behind them are the two Toro Rossos. The Saubers are 13th. Pastor

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Maldonado gets his highest starting position at Interlagos. Daniel

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Ricciardo used the new upgraded Renault engine but not only was it

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slower than the older one, he had to take a templated for the change.

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Fernando Alonso is alongside. COMMENTATOR: Getting ready for the

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start, Lewis Hamilton chasing his 44th career win and Mercedes win, at

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a track he is yet to conquer. Rosberg against Hamilton up towards

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Turn 1, Vettel gets away Rosberg against Hamilton up towards

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Hamilton is in front, was Berg going wheel-to-wheel but decides against

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it and now Rosberg has the advantage, Vettel in third and

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Raikkonen in fourth place. Lotus running wide. Daniil Kvyat is going

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to be overtaken. That is Hulkenberg who lost some places who is coming

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back. Rosberg makes a great start and offline goes one of the

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McLarens. It was Alonzo, I think. Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel. Max

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Verstappen has had a good getaway in ninth. Sergio Perez is 10th. Felipe

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Massa in the blue and yellow Sauber -- Felipe Nasr. Alonzo is still

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running and hopefully he will not have lost too much ground. Problems

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for Carlos Sainz. The rear axle is completely locked. You can see the

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black lines on the track. Whatever the

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It's all gone horribly wrong for Carlos Sainz in the opening stages,

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but Nico Rosberg leads at the end of the first lap. If the rear axle is

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locked, they may well have to go for the safety car. Sergio Perez

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battling with Verstappen and he is in front of the Dutchman. Trying to

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see if Romain Grosjean has made progress, he has. A reasonably good

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start from Romain Grosjean. Maldonado in 15. Yellows in the

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second sector of the lap, so no overtaking there. Rosberg leads from

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Hamilton, they are all passing the stricken car of the Carlos Sainz

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over on the right hand side. One Toro Rosso out of this Grand Prix

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already and that doesn't help them close the gap towards Lotus, but the

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other Toro Rosso currently holding on to 10th place. So in the points,

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with Grosjean battling not far behind him. That could be very

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interesting to keep an eye on. Sergio Perez holding onto ninth

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position. The two Ferraris pulling away from the next group, which is

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headed up by Bottas. It wasn't a bad start from Hamilton. You will see

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Hamilton comes in behind Rosberg, picks up the slipstream and then

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goes to the outside. A fast start from Bottas around the outside as

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well. Hamilton tries to go around the outside but decides to her on

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the side of caution. The Renaults going two abreast at Turn 3. That's

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not something you normally see. Vettel's getaway, he was just out

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powered by the Mercedes Grand Prix car. A small lock-up as he defends

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the inside line. Defending fresh air because if Raikkonen was beside him,

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he would be under strict instructions... Hulkenberg didn't

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capitalise on his strong qualifying position. This battle between the

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Finns, not much to separate them. Ricciardo... Into the pits. He was

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about 13th position before the pit stop. That is very early to be going

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in. Getting a cheer from the crowd, I'm not sure what that is but I

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presume it is a Brazilian overtaking someone. Hamilton ahead of Rosberg

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and he has DRS, so he's going for it. No question of him having to

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extend the life of the tyres. Rosberg is the prime call on who

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gets to stop first. It is still was Berg by a narrow margin over his

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team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Vettel sitting a second and a Harper hide

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in third. Raikkonen is in fourth. The first of the Red Bulls is in

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sixth. The other one is at the back. Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil

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Kvyat, Hulkenberg, Felipe Massa, Sergio Perez and Verstappen. A

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little gap behind them to Felipe Nasr and Romain Grosjean. It may

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well be a strategy called to get him clean air. We know that that engine

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has not performed as well as the other engine. It looks like we're

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about to see one of the first DRS passes of the afternoon. Here comes

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Romain Grosjean, he's going to go flying past Felipe Nasr's Sauber.

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That was just enough for Romain Grosjean to take full advantage and

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use the DRS and the Mercedes horsepower up the hill. That puts

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Grosjean on the verge of points, although he still needs to move up

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one more. He will go chasing after Max Verstappen in that tussle

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between Toro Rosso and Lotus. Let's watch how this evolved from Felipe

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Nasr's points of view. He position watch how this evolved from Felipe

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him in -- himself in his slipstream and was unable to capitalise.

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RADIO: Well done, keep pushing. Felipe Nasr had been asking how to

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get more straight-line speed on the radio. The little mistake that he

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made I don't think helped matters. Daniel Ricciardo being urged to get

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through and passed the Manor Marussia F1 cars as soon as

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possible. Not to lose any time behind them, and he is behind Will

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Stevens. He nearly rammed into behind them, and he is behind Will

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back of him, I don't think he was prepared for just how slow the Manor

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Marussia is. It shouldn't be a big surprise. His team-mate locking

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massively as he rolls the kind to Turn 10. This is really bad news for

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Daniel Ricciardo, that he has spent the best part of a quarter of a lap

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behind him. Nico Hulkenberg has come into the pits, quite an early start

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for the Force India on Lap 10. Should still be able to make it a

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two-stop race from there but he is one of the earlier stops. He will be

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aiming to come out in front of Daniel Ricciardo, as Daniel goes for

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the pass. Even without DRS, I think the straight-line speed is blatantly

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obvious. He will hope to come out in front of Hulkenberg. He is well out

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in front. That was probably a strategic move for them. So,

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Hulkenberg trying to get himself a bit of clean air now as well. A

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Hulkenberg trying to get himself a number of teams reporting that tyres

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are OK, and Hulkenberg them.

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RADIO: Box this lap, box this lab. Felipe Massa being brought in next

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as well. Hulkenberg dated in Lap 10 and the predicted life of this tyre,

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that gives him 30 laps for the rest of the race. Bang on predictions so

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far. Everyone is going with two stop options. Plenty in, Kvyat is in and

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Felipe Massa as well, and there is -- and Sergio Perez. Felipe Massa,

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the Williams crew going to work. It looks like a clean start. Romain

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Grosjean peeling off now and Daniil Kvyat is already on his way back out

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once again. J Parrott is still going to be in front of Grosjean, but

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where will they both be relative to Verstappen, who has stayed out?

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That's going to be an interesting one in the lower reaches of the top

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ten, but definitely trying to undercut the Toro Rosso of

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Verstappen. It'll be all about the breaks into

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four. He manages to fend off Kvyat, they were both on the limit on the

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brakes into Turn 4. Nico Hulkenberg, a very useful manoeuvre. Keeps him

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ahead of Daniil Kvyat. Bottas is now being in the other Williams, let's

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see if he has an equally trouble-free stop. That looked like

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a superb stop by the Williams team. Not the best of the season but

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nonetheless effective. This Not the best of the season but

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interesting, Verstappen, to see where Verstappen comes back out. All

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having to react because they know the fresh tyre gives them the

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opportunity to push hard. You can find yourself getting jumped. He is

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reacted to that. Let's keep an eye. He's going to be close with

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Grosjean, making his way to the exit Turn 3. Meanwhile, Rosberg

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continuing... Verstappen just popped out in front of Grosjean. We're not

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seeing it, but I think Verstappen has held onto that position, thought

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it would work, fought Lotus to go for the earliest. You can see the

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disappointment on the faces of Toro Rosso because it hasn't... In fact,

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they'll be happy, because they stay in front of Lotus. That has worked

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well. Ferrari coming in by the looks of things, will Mercedes react?

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Raikkonen into the pit. Hamilton has just edged the gap at 1.5 seconds,

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interesting. It would suggest to me that he has the speed but again he

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has been neutralised like we saw in Mexico. It continues to highlight

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the importance of qualifying, getting out of the first corner

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first. Keeping an eye from the commentary box position, expect the

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Mercedes team to move fairly soon, we expected to be Rosberg. He'll

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have the advantage of fresh tyres. If he were to pit now, he'd come out

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just behind Raikkonen. TEAM RADIO: books, books, box, remember

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left-hand. Raikkonen just rejoined, plenty still to play with alongside

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Valtteri Bottas. We could have another dice between the two, only

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three points separating Bottas and Raikkonen in the World

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Championships, there could be a race between them. At the moment

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Bottas's troubles are to get past Maldonado, who hasn't been in yet. A

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genuine race for position. started on the medium compound tyre.

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In comes the race leader, Nico Rosberg. We need to see an

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absolutely clean stop from Rosberg's point of view. This is

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where Hamilton has an opportunity if he can get a quick lap in. It'll be

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difficult, he'll need to go faster. It was a slow start. He can pull off

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a 2 second pit stop, so Hamilton's fate could lie in the power of the

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stop. Vettel was coming in, so they couldn't get him out, that could

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cost him crucial time. Vettel has been running about two four tenths

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of a second quicker than Mercedes. The Ferrari starting to show more

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pace than maybe the practice times would have suggested. Bottas has got

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past Maldonado, an important manoeuvre. Get that done quickly.

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Not be held up behind the Lotus that did start on those medium tyres.

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You'll go deeper into this race before making his pit stop. Hamilton

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leads this race, will he be in on the next lap? He be in on the next

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lap? He's coming in the Mercedes team can deliver him a 2 second pit

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stop, he has a real chance. He was one and a half seconds behind before

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the stops. Looking at how Bottas cup as Maldonado, relatively

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straightforward into Turn 1. Hamilton into the pits as Rob Bird

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sets the fastest time around the circuit. -- as Rosberg set the

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fastest time. 3.6. He gained a little bit but I'm not sure it'll be

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enough. Rosberg passing the commentary box now. Side-by-side in

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Turn 1, unfortunately Lewis as to make his way around the inner pit

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lane area much slower. The gap is going to be the same, if not

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slightly more, because Rosberg has aced the middle sector. Rosberg

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retains his lead, but Hamilton is still close behind him, plenty of

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time to go in this Grand Prix. Only on Lap 15 of 71 and Hamilton will

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have to come up with a plan not to be beaten. At backed races by his

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team-mate Nico Rosberg. Couldn't find a way past in Mexico, what can

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he do here? Was that stop a problem or was it simply waiting for Vettel

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to come in that delayed him? Watch the lights, looks like he's waiting

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for the lights. It was Vettel who got in the way. Hulkenberg catchy

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Maldonado. Should be very straightforward and it is, Maldonado

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doesn't fight the position. On tyres that have done more work. Hulkenberg

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sixth, ahead of him Valtteri Bottas. The first in from Williams

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was great from Bottas, they had that three pace penalty on the grid and

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it put him seventh, but there is Bottas running round in fifth

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place. Getting ahead of Force India. Chasing Raikkonen. We plan to extend

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this stint slightly, it will be longer than planned on this stint.

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Rosberg will be looking after his tyres, usually effective at doing

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that. Not much that could be done. Small attempt at defending, but

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really you just pick up dirt on your tyres. Verstappen has been told to

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control the gap to Grosjean behind him because we're into a long stint.

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Hamilton has suddenly caught Rosberg, the gap down to half a

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second as they crossed the line. There it is. Whether there was a

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mistake on that last lap by Nico Rosberg I don't know, but it's got

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closer. Then it opens likely because of that long Turn 3 and Hamilton

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hasn't been fed the same clean air as Rosberg in front, Rosberg knows

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that, that's the benefit of leading the Grand Prix. He'll be working his

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tyres harder. TEAM RADIO: Lewis is trying quite hard. Which means he

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may well be playing with engine settings and will have a certain

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amount of prime engine settings they can use during the Grand Prix. At

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this stage Lewis may be using all of them. I don't know the exact amounts

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Mercedes will have, they might have ten available, which runs the engine

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closer to its maximum qualifying potential. The downside is you use

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more fuel. Therefore you don't have that available for later in the

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Grand Prix. Really putting a charge on here, Lewis Hamilton, in his

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attempts to close the gap up. This was the previous lap. Hamilton got

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pretty close, didn't he? Yeah, the downside of carrying speed is it

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compromises your line through, too. Let him see my car, you can pick up

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things in your peripheral vision. Matter is chasing Maldonado because

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Kvyat is already gone past. -- Felipe Massa. Kvyat is in seventh

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place, Massa eighth. Lewis's tire surface temperatures will be going

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through the roof as he follows his team-mate. One of the things about

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this racetrack is most of the corners, 4-12, are in a 2 kilometre

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stretch, so the tire surface temperature goes up and you tend to

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slide. -- tyre surface temperature. You can't get the tyre to recover,

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there is no straight to cool things down, that is why it's exacerbating

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the problem. We can see Nasr going down the side of the McLaren, big

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lock-up. Jenson Button is fair, leaves the door open. -- leaves.

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TEAM RADIO: impossible to follow this track. Hamilton says it's

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impossible to follow at this track. It's the nature in Formula 1 and

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that it's terribly difficult with a loss of downforce, just like Mexico

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last time when Rosberg has lead position, proving very difficult for

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Hamilton. Grosjean moving out of the slipstream of Verstappen, not a

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proper attempt to overtake. Like we saw Hamilton moving around behind

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Rosberg, doing the same thing, poking the nose into the mirrors of

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Max Verstappen. Verstappen has been showing a very good turn of pace.

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Ricciardo in the pits. He went on to a set of mediums, now a second set.

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I wonder if he can get to the end, might just be able to do it.

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Raikkonen tip 35 laps on a set of mediums last year. He would have to

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do 40 laps this year. Perhaps achievable for Raikkonen to do so.

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This was Marcus Ericsson making a move on the McLaren of Fernando

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Alonso. Very little Alonsoa could do about it. Back on board with

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Verstappen. The Toro Rosso deems a part of what Verstappen has been so

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impressive with is his consistency during the raids and his ability to

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look after the tyres despite it being his first year. You saw Perez

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ahead, oversteer through Turn 12, didn't get great early drive, which

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is allowing Verstappen to really get into slipstream. An opportunity and

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Perez knows it. Here comes Verstappen round the outside into

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Turn 1, almost wheel-to-wheel. He is true, he's done it again! Another

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mighty pass. -- he is through. It has allowed the other car of

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Grosjean to come through because Perez lost so much momentum.

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Grosjean going to have another go. Too far back but that pass is the

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mark of a champion. Only his first season in Formula 1, but nobody does

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that, doesn't give the position. It would be easy to think this would be

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marginal but he is prepared to take the risk. And stay on the road which

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is the great thing. That'll come into bit, we've seen Jenson Button

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stop and go back out. He's had a pit stop. Vettel looking... He's going

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onto the soft tyre, different strategy from Ferrari. Slightly

:25:30.:25:30.

different look at this. strategy from Ferrari. Slightly

:25:31.:25:34.

soft tyre longer than most other teams. Made me wonder if they might

:25:35.:25:39.

do something different. He will come out in front of Bottas, his only

:25:40.:25:46.

real challenger this afternoon. Raikkonen, I suspect, will be

:25:47.:25:54.

neutralised by the team. Vettel is clearly faster, you will see Bottas

:25:55.:25:56.

arriving in the background. Still a healthy margin, fantastic pass.

:25:57.:25:58.

Round the outside, can't describe how difficult it is, gets himself

:25:59.:26:02.

into position. He's not ahead, he's been squeezed. How does he do that

:26:03.:26:09.

without losing his front wing? That was amazing, Perez must have

:26:10.:26:12.

thought, I've got this corner, know I haven't. He got squeezed out as a

:26:13.:26:19.

result. Brilliant, first-class driving, can you imagine seeing him

:26:20.:26:23.

in a car running front? The race leader comes in for a second pit

:26:24.:26:28.

stop on Lap 33, relatively early, you'd have thought, but on his way

:26:29.:26:32.

once again and they've done it quickly from Rosberg. Hamilton comes

:26:33.:26:37.

in straightaway we can assume he ran the tyres out, if he stays out he

:26:38.:26:41.

may rue the fact he allowed the gap to grow to almost three seconds.

:26:42.:26:47.

Basically on the Rosberg side of the garage they know they've got a

:26:48.:26:50.

bigger safety margin at that top than the first, the gap was one and

:26:51.:26:55.

a half seconds. TEAM RADIO: OK, Lewis, it's Hammer time. Because

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Rosberg has made his stop. That's very interesting, he'll have to do a

:27:02.:27:05.

long stint here, but it is achievable, Rosberg did a similar

:27:06.:27:11.

stint last year around this track. Stevens and Rossi ahead of Hamilton.

:27:12.:27:17.

He'll be in a situation where if he runs another lap you'll get into a

:27:18.:27:21.

situation of losing lap time even if he's got what would normally be

:27:22.:27:25.

clean-air ahead of him. Hamilton leading, Rosberg second. TEAM RADIO:

:27:26.:27:32.

box, box, box, box. Going to respond straightaway. With the traffic, no

:27:33.:27:37.

choice, perfect strategy for Rosberg because Hamilton didn't have any

:27:38.:27:40.

opportunity. Here comes Lewis Hamilton from what was briefly the

:27:41.:27:44.

lead, but it'll be back into second place and want again he'll be

:27:45.:27:48.

chasing after his team-mate. Is he to be frustrated once again here in

:27:49.:27:52.

Brazil? He has the pace, can't get quite close enough to put the attack

:27:53.:27:58.

on Rosberg. Let's see where Rosberg did as he comes through the first

:27:59.:28:02.

corner, very similar to how it was at the first pit stop. Look out for

:28:03.:28:06.

the Ferrari that's going to come out. Hamilton will be behind

:28:07.:28:09.

Raikkonen, not what he wanted to see. And the traffic of... Fernando

:28:10.:28:17.

Alonso. In the McLaren. Not able to use the tyres. It never rains but it

:28:18.:28:24.

pours. Further chink in the armour for Hamilton to try and get on the

:28:25.:28:28.

back of Rosberg. Alonso gets out of the way, still comprises Hamilton in

:28:29.:28:33.

his approach to Turn 6. Alonso has been lapped, so he has to get out of

:28:34.:28:37.

the way, Raikkonen doesn't at all because he stayed out there on this

:28:38.:28:42.

set of tyres, he's fighting for position. Raikkonen currently third,

:28:43.:28:45.

Vettel fastest on track. Looking at Maldonado. On the Sauber Erickson.

:28:46.:28:53.

There was contact. That's how it can go wrong. Between Verstappen and

:28:54.:28:58.

Perez. That's what's so impressive about Verstappen, other than the

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coming together with Grosjean in Monaco, clearly an error of

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coming together with Grosjean in deliberate judgment on his part...

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Hamilton going past Raikkonen. Fairly straightforward for

:29:12.:29:11.

Hamilton going past Raikkonen. who moves to the inside as they come

:29:12.:29:14.

across the start finish line. who moves to the inside as they come

:29:15.:29:21.

him back past the Ferrari. The Turn 1 incident under review between

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Ericsson and Maldonado. We haven't really seen whose fault it was.

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Maldonado looks like he ran into the side of Erickson, who was slightly

:29:33.:29:38.

ahead. I can't stress enough what a nice guy Pastor Maldonado is in the

:29:39.:29:40.

paddock, one of the driver favourites.

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RADIO: Nico Kranjcar going plan B. Plan B.

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Maybe it means a third had stopped coming up because if they were not

:29:59.:30:06.

maintaining that kind of pace, it would imply they would have to make

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a third pit stop. I think you're right. That was Grosjean making a

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move, I think, on Perez. That is an important position, that is for 12

:30:22.:30:26.

place. He had lost that position to Grosjean, acrid temp too, so I do

:30:27.:30:29.

know if he had a go at getting it back. A pit stop, that is why they

:30:30.:30:34.

were so close together again. Maldonado had a little look at

:30:35.:30:41.

Felipe Nasr again. Just to finish on the fuel thing, since the hybrid

:30:42.:30:47.

element was brought into Formula 1, they use around 40% less fuel per

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Grand Prix than we used to, so it's a definite step towards saving the

:30:55.:30:58.

environment. After the pit stop, grows and had to do it again. That

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is how he did it come a simple and straightforward pass on Sergio

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Perez. There is Felipe Nasr, in ninth position. Maldonado right with

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him. There will be an opportunity here with the DRS in operation.

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Contact between him and the other Sauber, but this time it should be

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mission accomplished well before he turns in, and that brings Maldonado

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into ninth position, chasing after Hulkenberg. Sebastian Vettel onto

:31:24.:31:31.

the back of Raikkonen as well. Others overtook him here. This is in

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to Turn 6 and Raikkonen allows Vettel to go through. Keep an eye on

:31:38.:31:43.

when Raikkonen will do his second stop. You see Daniel Ricciardo being

:31:44.:31:58.

overtaken by Nico Rosberg. Pastor Maldonado, standard operating

:31:59.:32:01.

procedure for the stewards, they probably don't change the name when

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they type it into the computer to apply the penalties, they are so

:32:07.:32:09.

used to him getting involved in something. A fairly straightforward

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two-stop strategy, even if Mercedes are looking at three stops today.

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Daniil Kvyat will be on his way and he will open more of a points gap on

:32:19.:32:24.

his team-mate. If things stay that way. Grosjean side-by-side with

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Verstappen. Romain Grosjean has got the Lotus passed the Toro Rosso.

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They have been fighting for a long period and finally the Frenchman has

:32:35.:32:38.

got past the Flying Dutchman. That is crucial for the final point.

:32:39.:32:46.

Rosberg getting past Perez, lapping him of course, and Felipe Massa has

:32:47.:32:51.

just pitted as well. There is Hamilton and the gap is that much

:32:52.:32:55.

bigger, 2.8 seconds between the two leaders. It's the yo-yoing around,

:32:56.:33:02.

going between the traffic. Verstappen goes defensive and

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Grosjean manages to get the car stopped. Good comeback from

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Grosjean. Into the pits comes Valtteri Bottas, from fit position.

:33:11.:33:16.

He stays with the harder tyre, the medium compound tyre. Joining us

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from the pit wall, team principal for Red Bull, Christian Horner. Talk

:33:22.:33:26.

us through the various strategies a bit, Christian. Daniel Ricciardo has

:33:27.:33:31.

been in, looks like a conventional to stop but Mercedes look like going

:33:32.:33:35.

three stops? Yes, you've read it correctly. Daniil Kvyat is running a

:33:36.:33:41.

standard two. He has got warmer tyres and Hulkenberg and that should

:33:42.:33:45.

benefit him by the end of the race. Ricciardo is going for all three.

:33:46.:33:52.

Are you seeing any surprises in the tyre performance today compared to

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what you saw in practice? Not too much. A little bit higher but not

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dramatically so. It's not too different.

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dramatically so. It's not too eyes are on your own team, but have

:34:03.:34:08.

you been surprised by the pace of Vettel in the Ferrari relative to

:34:09.:34:11.

you been surprised by the pace of the Mercedes? Yes, he's been

:34:12.:34:13.

impressive so far. Interesting strategy to go into that softer tyre

:34:14.:34:19.

at this stage as well. It will be interesting if a pace car came out

:34:20.:34:24.

now, that would really bring it alive. That would be quite fun. What

:34:25.:34:29.

do you reckon of Daniel Ricciardo's opportunity to score points here,

:34:30.:34:33.

Christian? There is always a chance. He's fighting with Perez. It is

:34:34.:34:41.

still in the offing. Incomes Kimi Raikkonen right now. We are just

:34:42.:34:45.

watching Daniel Ricciardo but I can tell you in the other Ferrari he is

:34:46.:34:52.

coming into the pit lane and Ferrari looking at getting third and fourth

:34:53.:34:56.

here which would be a solid result for them. Vettel's pace, he is

:34:57.:35:02.

starting to drop away from Mercedes's leading pace, it has to

:35:03.:35:06.

be said. He is on the option tyre, the soft tyre. We know Raikkonen,

:35:07.:35:12.

that was a fairly healthy stint from Raikkonen on those prime tyres.

:35:13.:35:15.

Raikkonen taking a gamble trying to mix it up with the soft tyre. He is

:35:16.:35:21.

now starting to lose time to Hamilton, but Weekes begged them to

:35:22.:35:26.

all do another stop. Ricciardo still trying to find a way past Perez at

:35:27.:35:30.

the moment. The DRS is helping him up the hill but it is not getting

:35:31.:35:34.

him it close enough to the back of the Mercedes powered Force India.

:35:35.:35:35.

Let's listen to Vettel We are expecting that Mercedes will

:35:36.:35:47.

do that as well and in comes Sebastian Vettel right now.

:35:48.:35:48.

do that as well and in comes they finish the race on the medium

:35:49.:35:54.

compound tyre? They are going for the medium tyre. By way he goes.

:35:55.:36:02.

compound tyre? They are going for slightly slow start from Raikkonen,

:36:03.:36:05.

I don't know what caused the delay, but a quick Stopforth Sebastian

:36:06.:36:09.

Vettel. Looks to be on target for a safe third position. What he wanted

:36:10.:36:13.

was to outscore Nico Rosberg in order to be able to get himself into

:36:14.:36:17.

second place in the championship, but right now Rosberg is doing

:36:18.:36:20.

enough to secure second place in the championship. If he were to win with

:36:21.:36:25.

Hamilton second and Vettel third, Rosberg will definitely finished

:36:26.:36:31.

runner-up in the 2015 World Championship and Vettel's

:36:32.:36:33.

opportunity to split the two miss Adey 's drivers will be over going

:36:34.:36:36.

into that race. RADIO: So, box, box, box. We have

:36:37.:36:45.

seen Vettel do it and we're going to see both of the Mercedes cars coming

:36:46.:36:50.

in. There will be some anxiety. Let's listen up to this whole pit

:36:51.:36:52.

stop process. Absolutely perfect. And no mistake

:36:53.:37:07.

there. 2.6 seconds stop and here is a lunch from Ricciardo down the

:37:08.:37:12.

inside of Perez, into Turn 1. If he's got the exit, he should be good

:37:13.:37:18.

for the next... Let's see if he comes back at him. He's got an

:37:19.:37:23.

opportunity. He's going to have to go to the outside to do it. Brake

:37:24.:37:29.

dust coming off the outside wheels of Perez's car. Very close, is he

:37:30.:37:34.

going to have another go? RADIO: So, box, box. Box, box.

:37:35.:37:41.

Hamilton is being asked to come into the pits now and we're into the

:37:42.:37:44.

closing stages of this race. Whether Lewis Hamilton can really launch an

:37:45.:37:51.

attack on his team-mate, or is it all done and dusted with a clean

:37:52.:37:56.

stop from Nico Rosberg. We're hearing that Jenson Button has been

:37:57.:38:00.

told to let Alonso passed and he has said OK, but he seems a long way

:38:01.:38:04.

behind, just looking at the times, Alonso 1.7 seconds behind Jenson

:38:05.:38:10.

Button. We also believe that Alonso complained about Jenson Button's

:38:11.:38:15.

stop being before his. In comes Lewis Hamilton. We saw a great stop

:38:16.:38:24.

for Nico Rosberg. Rosberg once again going past our commentary box

:38:25.:38:30.

position. Pretty much where it was last time. Hamilton will be slower

:38:31.:38:33.

as he exits the pit lane. It's d?j? vu, we've seen that twice before

:38:34.:38:37.

where they are absolutely parallel to each other, one coming out of the

:38:38.:38:42.

pits and the other on the circuit. Three drivers at the top of their

:38:43.:38:46.

form driving a fantastic car, and Vettel has just had the fastest lap

:38:47.:38:50.

of the Grand Prix, looking to try and put a bit of pressure onto the

:38:51.:38:58.

back of Hamilton. Vettel has got some traffic to Maldonado. A lot of

:38:59.:39:03.

traffic to get through, we want to keep that gap to Lewis.

:39:04.:39:07.

He's going to bring him out back behind Sergio Perez once again.

:39:08.:39:15.

Meanwhile Maldonado lining up Felipe Nasr. Grosjean... Hamilton will be

:39:16.:39:28.

frustrated by this. Hamilton, sorry to talk about something that our

:39:29.:39:32.

viewers can't see, but unfortunately the really important battle is at

:39:33.:39:35.

the front and we are watching something down at the back. A big

:39:36.:39:39.

lock-up with Hamilton. Really badly treated by Grosjean, holding him up.

:39:40.:39:47.

That has allowed a gap of half a second to Rosberg in that middle

:39:48.:39:51.

sector. Meanwhile a fascinating battle for somewhere in the middle

:39:52.:39:56.

of the pack, treating the audiences around the world! This was Romain

:39:57.:40:01.

Grosjean not making it particularly easy for Hamilton. He locks up and

:40:02.:40:06.

you can see the damage being done to his tyre. Last time around it was

:40:07.:40:11.

15-1 apiece between Rosberg and Hamilton.

:40:12.:40:18.

RADIO: I think I've damaged my floor. Damaged my floor, he is

:40:19.:40:26.

saying! This could be off these high curbs. Look at this, Maldonado and

:40:27.:40:34.

Felipe Nasr side-by-side! He is on a wide line, Maldonado. DRS

:40:35.:40:41.

activation, so Felipe Nasr is going to have to be defensive. Maldonado

:40:42.:40:47.

down the outside. Babylon the brakes, Felipe Nasr will not let him

:40:48.:40:51.

through! Good stuff from the Brazilian, fending off the

:40:52.:40:54.

Venezuelan for the moment. He ran wide there, putting

:40:55.:40:57.

Venezuelan for the moment. He ran kerb. That is great stuff from

:40:58.:41:04.

Felipe Nasr. Almost the uncertainty that go with wheels are real --

:41:05.:41:09.

wheel-to-wheel racing. It's these small opportunities, you have to

:41:10.:41:12.

give every indication to the top teams that you are a racer. That's

:41:13.:41:17.

what we see from Verstappen consistently. Is all about the final

:41:18.:41:22.

point between those two. Meanwhile still watching Grosjean as well.

:41:23.:41:29.

That is Verstappen on Maldonado there. Excuse me, on Grosjean. This

:41:30.:41:41.

is on board with Maldonado. Can he get Felipe Nasr this time into Turn

:41:42.:41:47.

1? Hughes down the inside, and yeah... Actually very

:41:48.:41:51.

straightforward in the end. Felipe Massa has made a pit stop. That will

:41:52.:41:55.

hurt him a bit as he tries to make it to the end of the Grand Prix.

:41:56.:41:58.

Grosjean and Verstappen come through in 11th and 12th places. They are

:41:59.:42:01.

both out of the places for the moment.

:42:02.:42:05.

Rosberg is focused on what he's doing, the gap between Rosberg and

:42:06.:42:11.

Hamilton is 1.4 seconds. They are matching each other for sector. I

:42:12.:42:16.

think the word he forgot there was please! Vettel is still in third

:42:17.:42:22.

place and going quickly. This is how Maldonado got past Felipe Massa. --

:42:23.:42:28.

Felipe Nasr. Pretty straightforward. Felipe Nasr goes defensive. In the

:42:29.:42:32.

end the door is wide open and Maldonado does a good job stopping

:42:33.:42:37.

the car. He's got that five seconds add additional time to be added. No

:42:38.:42:41.

damage to his car from the contact with Eriksen earlier.

:42:42.:42:46.

In theory it should mean that where he is is exactly where he is. The

:42:47.:42:56.

error data looks fine, no problems. Hamilton worried about the possible

:42:57.:42:59.

floor damage but he has just been told everything is OK. Verstappen

:43:00.:43:08.

will find a way past the Sauber, in 12th place. Felipe Nasr has done to

:43:09.:43:17.

pit stops and these guys have all done three. Important results if it

:43:18.:43:23.

can get Grosjean in that points. The Manor Marussia car keeping out of

:43:24.:43:32.

the way. There will be a good boost for Will Stevens because it has been

:43:33.:43:35.

a while since he has beaten neither team-mate, Rossi all Roberto Merhi.

:43:36.:43:41.

It looked to me like he was trying to get and overspeed at the top of

:43:42.:43:46.

the hill. I think Felipe Nasr was wise to that. Big lock-up ahead of

:43:47.:43:53.

them, going to have a look at the inside! Oh! That was so nearly

:43:54.:43:58.

contact. I think he might have clipped the rear tyre of Felipe

:43:59.:44:02.

Nasr. We know how susceptible these Pirellis are the punctures. Amazing

:44:03.:44:09.

that he got away with it. Felipe Nasr overtook into the final chicane

:44:10.:44:14.

at Spa and they didn't give enough room to each other, but that

:44:15.:44:19.

at Spa and they didn't give enough a chance now because he is

:44:20.:44:20.

at Spa and they didn't give enough the main straight. Going to go up

:44:21.:44:25.

the outside again. He did this to Perez early on. He knows how to make

:44:26.:44:32.

it a stick, and he's through. Give that boy a biscuit! Fantastic, two

:44:33.:44:37.

it a stick, and he's through. Give opportunities taken. Grosjean on the

:44:38.:44:40.

outside of Maldonado and in the end it is fairly straightforward as

:44:41.:44:45.

Romain Grosjean gets past Maldonado. Everyone's got to make their way but

:44:46.:44:48.

it's almost a shame that Verstappen is in a mid-grid car next year,

:44:49.:44:52.

imagine what he could do at the front. Absolutely, it would be

:44:53.:44:56.

fascinating to see him in a frontrunning car, wouldn't it. Is

:44:57.:45:04.

there just the smallest amount of contact? I think he just clipped his

:45:05.:45:10.

rear tyre. This great pass, he knew exactly what he needed to do. Just

:45:11.:45:13.

hits the throttle and accelerates and Felipe Nasr gives him the space.

:45:14.:45:22.

He gets through... Does he? Perez is going to come back at him once

:45:23.:45:29.

again. Does he have enough momentum? DRS wide open. Holding the inside

:45:30.:45:37.

line into Turn 4, Perez forced out wide. Not the traction he needs and

:45:38.:45:42.

Ricciardo has made the move. Here comes Verstappen trying to find a

:45:43.:45:45.

way past the Lotus. Well positioned by Maldonado, making it difficult.

:45:46.:45:51.

We've seen people locked up and run into the car. I wondered whether we

:45:52.:45:55.

would see it again. Maldonado in trouble with the tyres. Getting

:45:56.:46:00.

those options to work for him. They have a shorter life, he's all over

:46:01.:46:07.

the back of Maldonado. Look how slow he is to 11. Looking to be tidy on

:46:08.:46:15.

his drive through 12. They've had a big race together in Austria earlier

:46:16.:46:19.

this year. Maldonado had one of the saves of the year when he caught him

:46:20.:46:23.

at one stage towards the first corner. Now it is Verstappen's turn

:46:24.:46:28.

to return the favour. He has a slipstream here, here comes Max

:46:29.:46:32.

Verstappen, he's going to go for it on the inside into Turn 1. Maldonado

:46:33.:46:36.

will try to fight it, but he's not got the grip and Verstappen moves

:46:37.:46:41.

into 10th place to claim a point for Toro Rosso and take a point away

:46:42.:46:45.

from Lotus. Which is crucial. Six points is the difference between

:46:46.:46:53.

Lotus and Toro Rosso. Grosjean will score two at the moment if it stays

:46:54.:46:57.

where it is, which would even it out. Meanwhile upfront, as we see a

:46:58.:47:03.

replay of this pass, Maldonado defends not -- decides not to

:47:04.:47:09.

defend. Hamilton looks like he has thrown in the towel. The gap is 5.3

:47:10.:47:16.

seconds to Rosberg. It has been qualifying that determined this

:47:17.:47:19.

race, qualifying at the start because Rosberg nails the start from

:47:20.:47:23.

pole position. There he is on his final lap, the gap 6.7 seconds

:47:24.:47:29.

between himself and Lewis Hamilton. He is heading towards victory. The

:47:30.:47:35.

numbers game isn't going to come Hamilton's way, we wondered whether

:47:36.:47:42.

he would take his 44th victory and Mercedes's

:47:43.:47:47.

he would take his 44th victory and It won't happen, Nico Rosberg will

:47:48.:47:47.

prevent that. He is on It won't happen, Nico Rosberg will

:47:48.:47:52.

take his fifth win of this 2015 season and he's just gone the last

:47:53.:47:57.

part of the second lap complete. Gretchen Accra of the lap to

:47:58.:48:09.

complete. -- the lap to complete. He controlled the pace of the race.

:48:10.:48:15.

Nico Rosberg wins in Brazil. Back-to-back victories at the

:48:16.:48:17.

Interlagos circuit. For only the second time in his career,

:48:18.:48:21.

back-to-back victories in a season having won Mexico last time out.

:48:22.:48:30.

Sebastian Vettel into third place and 14 seconds behind the race

:48:31.:48:33.

leader, only six behind Hamilton in the end, strong performance from the

:48:34.:48:40.

Ferrari team. Fourth place will go to the other Ferrari of Kimi

:48:41.:48:43.

Raikkonen. Somewhat further back, fifth place will go to Bottas,

:48:44.:48:48.

Hulkenberg taking six. Creat finishes seventh, Massa in eighth.

:48:49.:48:56.

TEAM RADIO: yeah, guys, or some. Gretchen Accra or some. Williams

:48:57.:49:03.

driving, struck 13 when you can. Or some drive, Nico, well done. --

:49:04.:49:15.

awesome drive. A pretty select group of drivers to have won on two

:49:16.:49:18.

locations here at Interlagos. Nico Rosberg received the trophy for

:49:19.:49:23.

victory once again, this Interlagos circuit proving to be a favourite

:49:24.:49:29.

for him. By such tiny margins. He won it in qualifying, then didn't

:49:30.:49:35.

put a foot wrong in the race itself. Despite everything Hamilton threw at

:49:36.:49:36.

him, he couldn't quite get through. As the stewards still deliberate the

:49:37.:49:45.

Williams situation, this is the provisional result for the race

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today. At the moment Felipe Massa is in

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eighth place. So the Drivers' Championship looks like this. The

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first three places consolidated in the 2015 championship. Bottas and

:50:07.:50:13.

Raikkonen so close, one point between the two fins. The

:50:14.:50:17.

Constructors' Championship top five places have all been consolidated

:50:18.:50:22.

today. Force India is fifth and Williams celebrating their third

:50:23.:50:26.

spot. Not changed by the result from the stewards. Let's hear from the

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top three. Congratulations, you won,

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consolidated second in the championship, you must be pleased,

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another strong weekend for you. For sure, happy, happy to get pole

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position and win the race in such a manner. The quicker Saturday and

:50:42.:50:46.

Sunday, finishing the race seven seconds in front was awesome. It's

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going well at the moment a bit late unfortunately, very late, but better

:50:55.:51:00.

late than never I guess. Anyway, the side-effect is that finishing second

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is good in the championship, better than third, even though my target is

:51:04.:51:07.

not second. It's important to finish the season on a high looking at next

:51:08.:51:11.

year. How easy is it for you to pinpoint what the changes have been?

:51:12.:51:15.

Do you understand what the difference is at this stage of the

:51:16.:51:19.

season from earlier? I worked very hard at it because it annoyed me,

:51:20.:51:24.

like anything, to finish second to Lewis. I'm driving faster now as a

:51:25.:51:30.

result, the hard work seems to have paid off. What is the hard work you

:51:31.:51:35.

do? Working at it, trying to understand because last year I was

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quicker in qualifying, then this year I'm slow in qualifying, there

:51:40.:51:41.

has to be a reason. It's digging into it, trying to improve all the

:51:42.:51:47.

bits and pieces possible and putting it all together. It's not just about

:51:48.:51:53.

racing, strategy comes into it. It stops everything. Nico drove a

:51:54.:51:56.

fantastic race at the end of the day, no doubt about it, he did a

:51:57.:51:59.

fantastic job. He's been doing a fantastic job in qualifying. Of

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course, I have to make sure I think in my mind about the progress of the

:52:05.:52:11.

season, how things have changed. As I said in the press conference,

:52:12.:52:13.

Singapore, there have been changes to the car. Which seems to have

:52:14.:52:22.

shifted the direction. I need to find out why that is. And how I can

:52:23.:52:27.

get back on it. Otherwise I felt really good today, I was racing,

:52:28.:52:31.

pushing like crazy, I had nothing left. Unfortunately these tyres

:52:32.:52:38.

don't allow you to erase all the way to the end. People watching the

:52:39.:52:46.

racing, you can't see the air around us, if only you could you would see

:52:47.:52:50.

the dirty air I'm getting, the closer I get to Nico. He would have

:52:51.:52:54.

clear air. I lose downforce and damage my tyres more. I was looking

:52:55.:53:02.

for any kind of options, if it was three stop, four stop, I would have

:53:03.:53:06.

taken a risk of some sort, but the priority of the team is to get 1-2

:53:07.:53:11.

and do the same thing. For us we were trying to put them under

:53:12.:53:13.

pressure, trying something different with strategy, I don't think it was

:53:14.:53:18.

a bad call, I think it was the right thing to do, we had nothing to lose

:53:19.:53:22.

and in the end the placement was strong, lots of laps we were the

:53:23.:53:26.

same pace, even quicker. Unfortunately the level too many

:53:27.:53:28.

laps where we were slower, which is why they were able to pull away. The

:53:29.:53:35.

gap was still there but it was a lot smaller than previous races. In

:53:36.:53:38.

terms of what you thought heading into the Grand Prix, what the

:53:39.:53:41.

progress as strong as you thought? You always say you are stronger on

:53:42.:53:48.

Sunday. I think we were, six tenths, around half a second yesterday. It

:53:49.:53:52.

wasn't half as I can do in the race, easy to do the maths. You end up 30

:53:53.:53:57.

seconds behind, we were only 12 behind, so it's more like one or two

:53:58.:54:06.

tenths per lap. Overall, the pace of the race was strong and I think the

:54:07.:54:12.

main comparison you should make is where we were at the beginning of

:54:13.:54:15.

the year on average and where we are now. Already in Mexico things are

:54:16.:54:19.

looking good. We didn't manage to see the chequered flag. The place we

:54:20.:54:25.

probably should have. The pace was there, so here we are able to

:54:26.:54:29.

confirm and it's a good feeling to be a lot closer. Still, if you are

:54:30.:54:33.

behind, it's never the place you want to be. First of all, top marks

:54:34.:54:41.

to Nico Rosberg today, a confident and consider drive under what must

:54:42.:54:44.

have been a lot of pressure from Lewis. He's been building himself

:54:45.:54:48.

stuck to this. We were in amazement, what was happening to him as the

:54:49.:54:51.

beginning of the season and for the last couple of races, certainly in

:54:52.:54:54.

qualifying recently, he's been sensational. Interesting he can't

:54:55.:55:04.

put his finger on it, Lewis said the car changing direction in Singapore,

:55:05.:55:06.

the weights going a different way, fascinating. All kinds of

:55:07.:55:13.

permutations. People talking about tyre temperatures and pressures

:55:14.:55:17.

sitting Nico better than Lewis. I'm not sure if that, I think it's

:55:18.:55:21.

psychological, Nico is in a better space at the moment, recently become

:55:22.:55:26.

a father, much more relaxed, he now believes, he's got his Mojo back. He

:55:27.:55:29.

thinks he can take Lewis on. We heard what she said about next year,

:55:30.:55:35.

he's very hopeful and optimistic. It's very exciting and thrilling

:55:36.:55:38.

when you see overtakes like Max Verstappen today. He belies logic.

:55:39.:55:44.

No one in their right mind would take on those moves, but he has such

:55:45.:55:48.

an air of confidence. What I love about him, it's not frantic, he has

:55:49.:55:54.

it planned in his head, maybe three laps before because he's been

:55:55.:55:57.

watching the car before him, when he said it moved away from him, he

:55:58.:56:03.

planned his move absolutely. Magic. It really was, magic for Force

:56:04.:56:10.

India, Williams, they are happy, consolidating their third and fifth

:56:11.:56:15.

in the constructors. It's a very important and macro expensive sport,

:56:16.:56:19.

if you don't have the right resources, income, technical

:56:20.:56:21.

brilliance inside the team, associated people, you are lost.

:56:22.:56:28.

This helps them plan the future. We heard what Claire said, money comes

:56:29.:56:32.

into a pot, nothing gets spent unless it makes the car go quicker.

:56:33.:56:36.

Then the other things are taken into consideration. The future looks

:56:37.:56:41.

bright if the money is spent in the right direction. One more race to

:56:42.:56:46.

go, we'll be live for every session bringing you qualifying and race

:56:47.:56:47.

action. Don't forget, it's a twilight race,

:56:48.:56:57.

which makes it so exciting. Today it was Nico Rosberg who was conducting

:56:58.:57:02.

the Formula 1 orchestra. We have to say, what a Suite two he made. One

:57:03.:57:09.

race to go, this was the Brazilian Grand Prix. Next stop, Abu Dhabi. --

:57:10.:57:13.

what a sweet June. A webby go, Rosberg versus Hamilton,

:57:14.:57:27.

Hamilton moves to the outside, going wheel-to-wheel, then decides against

:57:28.:57:32.

it. Tasty little battle. Hamilton suddenly caught Rosberg. Here comes

:57:33.:57:38.

Verstappen trying to go around the outside into Turn 1. Just enough

:57:39.:57:42.

space and he's through, he's done it again. Verstappen has the mark of a

:57:43.:57:47.

champion. Contact, Maldonado and Ericsson. Verstappen moves into 10th

:57:48.:57:51.

place. Nico Rosberg wins in Brazil. Ericsson. Verstappen moves into 10th

:57:52.:58:02.

Yeah, guys, awesome! Next time on Formula 1, Abu Dhabi.

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and she was actually knocking seven bells out of him,

:58:08.:58:10.

MAN: Why would I be scared of people seeing me like this?

:58:11.:58:13.

People can see me laugh, they should be able to see me cry.

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