Qualifying - Brazil

:01:12. > :01:19.It is a very special circuit. Turn 1 is probably the most difficult. You

:01:20. > :01:25.either a rival cup or wide. There is a lot of overtaking every year. It

:01:26. > :01:32.is spectacular. It is very technical and very difficult get right other

:01:33. > :01:42.driver. Height elevations make it very challenging. Very long

:01:43. > :01:47.straight. Overtaking. The double right is good fun. I have gone

:01:48. > :01:53.outside someone on the outside a few times which is a brave move.

:01:54. > :02:04.Normally the weather is playing a part. Rain can cause a mix-up.

:02:05. > :02:15.Rain, sunshine, thunderstorms, 30 degrees. Energy, amazing track, it

:02:16. > :02:20.is a great place to race. There's always a big crowd coming here with

:02:21. > :02:31.the great passion for racing. A great atmosphere. So passionate

:02:32. > :02:38.fans. The Brazilians are crazy. It is an amazing race, a dream for a

:02:39. > :02:44.Brazilian to race here. The rhythm you get makes me happy at least. I

:02:45. > :02:50.remember being in the grandstand standing up. Once you cross the line

:02:51. > :02:53.you want to go again. This is Ayrton Senna's home ground. It has taken me

:02:54. > :03:01.longer, but I believe that some stage I am going to get the win.

:03:02. > :03:05.Here it is. The great Interlagos. At 2.6 miles this classic is the

:03:06. > :03:09.shortest permanent track on the calendar and one of the trickiest

:03:10. > :03:13.team. It took Ayrton Senna eight attempts to be victorious in this

:03:14. > :03:18.weekend Lewis Hamilton makes his ninth attempt for Brazilian glory.

:03:19. > :03:24.The world champion has won and lost the championship year but never won

:03:25. > :03:27.the race. Welcome to qualifying from Brazil. Stunning conditions but

:03:28. > :03:38.rather blustery and a stunning line-up. Eddie is back with us. You

:03:39. > :03:46.had to go to the courtroom to prove it. We are not going to go back to

:03:47. > :03:49.that. It is something very special. The crowd participation, it is the

:03:50. > :03:54.way it is left handed down, it is different in every way to the way

:03:55. > :03:59.normal circuits are taken. It is just spectacular, one of the old

:04:00. > :04:03.style, and I hope it stays here forever. Eddie mentioned the

:04:04. > :04:11.anticlockwise routine. You have won here. Arguably you should have won

:04:12. > :04:16.toys. Why is it so difficult? It a very short lap. Late apex to the

:04:17. > :04:20.corner and that is tricky when you are braking. You will see a lot of

:04:21. > :04:24.lock-ups during qualifying and the race and that is what makes it

:04:25. > :04:29.incredibly tight. One of the shortest lap times on the calendar.

:04:30. > :04:34.A 10th of a second can cover a few cars. Fuelled by passion for

:04:35. > :04:39.motorsport. We saw that in Mexico as well. Isn't the same as years ago?

:04:40. > :04:45.We have always talked about the Latin American passion for motor

:04:46. > :04:50.racing. That has not changed. Football and motoring dominate this

:04:51. > :04:53.world out here. When there is no football motor racing completely

:04:54. > :04:59.takes over and this week is no exception. Everybody in town is

:05:00. > :05:03.talking about the Formula 1 race. Two weeks ago, Mexico City, let us

:05:04. > :05:12.jump back in time to the fever of the Mexican Grand Prix.

:05:13. > :05:28.Lights out we go. It is a very even start by the two Mercedes, but it is

:05:29. > :05:38.Rosberg in front. Front wing to my rear tyre. Retire. Come into the

:05:39. > :05:44.pits slowly. Vettel is heading back to the pits. Fernando Alonso with

:05:45. > :05:56.his eighth do not finish of the season. Shocking. Vettel has lost

:05:57. > :05:59.places. Losing the rear of the car. Raikkonen backing away with Bottas.

:06:00. > :06:07.Remember what happened to them in Russia. On the outside is a brave

:06:08. > :06:13.place to overtake. They head and Raikkonen is off this time. That is

:06:14. > :06:21.what you call payback. You can ask many different views. I was not

:06:22. > :06:28.really surprised. I saw a realistic opportunities why was never going to

:06:29. > :06:33.back off. Rosberg given the pits. Presumably Mercedes will do this

:06:34. > :06:35.with both cars as a precaution. Hamilton is leading the Grand Prix

:06:36. > :06:44.but it will be coming and any moment. Why? For safety reasons. He

:06:45. > :06:48.is staying out. If he does not commend at all he had the chance of

:06:49. > :06:57.winning this race. He thinks he can go to the end are waiting and he has

:06:58. > :07:03.not come in. My tyres are not good. We will be down to zero if not worse

:07:04. > :07:09.so this is boxing, instruction. He is coming in. Full respect from

:07:10. > :07:15.Lewis to use the opportunity to ask them to look at his tyres. Vettel

:07:16. > :07:26.has crashed out in the Ferrari. Safety car. Are you OK? I am OK.

:07:27. > :07:31.Sorry. It was my mistake. I am not proud of it. The car in general was

:07:32. > :07:43.fine. The safety car is about to head into the pit lane. No DRS on

:07:44. > :07:54.their restart. Bottas isn't a third. -- is. Rosberg takes victory. It was

:07:55. > :08:01.the best podium ever. Big compliments to everybody who set up.

:08:02. > :08:18.Awesome. That win for Rosberg and do not finish for Vettel produced a

:08:19. > :08:23.Brit of -- bit of breathing space. Max Verstappen's father made his

:08:24. > :08:36.debut here in 1984. Max Verstappen has scored five points. Ferrari

:08:37. > :08:42.consolidated the runner-up spot in Texas a few weeks ago. Let us go

:08:43. > :08:46.back to those fantastic scenes from Mexico. An extraordinary event.

:08:47. > :08:52.Great atmosphere of the highest order. Can Formula 1 learn from

:08:53. > :08:55.that? Of course. A lot of people called into question whether we

:08:56. > :08:59.needed another race on the calendar and whether we should go back to

:09:00. > :09:06.Mexico. I remember in the first years of Mexico, 1991, 1982,

:09:07. > :09:10.amazing, and this was no exception. The atmosphere was great and that

:09:11. > :09:16.will make sure that mackerel in the running for race of the year. Let us

:09:17. > :09:23.hope we have a lot more races. I am not sure it was the race of the

:09:24. > :09:25.year. The tyres did not give enough flexibility for drivers to be

:09:26. > :09:30.marginalised for the strategy to come into play. Throw in the fact

:09:31. > :09:36.that Mercedes neutralise the race between the two drivers and we were

:09:37. > :09:39.robbed of a battle. Venue wise it was great. They are so lucky to have

:09:40. > :09:44.a racetrack in the middle of the city and you have a ready-made

:09:45. > :09:47.audience like in Sao Paulo. To see the driver is literally going

:09:48. > :09:52.through the code, it really worked, and having the podium was something

:09:53. > :09:56.different. That took me by surprise because it was the perfect place

:09:57. > :10:04.because you were with the fans. How many times do we wish the fans are

:10:05. > :10:09.closer to the action? And of course the celebrations. Well done to them.

:10:10. > :10:18.An amazing job. We cannot wait for that one again next year.

:10:19. > :10:23.It has been a tricky build-up to this weekend for Lewis Hamilton, the

:10:24. > :10:26.combination of a fever and the minor road car accident resulted in him

:10:27. > :10:32.delaying his departure to Brazil but he is here and hungry to get his

:10:33. > :10:40.first win at Interlagos. This is Ayrton Senna's home ground and it

:10:41. > :10:44.has been a track I have wanted to win at. I remember watching him win

:10:45. > :10:49.here. It has taken me longer but I believe that some stage I am going

:10:50. > :10:54.to get it. Red Bull will race in Formula 1 next year. That means they

:10:55. > :10:58.have found the power unit and despite no official word another

:10:59. > :11:01.season with Renault seems likely. It means Daniel Kvyat is going to get

:11:02. > :11:06.another season with the team alongside Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel

:11:07. > :11:10.Kvyat for such a young age is continuing to grow in stature and

:11:11. > :11:15.confidence with the more experience he gets. If last race in Mexico was

:11:16. > :11:20.probably his best in his career so far in Formula 1. I am looking

:11:21. > :11:27.forward to seeing him continue to build on that. I am very happy at

:11:28. > :11:30.the team. Building a strong relationship with many guys here.

:11:31. > :11:38.The second season is always a better place to be. Hopefully we will get

:11:39. > :11:43.this opportunity next year. Williams development driver Susie Will has

:11:44. > :11:47.announced her retirement from competitive motorsport. She became

:11:48. > :11:52.the first woman in 20 years to take part in a Grand Prix weekend. She

:11:53. > :11:55.has decided to call time on her racing career. It was a decision I

:11:56. > :11:58.made at the end of the summer after I had driven for the last time and

:11:59. > :12:02.it was my gut feeling that told me at the end of the summer after I had

:12:03. > :12:06.driven for the last time and it was my gut feeling that told me it was

:12:07. > :12:12.time to Cormack was to get onto the starting grid and that did not look

:12:13. > :12:15.achievable. A row has kicked off between the FIA and the

:12:16. > :12:19.manufacturers. The governing body invaded independent companies to

:12:20. > :12:24.tender for the business of producing a cheaper engine for 2017 with a

:12:25. > :12:30.view to reducing costs. It is an emotive subject. The right way is to

:12:31. > :12:34.negotiate with the engine suppliers. There's a lot between what we are

:12:35. > :12:38.paying more what we used to be, we understand there is a need with

:12:39. > :12:42.technology, but there is an in between amount you can pay. I think

:12:43. > :12:48.we should have that kind of discussion rather than going into

:12:49. > :12:56.another area where we do not now what is going to happen. That is

:12:57. > :13:01.what has been going on. Shall we stepped forward to move away from

:13:02. > :13:07.the engine noise? We heard the news that Bernie and John are getting

:13:08. > :13:11.together to discuss budget engines because injured and are so

:13:12. > :13:17.expensive. 20 million euros for a customer packages too much money,

:13:18. > :13:21.isn't it? It sounds like a lot of money but is actually not the real

:13:22. > :13:26.figure. The real figure is considerably lower. There are

:13:27. > :13:32.agendas at the moment floating around. We accept that. When you say

:13:33. > :13:36.that is not the real figure, what kind of figures are we looking at?

:13:37. > :13:41.In the real world you have to think about the cost of engines because it

:13:42. > :13:47.has to be competitive but the number is considerably lower. The

:13:48. > :13:58.difference from the old V8 engines with the modern hybrid engines is

:13:59. > :14:02.less than you think. We know that there is great rivalry and tension

:14:03. > :14:06.between your two drivers but is that not the case between you and Nicky

:14:07. > :14:11.with regard to the difference of opinion about the supply of engines

:14:12. > :14:17.to Red Bull? Not at all. I have more differences with you than Nicky. We

:14:18. > :14:22.do not have any. We act in perfect harmony. We have been on the journey

:14:23. > :14:28.together they might years and it has been working very well. We are

:14:29. > :14:33.capable of having discussions sometimes. If we agree to disagree,

:14:34. > :14:38.this is perfectly reasonable. The final objective between the two of

:14:39. > :14:45.us is absolutely equal, we want to win. You undermined him by

:14:46. > :14:53.undermining the Red Bull engine supply. You want to stitch it up. In

:14:54. > :14:57.Mexico because you had such a safety take a safety pit stop and

:14:58. > :15:00.neutralise the raise. I felt we lost an opportunity to see a lot of

:15:01. > :15:07.wheel-to-wheel action. I know you have a business to run. Brazil, if

:15:08. > :15:15.you guys have enough of a lead, can they do their own thing? Or will you

:15:16. > :15:27.do for to the lead car? We have a responsibility towards the team. An

:15:28. > :15:33.animal! He was getting bitten by something, as opposed to me.

:15:34. > :15:40.Our objective is to win races but we have a responsibility to Formula 1.

:15:41. > :15:44.In Mexico it will not have changed a lot. They were running behind each

:15:45. > :15:49.other and it is difficult to overtake in the same car. Even if we

:15:50. > :15:52.had let them race with the same tyres, it would not have made a

:15:53. > :15:57.difference in terms of the excitement. They are allowed to

:15:58. > :16:06.race? I know you always want a safe 1-2, that at this stage does it

:16:07. > :16:11.really matter? We always allowed them to race, since the beginning of

:16:12. > :16:16.2013 we had the philosophy, and it was not always easy, that they had

:16:17. > :16:22.an equal chance in every race. It caused us a bit of grey hair

:16:23. > :16:30.sometimes also more like you! And it is the same philosophy. Maybe one

:16:31. > :16:35.day it could end up in a situation which is not pleasant for the team

:16:36. > :16:42.but we want them entertaining. Thank you for your time. We can hopefully

:16:43. > :16:47.catch up with Tristan Horner. -- Christian Horner. This engine

:16:48. > :16:53.situation, clearly there is politics behind it. The catalyst would have

:16:54. > :16:56.been the Red Bull scenario occurs manufacturers have so much power.

:16:57. > :17:05.What is your take on what has happened with Jean Todt and Bernie

:17:06. > :17:10.Ecclestone? For us we can say that those two are absolutely joined

:17:11. > :17:15.together. They feel that Red Bull, which was a very serious team, have

:17:16. > :17:20.been excluded from winning a championship next year perhaps

:17:21. > :17:28.because they don't seem to have the engine power they need to get the

:17:29. > :17:38.job done. Let's talk to Christian, come in. We are talking about

:17:39. > :17:43.engines and Bernie talking with Jean coming in with a budget engine view

:17:44. > :17:51.and we know there are politics to try to drive the package cost down.

:17:52. > :17:55.What is your take? It is bigger than that, it is about who controls

:17:56. > :18:01.Formula 1. You have two very powerful engine manufacturers who

:18:02. > :18:06.are working closely together and you have the promoter and the governing

:18:07. > :18:12.body. The engine is the catalyst of that. Of course it is a bit like the

:18:13. > :18:18.double diffuser a few years back. It is almost history replaying itself.

:18:19. > :18:22.Jean and Bernie are trying to get control of the sport back through

:18:23. > :18:29.the introduction of a cost-effective, available engine. It

:18:30. > :18:34.is going to happen? I believe Bernie is very powerful in this and I know

:18:35. > :18:39.Christian has spoken to him. The problem is controlled. Mercedes will

:18:40. > :18:45.say they had an agreement with Mercedes, they will say they never

:18:46. > :18:51.had but let's put it to one side. We want to see more competitive cars on

:18:52. > :18:55.the grid. There is an argument that may be Mercedes are running scared

:18:56. > :19:00.because if Red Bull had a Mercedes engine, who knows what would happen

:19:01. > :19:06.but that is all in the mind. Your engine next year, you will be on the

:19:07. > :19:12.grid which your fans will be happy about but, your engine, it will be

:19:13. > :19:19.the architecture of the Renault engine? I can tell you that we will

:19:20. > :19:23.be on the grid next year. We are homing in on a solution, I can't go

:19:24. > :19:27.into detail because other permutations have to play out and it

:19:28. > :19:33.is obvious what those are. We will have a solution. It will be a bit

:19:34. > :19:41.different to where we currently are. I'm sure you will be one of the

:19:42. > :19:47.first to be informed. I'm sure! One last thing, Honda, why did they say

:19:48. > :19:54.no to you? Ask Ron Dennis. We will do! And coming back to this weekend,

:19:55. > :19:59.presumably quite difficult with different engines with Daniel with

:20:00. > :20:04.the upgrade. It will be a struggle? The layout of the track does not

:20:05. > :20:10.favour our strengths and weaknesses. We have taken a penalty with

:20:11. > :20:15.Daniel. Hopefully we can make Q3 and if he can get in the top eight

:20:16. > :20:19.today, that would be a positive result. Hopefully we can be more

:20:20. > :20:25.competitive in the race, we are praying for some Brazilian rain! You

:20:26. > :20:30.might get it tomorrow. Daniil Kvyat, confirmed for next year? He is under

:20:31. > :20:33.a long-term contract with the team and we have no intentions of

:20:34. > :20:40.changing him so he will be a driver with us. And when can we know more

:20:41. > :20:44.about the engine scenario? It is like a never ending scenario. There

:20:45. > :20:50.is only one race left so let's aim for that. So we can meet in Abu

:20:51. > :20:57.Dhabi? Absolutely. Thank you for your time and good luck today. After

:20:58. > :21:02.FP3, Lee McKenzie caught up with Felipe Massa with a quick chat. He

:21:03. > :21:06.grew up around it and has won twice here so he knows a bit about Brazil.

:21:07. > :21:11.I know this is always a special Grand Prix for you. After all the

:21:12. > :21:18.times you have done it, do you feel the same motion? For sure, it is

:21:19. > :21:24.always the same. -- same emotion. It is always fantastic race in the

:21:25. > :21:30.place I grew up. But we need to keep pushing and improve everything to be

:21:31. > :21:36.competitive. Where do you think you are heading into qualifying? In

:21:37. > :21:44.comparison to Ferrari? Not so easy but we try. Ferrari has a good lap

:21:45. > :21:48.time but we will try. What do you think? Can Williams hassle the

:21:49. > :21:54.Ferraris? I think so. Qualifying is what it is that the race is where

:21:55. > :21:58.they have an opportunity because they have good straight-line speed.

:21:59. > :22:03.Ferrari look to be struggling a bit in the middle sector. The last

:22:04. > :22:05.chance to change the setup so let's see if they have made any

:22:06. > :22:10.improvements. Outwith what is all have to qualify well -- Valtteri

:22:11. > :22:20.Bottas will have to qualify well with his penalty. He passed under a

:22:21. > :22:23.red flag. It is unusual for him. It is but you don't normally get red

:22:24. > :22:30.flags at that point. He obviously didn't see it. Three place penalty

:22:31. > :22:37.is quite lenient in respects. He has to make sure he qualifies well.

:22:38. > :22:42.Let's look at some track action. Lewis Hamilton has had an

:22:43. > :22:47.interesting time this weekend. This was FP1. It is a pretty place to

:22:48. > :22:54.slow down. He stopped on track this morning. He said on the radio he

:22:55. > :22:58.could not find any gears but thankfully they had put them in

:22:59. > :23:05.there and he got going. And coming into turn 11, very unusual, fast,

:23:06. > :23:10.downhill corner, that resulted in the tyres being flat spotted so not

:23:11. > :23:18.the easiest weekend so far after quite a difficult Ilda up. This was

:23:19. > :23:21.him actually going quickest, a beautiful display of going through

:23:22. > :23:27.turn 12 and getting the power down across the start finish line but a

:23:28. > :23:30.difficult build-up. It is interesting with the changing

:23:31. > :23:37.weather, Kristian was praying for rain. The temperature feels like it

:23:38. > :23:45.has dropped -- Christian Horner. It changes a lot. And for very little

:23:46. > :23:51.reason. We are probably going to get some rain over the weekend. I don't

:23:52. > :23:55.think Christian will get the rain he hopes will today but it might be

:23:56. > :24:00.better tomorrow. Obviously we are nearing the end of the season so we

:24:01. > :24:03.thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the people

:24:04. > :24:05.making headlines and who better than the young Dutchman Max Verstappen?

:24:06. > :24:17.What an incredible year he has had. We have brought you here to the

:24:18. > :24:26.nerve centre of the BBC. Let's do it! Don't push the wrong button! I

:24:27. > :24:29.would like to take you on a journey through your season because it has

:24:30. > :24:38.been a remarkable start to anyone's career. This is your second ever

:24:39. > :24:43.Grand Prix. I saw this many times on the TV before and I thought it

:24:44. > :24:47.looked cool. When I had a chance I thought I would try it. It looked

:24:48. > :24:54.like it wasn't on and you were very gentle going into the turn. At this

:24:55. > :24:58.point you thought you could get it. I started to accelerate and you are

:24:59. > :25:06.a bit gentle, you don't want to crash. You gave him some space? Just

:25:07. > :25:11.enough. I was trying to pass him so many laps. I was not fast enough on

:25:12. > :25:14.the straight and I heard on the radio, if you want a good race, you

:25:15. > :25:27.have to go past now. A fabulous bars! -- pass. I braked a bit later,

:25:28. > :25:34.you don't see I am stopping. Did you feel sorry for him? When you are

:25:35. > :25:41.racing you don't feel sorry. You scared Nasr into locking up, here

:25:42. > :25:45.comes mad Max! That is nice to hear! This is Monaco, it started well,

:25:46. > :25:53.this was a front aspect pass on mother Nadeau. Verstappen and

:25:54. > :25:57.Maldonado! Fantastic. The thing with Pastor, you know it is going to be

:25:58. > :26:03.tight but you gave him just enough space. You can't force someone into

:26:04. > :26:09.the wall. He is a nice guy, you give him a bit of space. Luckily we

:26:10. > :26:20.didn't touch. The not so good moment. It is one or two seconds

:26:21. > :26:26.before you crash but it feels you have ten or 20 seconds to think

:26:27. > :26:30.about it. You lose the wheel and you think, this is going to be painful

:26:31. > :26:37.so you make yourself strong in the car. My dad always said, when you go

:26:38. > :26:41.straight in, it is better to hold yourself, you never have any

:26:42. > :26:49.bruises. Does the danger aspect come into it? I'm sure it does for your

:26:50. > :26:55.father. Exactly, I realised it here, F1 cars are really fast. It didn't

:26:56. > :27:04.scare me, it made me better because you know the limits. Since that

:27:05. > :27:08.race, I think I only got better. I remember on commentary at Spa,

:27:09. > :27:15.stepping back because nobody overtakes around the outside of

:27:16. > :27:23.Blanchimont to. Surely he can't go around the outside! If you're 17,

:27:24. > :27:28.you do. He had a bit of a wobble out of the corner and I had a good exit

:27:29. > :27:33.and I said, I'm going to try it. I thought Felipe was smart enough to

:27:34. > :27:42.give me space and he did. It was tight, 185 mph. Yes, it's tight that

:27:43. > :27:46.you can see the respect is there, he gives me space. Luckily we didn't

:27:47. > :27:54.crash and I could get it done in the end. Austin. Verstappen squeezes

:27:55. > :28:00.past the four-time world champion. That equalled your other best

:28:01. > :28:05.result, fourth place. You are only 18. It seems remarkable, I started

:28:06. > :28:09.when I was 24. How can you perform at this level?

:28:10. > :28:16.I just feel with the experience of my dad in F1, it helped me, he was

:28:17. > :28:21.quite hard on me when I was in the but it helped me to get here as you

:28:22. > :28:24.are starting to prepare in a professional way in go karting.

:28:25. > :28:30.Sometimes I didn't like it, sometimes when friends are not so

:28:31. > :28:36.professional, hanging around and spending time with friends and going

:28:37. > :28:40.out. I never did that. My dad said, it's not professional, you have two

:28:41. > :28:47.focus and then you get results. That is what we did. When I look back,

:28:48. > :28:53.even to those races, I think, I look so young! I got so much experience

:28:54. > :28:58.in the season so the upcoming years, I will be again like that. You

:28:59. > :29:06.think, Jesus, I was so young. You have really aged! It's unbelievable.

:29:07. > :29:14.You need to get a contract from a wrinkle company!

:29:15. > :29:20.It is breathtaking watching stuff like that. I will never get bored of

:29:21. > :29:28.watching that one around lunch on. -- around Blanchimont. It takes

:29:29. > :29:32.supreme confidence. His whole life has come towards this moment and

:29:33. > :29:36.that is why he has made such an impact. And Carlos Sainz has really

:29:37. > :29:41.mixed it with him but Max has stolen the headlines. And when you come

:29:42. > :29:46.into a team like this, you are not going to win the championship with

:29:47. > :29:49.Toro Rosso, so is the idea to put yourself in the spotlight as much as

:29:50. > :29:55.possible? Absolutely, look what happened with Sebastian Vettel,

:29:56. > :30:00.winning in Monza, that gave him the jump from Toro Rosso into Red Bull

:30:01. > :30:04.and then four times world champion. Can we see Max Verstappen doing

:30:05. > :30:06.that? I promise you that I think he has as good a chance as anyone on

:30:07. > :30:16.the grid, he is that good. He has had nine top ten finishes

:30:17. > :30:25.this season and qualifying, it is his team-mate, Sainz, that has beat

:30:26. > :30:31.him, 9-8. Is this generally a fight for a Ferrari seat? I would expect

:30:32. > :30:34.either a Ferrari or McLaren looking ahead or any of those teams will

:30:35. > :30:40.have spoken to his management already. That would be a bold step.

:30:41. > :30:45.Presumably they are going to improve. That contract is going to

:30:46. > :30:50.come to an end and in many cases drivers pre-signed options not only

:30:51. > :30:54.because they might want to go to that team because it gets them

:30:55. > :30:59.financial benefits now so I would imagine he has something in place

:31:00. > :31:03.beyond his contract. I do not miss as early want to talk about the

:31:04. > :31:08.obvious but please let it be known Ferrari have already had those

:31:09. > :31:14.discussions. They are well on the way and I am afraid Mercedes will

:31:15. > :31:22.miss out. Ferrari will sign Max Verstappen in a couple of years. He

:31:23. > :31:26.has spoken. You mentioned McLaren hopefully improving in the future.

:31:27. > :31:33.Tom is there. A problem with Fernando. We are looking at Jenson

:31:34. > :31:38.Button's car. In Mexico he did not get a lap in qualifying. He is ready

:31:39. > :31:43.to go. His car is on the jacks and he is having lunch before heading

:31:44. > :31:47.out to do the business. This is Fernando Alonso's car. The team

:31:48. > :31:50.discovered after final practice that there were some loose parts at the

:31:51. > :31:54.back of the power units of they have had to take off bigger box and

:31:55. > :31:58.tighten everything and are up against that putting the car back

:31:59. > :32:03.together. There are no guarantees he's going to be out at the start of

:32:04. > :32:07.Q1. If he should get out, we are going to be be presented with a

:32:08. > :32:13.problem at Interlagos which is traffic during Q1 when all 20 cars

:32:14. > :32:16.are on the bed. They are all dripping over each other in what

:32:17. > :32:20.usually happens is they hang back through their second last corner to

:32:21. > :32:24.get some space and go for it up the straight to the start finish

:32:25. > :32:27.straight back at the inexperienced drivers often make a mistake into

:32:28. > :32:35.Turn 1. Watch out for traffic during Q1. A word on tyres because they

:32:36. > :32:39.struggled last year with the soft tyres but it looks as if they are

:32:40. > :32:44.doing all right this year. New tarmac last year saw the circuit has

:32:45. > :32:51.had time to evolve. The circuit is relatively green because we had a

:32:52. > :32:54.massive storm last night. The spread between the tyres in terms of lap

:32:55. > :32:58.time is logical from what we have seen. Strategy wise it will be

:32:59. > :33:04.interesting to see how long they will last. At the end of last season

:33:05. > :33:13.Vettel packed his bags from Red Bull and moved to the red team. With the

:33:14. > :33:20.three wins his campaign has been a strong one. Here is his very British

:33:21. > :33:24.sense of humour. In terms of your expectations when

:33:25. > :33:26.you joined Ferrari could you have imagined you could be challenging

:33:27. > :33:33.for second in the championship in your first year? No. The big

:33:34. > :33:38.expectation was to be better than 24 team which after three races we were

:33:39. > :33:42.already ahead. The best thing about it was to be able to fight for the

:33:43. > :33:48.championship so long. To still be able to fight for second is the

:33:49. > :33:55.message not just yourself but also for the whole team to really push

:33:56. > :33:58.the project for the future. There was some criticism last year that

:33:59. > :34:02.people thought you had had a good car for four years when you did not

:34:03. > :34:09.get a good car you decided to leave Red Bull. How difficult were the in

:34:10. > :34:14.comparison to the happiness now? Yes. Last year did not have a good

:34:15. > :34:24.season. Overall it was a tough year, no doubt. I was sort of doubting

:34:25. > :34:30.myself as well in terms of you always try... How can I explain it?

:34:31. > :34:34.If things are not going well or in general I tried to look at myself

:34:35. > :34:41.before I point fingers at others. That is maybe you I am. Of course,

:34:42. > :34:45.like last year, for many reasons, if it does not work, I am always

:34:46. > :34:53.looking at myself find where I need to become stronger. From the

:34:54. > :35:00.outside, seamless years, it became clear I wanted to do something new.

:35:01. > :35:03.I am in a different chair. The future is looking strong at Ferrari

:35:04. > :35:06.but I know you are someone who is proud of your records that you have

:35:07. > :35:12.achieved and the statistics you have. Do you worry that Hamilton

:35:13. > :35:17.might break your records? No. I think in the end records are there

:35:18. > :35:25.to be broken. I am not scared. It is not something nice to see. The

:35:26. > :35:29.respect I have for him, he is a great driver and he deserves what he

:35:30. > :35:33.has achieved the last two years. The target for me is to turn it around

:35:34. > :35:38.but if it is not the case you have to be fair enough to stand up and be

:35:39. > :35:44.a man and say well done. You have had rivalries and battles before.

:35:45. > :35:46.Have I? Some of the press conferences you have been pointing

:35:47. > :35:49.some fun at them and jostling them along. What do you make of the

:35:50. > :35:55.rivalry between Hamilton and Rosberg? First of all I am German

:35:56. > :36:02.and I think Germans are not popular for their sense of humour so I have

:36:03. > :36:10.a lot of catching up to do! I am joking. You can laugh. It was a

:36:11. > :36:19.joke. I know that some of the jokes are bad. Take both of you out so I

:36:20. > :36:25.can go through. Sometimes this year I thought was very ball it, boring

:36:26. > :36:32.and dull. They need marriage counselling. Maybe I saw myself as a

:36:33. > :36:40.therapist. I do not think it is working. OK. I do not know how much

:36:41. > :36:44.you like each other, but my team-mate and myself we get along.

:36:45. > :36:51.You think it is almost like what you went through? I do not think it

:36:52. > :36:56.was, is that intense. I think we are different people. One thing that

:36:57. > :36:59.people do not remember, there was big rivalry, but there was always

:37:00. > :37:06.great respect for each other between Mark and myself and fortunately Mark

:37:07. > :37:10.was always very fair and I learned a lot from him in this regard. We were

:37:11. > :37:15.never trying to hide anything stupid like with many engineers, do not

:37:16. > :37:19.tell him which tyres I will take and do not tell him I like this better

:37:20. > :37:24.than this and I am holding back my pace. It is childish. For Mark and

:37:25. > :37:33.myself it was going on for longer so it was more intense. Next year do

:37:34. > :37:37.you think you could win? Yes. It is difficult to predict. As a driver

:37:38. > :37:41.knew have to believe in yourself I believe in the chances that you get.

:37:42. > :37:47.Everything we have done this year I think helps us to build a better car

:37:48. > :37:50.next year. We should be in a stronger position next year and

:37:51. > :38:00.hopefully strong enough to be a match or in front. Thank you. You

:38:01. > :38:09.are welcome. Fascinating chat with Vettel. Why use a prized when he

:38:10. > :38:14.said he doubted himself last year? Four times world champion and then

:38:15. > :38:17.kind of imploding? It was not the surprise then that we now know that

:38:18. > :38:22.last year was his worst season in Formula 1. It was painful to watch

:38:23. > :38:28.the frustration on his face, the difficulty adapting to the new

:38:29. > :38:31.technology. Daniel Ricciardo was delivering with speed. Ultimately a

:38:32. > :38:36.little bit faster. I loved the honesty of him looking at himself.

:38:37. > :38:41.People think that with four World Championships you would be arrogant

:38:42. > :38:47.and think, who is letting me down? He was saying, what do I need to

:38:48. > :38:52.work on to improve? He was not going to improve within Red Bull and it

:38:53. > :38:55.was an inspired move to go to Ferrari in the short-term. I have to

:38:56. > :39:03.let you go to the commentary box. He is not arrogant, Vettel. That really

:39:04. > :39:07.came through. Also some funny bits from the press conference. He has

:39:08. > :39:13.that incredible sense of humour. What a first year with Ferrari.

:39:14. > :39:18.Quite something. He has got everybody by surprise because most

:39:19. > :39:24.people up and down the paddock will say to you that Alonso is the

:39:25. > :39:29.quickest driver in the paddock. That is the view of a lot of people. His

:39:30. > :39:35.demise, leaving to go to McLaren, spelt danger for Ferrari, but it was

:39:36. > :39:39.the opposite. The situation by Vettel, he brought steely

:39:40. > :39:44.determination and a way of working, very Germanic but with the British

:39:45. > :39:48.sense of humour, and that has made Ferrari into a stronger team. And a

:39:49. > :39:55.great atmosphere. All of the mechanics smiling. You have to give

:39:56. > :39:59.him credit for that. He has won toys around here. We can get the inside

:40:00. > :40:13.line on hopefully what is going to happen with Ferrari. Vettel has been

:40:14. > :40:16.the fastest. Is that an accurate reflection of the performance?

:40:17. > :40:21.Hopefully. We would hope to make the gap closer than it was in the last

:40:22. > :40:28.couple of sessions. Do you think you can challenge? Unlikely. What we can

:40:29. > :40:37.do is get closer and if we look at the rock long runs of yesterday we

:40:38. > :40:41.were not bad. What are the big challenges during qualifying? You

:40:42. > :40:55.always have to have one eye on the sky. It can rain at any time. The

:40:56. > :41:02.second thing is not getting stuck in traffic. Making sure you do not flat

:41:03. > :41:08.spot the tyre you have to race with. Being on the track at the right

:41:09. > :41:13.time. Always fascinating to hear from him. He says that as it is and

:41:14. > :41:20.makes it very clear. Do you think any records could fall this weekend?

:41:21. > :41:27.It is a possibility. 2004 is the fastest lap around here by Rubens

:41:28. > :41:33.Barrichello. I felt that this year would be the year that it would

:41:34. > :41:40.tumble. The tyres have an increase in mandatory pressure by nearly 18%

:41:41. > :41:45.which means less grip but the kerbs are 50 millimetres higher which is

:41:46. > :41:56.much more aggressive. What does that mean for lap time? Massa really

:41:57. > :42:01.knows the circuit. Here he is attacking the kerb. Exactly as he

:42:02. > :42:06.would last year. It bounced the car completely off the circuit. It is

:42:07. > :42:10.the 50 millimetre kerb into there. I can see it much better in this

:42:11. > :42:18.situation. On the left-hand side we have Rosberg. On the right-hand side

:42:19. > :42:21.his pole position lap from 2014. Look at the difference in terms of

:42:22. > :42:27.the distance he can take across the circuit. Probably more important

:42:28. > :42:33.than that is look at his steering angle. It is significantly more this

:42:34. > :42:40.year which means he is slower and cannot keep it flat-out through the

:42:41. > :42:46.corner. That is a difference of 15 kilometres and our Mitch means he is

:42:47. > :42:50.much lower down the back straight. Into turn eight and again you can

:42:51. > :42:55.see it much easier. Look at the distance, an extra two metres

:42:56. > :42:59.overall. The steering angle is a big factor. He is having to turn the car

:43:00. > :43:04.much more to make it around the corner. Here it is four or five

:43:05. > :43:12.kilometres and our indifference of the apex speed and it is a time

:43:13. > :43:16.loss. Altogether the kerbs are going to be a factor. Massa was attacking

:43:17. > :43:26.them more than anyone else this morning. You are off to commentate.

:43:27. > :43:35.Thank you. I am going to swap you. We reported last time that Graham

:43:36. > :43:42.Lloyd and could not comment. You are saying goodbye in Abu Dhabi. Yes.

:43:43. > :43:47.Abu Dhabi will be my last race in Formula 1 with the team. I will be

:43:48. > :43:49.sad to leave the paddock. We got to know a lot of good people here and

:43:50. > :43:56.made some really good friends and colleagues. There is a lot about the

:43:57. > :44:04.paddock I will miss. I will not miss Eddie's shirts. You can see them

:44:05. > :44:08.from afar. Why are you leaving? The reason should stay internal to the

:44:09. > :44:16.team at the thing I am really happy about is a year ago the team was in

:44:17. > :44:21.a really bad place financially and emotionally with Jules' accident

:44:22. > :44:26.which overshadowed everything. At that time be completely kept belief

:44:27. > :44:30.in this team. Formula 1 team is a very precious thing and that was a

:44:31. > :44:35.really difficult period, November, December, January. I am most proud

:44:36. > :44:39.of the fact that the team is still here and in a position to race. Not

:44:40. > :44:45.easy things to keep going, Formula 1 teams. Whether I am in the team or

:44:46. > :44:49.not, the most important thing is that the team survives and it will

:44:50. > :44:55.go on past Abu Dhabi. It is set up very well with the power units and

:44:56. > :45:03.everything. Can you come back and join us in between sessions? Yes.

:45:04. > :45:20.Let us catch up with qualifying. Here is Q1.

:45:21. > :45:28.Squeezed in between highways and side streets in Sao Paulo, the

:45:29. > :45:32.penultimate Grand Prix of Wendy 15. And the last of three events to be

:45:33. > :45:36.held in the Americas over the past three weeks. This Interlagos venue

:45:37. > :45:41.has been a regular feature of the calendar since the early 1970s and

:45:42. > :45:46.allowing for a brief interlude in Rio in the 80s, it has been the site

:45:47. > :45:53.of some crucial races in the last decade. 2.6 miles in length, and

:45:54. > :45:58.elevation change of some 150 feet from the crowd at Turn 1 to the base

:45:59. > :46:03.at turn five and it rewards a well-balanced chassis and the serum

:46:04. > :46:09.power needed to drive up to the start finish line -- sheer power.

:46:10. > :46:15.The weather can be fickle, a bit of cloud cover has come in. It is not

:46:16. > :46:19.as clear as it was. The track temperature is dropped a few degrees

:46:20. > :46:24.but only a 30% chance of rain in this dashing and hopefully it will

:46:25. > :46:26.stay dry for the three elements of qualifying we owe about to go

:46:27. > :46:38.through. -- in this session. We have to go back to the Italian

:46:39. > :46:43.Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton to get pole position. Nico Rosberg has been

:46:44. > :46:50.on a roll and Hamilton will be determined to end that. It has been

:46:51. > :46:55.evenly balanced so far. Rosberg was fastest in the first session

:46:56. > :47:00.yesterday, Hamilton in the other and Hamilton fastest this morning. A lot

:47:01. > :47:06.of support for the memory of Ayrton Senna, many of the Brazilian fans

:47:07. > :47:12.dressed in his colours. And Hamilton is carrying his colours on the back

:47:13. > :47:16.of his helmet this weekend. Already the champion, a three-time champion

:47:17. > :47:21.like Senna, but what he has not done is win this Grand Prix, that is what

:47:22. > :47:25.he wants to correct this weekend. He was close in 2012 when he was

:47:26. > :47:32.leading the race but clashed with Nico Hulkenberg. Will this be

:47:33. > :47:37.Hamilton's weekend? Certainly they dominated the times this morning.

:47:38. > :47:41.That is Hamilton getting ready to climb aboard his Mercedes. He was

:47:42. > :47:45.about one tenth of a second faster than Rosberg this morning but they

:47:46. > :47:51.had over half a second over everybody else with Vettel third,

:47:52. > :47:58.biking and fourth, Bottas for Williams -- Raikkonen fourth. The

:47:59. > :47:59.battle is between Lotus and Toro Rosso with just six points

:48:00. > :48:15.separating them. In the qualifying battles, despite

:48:16. > :48:21.Rosberg's recent run, Hamilton is still well ahead in terms of beating

:48:22. > :48:25.his team-mate in qualifying. Ricciardo is ahead of Kvyat at Red

:48:26. > :48:33.Bull but we don't expect them to be at the front this time. Bottas is

:48:34. > :48:36.just ahead of Massa. It has been a bit of a struggle for him this

:48:37. > :48:46.weekend and Bottas seems to have had the edge.

:48:47. > :48:52.Alonso is ahead of Button but it has been a tough weekend for McLaren

:48:53. > :48:56.again as we have heard. They had to take the gearbox of the back of

:48:57. > :49:02.Alonso's cup after this morning, they got it all back together. --

:49:03. > :49:10.his car. Close between Verstappen and Sainz. That could be decided.

:49:11. > :49:15.Grosjean has the best advantage over his team-mate, Pastor Maldonado. It

:49:16. > :49:22.shows how well Romain Grosjean has been driving that even if he has had

:49:23. > :49:25.day that is not perfectly as generally out-qualified his

:49:26. > :49:29.team-mate. We are always watching out for those rivalries and we are

:49:30. > :49:33.looking to see who ends up on pole position but the first part of

:49:34. > :49:39.qualifying will focus mainly on who will be in the top 15. Five cars

:49:40. > :49:44.will not go through. The fans are getting into the right kind of

:49:45. > :49:50.spirit here, David, as we wait for the first session. The crowd here

:49:51. > :49:54.are always very excited about for the one, huge support for their

:49:55. > :49:58.national drivers. It was quite touching in the preview show when we

:49:59. > :50:04.heard Felipe Massa saying about when he was a young boy sitting in the

:50:05. > :50:07.grandstand with his father. There is a special atmosphere at this special

:50:08. > :50:15.track. Short circuit, as we spoke about. Very challenging, threading

:50:16. > :50:19.that needle at high speed, especially with the late apex is in

:50:20. > :50:26.a lot of the corners that was mentioned by Allan, the higher curbs

:50:27. > :50:32.grooving a challenge. They have to be much more precise to get the

:50:33. > :50:36.perfect lap. The first of the three qualifying period has begun, nobody

:50:37. > :50:45.is vigorous to get out, it is a session of 18 minutes. -- nobody is

:50:46. > :50:51.in a rush to get out. There is not much chance of rain. Previously we

:50:52. > :50:57.have seen teams rushing out if conditions are changeable that with

:50:58. > :51:03.a dry and fairly short track, it is easy to get a number of laps under

:51:04. > :51:08.your belt in 18 minutes. I think the effects of the dirty air from the

:51:09. > :51:12.car in front, they have been more sensitive to it over the season and

:51:13. > :51:18.it is quite difficult to get out of that on a track like this. It is not

:51:19. > :51:21.so much how it affects you in the corner, it is more about the

:51:22. > :51:29.braking. It is tricky into Turn 1 and also 4 because you are dropping

:51:30. > :51:36.downhill. Going into 8 and also turned 12, the last real corner on

:51:37. > :51:43.the track -- turn 12. This first part of qualifying, so many cars on

:51:44. > :51:49.track, we will the sum funds regime that some frustration. Tom, what

:51:50. > :51:57.sort of lap times are wheeler can for to get through this first cut

:51:58. > :52:03.off? -- are we looking for. Track conditions are quite similar to

:52:04. > :52:09.final practice. The cut-off time was 1.39 which is what it would have

:52:10. > :52:14.been in the order after final practice. As David said, with all 20

:52:15. > :52:21.cars out it is one car every 200 metres. It is just a question of who

:52:22. > :52:26.goes through on the medium tyre and the soft tyre with the difference

:52:27. > :52:31.between them 1.2 seconds. That is a good point. It could be a two-stop

:52:32. > :52:38.or three stop race and it may be that some teams favour the soft and

:52:39. > :52:43.others the medium tyre. That will have a bearing and what is

:52:44. > :52:48.interesting, given that the session is underway, nobody has gone out.

:52:49. > :52:52.Historically some of the smaller teams would go out to get some free

:52:53. > :53:00.airtime, like Manor who have not shown many signs with that revised

:53:01. > :53:05.2014 car. This is the sort of prime time to get your coverage for your

:53:06. > :53:11.sponsors. I don't quite know why everyone the is letting the clock

:53:12. > :53:21.counts down. The first car is just going down the pit lane. It is Nico

:53:22. > :53:26.Hulkenberg as you can see. You need cars running to get the circuit to

:53:27. > :53:31.put more rubber down. Hulkenberg loves this track, he had pole

:53:32. > :53:38.position in 2010 with Williams, a fabulous performance. His best

:53:39. > :53:44.finish was fifth but he led 30 laps in that year in 2012. He led five

:53:45. > :53:52.laps last year as well. Best grid position of this year so far is

:53:53. > :53:56.fifth. A huge cheer from the grandstands and I can look out and

:53:57. > :54:06.the Felipe Massa driving down the pit lane. A former double winner of

:54:07. > :54:10.this Grand Prix. Williams probably not in with a shout of winning

:54:11. > :54:15.unless we get a weather affected race which is still possible but he

:54:16. > :54:22.has plenty of support. There he is, a big puff of brake dust as he heads

:54:23. > :54:27.down to turn 4. He has been a bit all over the place, kept it off the

:54:28. > :54:34.barriers but sliding around, clearly trying hard. Let's see how he gets

:54:35. > :54:38.on. Coming off a reasonable run last time out but it was Bottas who got

:54:39. > :54:45.the podium finish in Mexico. On board with Hulkenberg, he is on the

:54:46. > :54:53.white walled medium tyre. This is unlikely to be his best run. A bit

:54:54. > :54:56.wide coming through Turn 3. You are trying to keep your throttle flat to

:54:57. > :55:05.the ground and get a good run along the back straight. Tidy into 4.

:55:06. > :55:08.Trying to find where the grip is. There has been a support race come

:55:09. > :55:14.at some touring cars have been out there picking up the Pirelli rubber

:55:15. > :55:19.and laying down what ever they might drop from their vehicles. The

:55:20. > :55:29.circuit might have evolved since free practice. Tidy lap so far. The

:55:30. > :55:34.Toro Rosso gets out of the way. You can see the black lines going into

:55:35. > :55:38.the run-off area which is where Lewis Hamilton dropped it this

:55:39. > :55:42.morning, an unusual place. Presumably some technical issue in

:55:43. > :55:48.the power deployment. And the fantastic rise through turn 14. You

:55:49. > :55:56.want to take the path of least resistance. He opens the batting

:55:57. > :56:02.with 13.8 which, compared to this morning, 13.3, half a second and I

:56:03. > :56:08.am sure he will work his way towards that time and more. There should be

:56:09. > :56:14.a big left to play with on his tyres. Let's see how Massa is

:56:15. > :56:23.getting on. Staying off that curb, particularly on the right-hand side.

:56:24. > :56:28.Juncao, vital left-hander, climbing up the hill. A bit of overseer but

:56:29. > :56:40.he dealt with it. Hulkenberg currently fastest in the Force

:56:41. > :56:45.India. Massa is quicker, 1:13.3. He did 1:13.7 earlier so an

:56:46. > :56:49.improvement. Williams tend to focus a bit more on longer runs and higher

:56:50. > :56:57.fuel loads so this will be a sighter for him as they get the fuel levels

:56:58. > :57:02.down. Vettel being fairly cautious surprisingly. Mercedes have put both

:57:03. > :57:07.cars out on the soft tyre straightaway. They could get through

:57:08. > :57:11.this session on the medium tyre with their advantage but it shows there

:57:12. > :57:20.is some thinking towards the race. They could be doing a relatively

:57:21. > :57:25.slower lap to try to build some heat soaked into the tyres but Rosberg

:57:26. > :57:29.looks to be done in it, purple, purple in the first two macro

:57:30. > :57:32.sectors. It is unusual to go for broke so early. -- the first two

:57:33. > :57:41.macro -- the first two sectors. That is

:57:42. > :57:50.the fastest lap of the weekend from Nico Rosberg. 1:11.7. Maybe they are

:57:51. > :57:56.keeping their medium tyre back for the race strategy. If they want at

:57:57. > :58:02.three stop race and make the medium their prime race tyre, that might be

:58:03. > :58:04.what they are doing. Ferrari might make a different decision because

:58:05. > :58:08.they did more laps on the soft yesterday and that might make things

:58:09. > :58:10.interesting with different strategies. Nobody really got to

:58:11. > :58:26.within a second of Mercedes. RADIO: Looking good. Ericsson on

:58:27. > :58:33.circuit at the moment, Hamilton goes through, going just a bit faster

:58:34. > :58:37.than Rosberg. Tom, intriguing to see Mercedes on the soft tyre. It is and

:58:38. > :58:42.they were consistent on the medium this morning so they clearly think

:58:43. > :58:46.that will be their race tyre will stop one thing they are banking on

:58:47. > :58:53.tomorrow, they want a hot track temperature. Last year it was baking

:58:54. > :58:57.here. They must have seen a forecast that says we will have hot weather

:58:58. > :59:02.otherwise you couldn't risk that strategy now. The forecast I saw

:59:03. > :59:08.said it would be a little cooler tomorrow. Maybe they know something

:59:09. > :59:15.we don't. The weather forecast has been a bit out so far this weekend,

:59:16. > :59:20.we expected it to be more heavy rain on Friday and it was just little

:59:21. > :59:23.bits and then a huge storm last night with lightning and you thought

:59:24. > :59:31.the roof was coming off the hotel. Stop immediately. Oh no. Alonso is

:59:32. > :59:37.being told to stop, there must be a technical problem. He stop in

:59:38. > :59:41.practice yesterday, they rebuilt the back of the carp between FP3 and

:59:42. > :59:49.qualifying. Nothing given away. -- back of the car. It looked like he

:59:50. > :59:56.had stopped on the uphill rise up to 14. Hopefully no need... It's on the

:59:57. > :00:01.inside in the middle sector. Has he got the car far enough off-track

:00:02. > :00:06.that they don't need anything other than a yellow flag? It might be

:00:07. > :00:10.difficult to push it off. The yellow flags are out at the moment but for

:00:11. > :00:16.the second time this weekend Alonso is out of his car and what different

:00:17. > :00:21.body language to him in the mid-2000 winning two titles.

:00:22. > :00:29.You make your choices and you reap what is delivered to you. I know

:00:30. > :00:34.McLaren are down and you do not want to kick someone when they are down

:00:35. > :00:40.but it is a waste of talent in those two cars. Robbed of an opportunity

:00:41. > :00:46.to see these two world champion shot themselves. In the case of Alonso,

:00:47. > :00:50.maybe just peeking from his prime. Jenson has another year to go and

:00:51. > :00:53.then will make his choices. Getting that advice to go to stop

:00:54. > :01:05.immediately and then he pulls off the track. No power. It is not just

:01:06. > :01:08.that Honda are lacking performance, they are lacking reliability. Both

:01:09. > :01:12.elements are going to be needed if they are going to be able to

:01:13. > :01:19.campaign to get into the top ten to maybe 2000 podium finishes which has

:01:20. > :01:22.to be their target. You need the reliability and power and they are

:01:23. > :01:26.failing on both scores. Honda are huge company but do not have a

:01:27. > :01:32.bottomless pit of money and are having to support McLaren's race

:01:33. > :01:37.budget. Helping McLaren with the development of the car while trying

:01:38. > :01:41.to engineer way out of the issues. Trying to understand why they have

:01:42. > :01:48.not got anywhere close to being competitive with this engine.

:01:49. > :01:51.Whatever they budgeted it must be haemorrhaging more cash. It is going

:01:52. > :01:57.to come to the attention of the board. Tough times but let us hope

:01:58. > :02:00.they can make progress. It is the first time Ericsson has raced at

:02:01. > :02:05.Interlagos. He did not get to race here last year. The Caterham team

:02:06. > :02:10.had gone down by the time this race came round. Let us see if he can

:02:11. > :02:16.improve on his current 12. In the drop zone at the moment. Rossi and

:02:17. > :02:24.Stevens are not quick enough to get into the top 15. Alonso is

:02:25. > :02:30.definitely going to be out. Grosjean and Maldonado have not been out on

:02:31. > :02:34.circuit yet. The two Lotus cars are still sitting in the pits. You will

:02:35. > :02:39.see a lot of less as we go through this session. That is a key area

:02:40. > :02:45.where we tend to see brake locking. Yes. That is one of those corners

:02:46. > :02:51.where the apex is quick to death, distance round the corner so you

:02:52. > :02:59.have to carry more brake Trail. Trying to find the balance as the

:03:00. > :03:04.outside wheel begins to unload slightly. You end up with flat

:03:05. > :03:09.spots. Vettel is going to come out on the soft tyres having done a

:03:10. > :03:16.runner on the medium compound tyre first of all. Alonso has found

:03:17. > :03:21.himself a deck chair. An expensive footstool. That helmet is around

:03:22. > :03:28.$10,000. I guess he has a few back home. Just about most of the field

:03:29. > :03:34.are coming out on the soft tyres. We will see of everybody does so. Lord

:03:35. > :03:47.is getting out. Grosjean is first to approach us. He had DRS open which

:03:48. > :03:54.he can manually operate. Trying to scale an opportunity. He has got

:03:55. > :03:59.past Sergio. The car in front of him is Grosjean. He will be hoping that

:04:00. > :04:02.Grosjean keep the momentum going. He has plenty of clear track ahead of

:04:03. > :04:10.him so he is not going to be backing up into anyone. Bottas still in the

:04:11. > :04:15.pits. Appleton and Rosberg may not come out to play again. They

:04:16. > :04:23.maisonettes this one out. Alonso has a nice view. The directory is

:04:24. > :04:31.enjoying this. The marshal is offering him a lift. He is in no

:04:32. > :04:35.hurry. He has been around long enough to know there is no point

:04:36. > :04:40.getting frustrated. Maybe he can learn by watching some of the other

:04:41. > :04:48.cars. Grosjean, the Frenchman, on his lap. Heading down towards Turn

:04:49. > :05:00.4. Lord is desperate to out-qualified Toro Rosso. At this

:05:01. > :05:04.stage it is about qualifying into Q3. A good chance of that with the

:05:05. > :05:10.Mercedes power unit driving them up the hill. In the middle section they

:05:11. > :05:19.have been showing a reasonable turn of pace. Roy John has never scored

:05:20. > :05:22.points in Brazil in the past. In the tiny lock-up in the same place in

:05:23. > :05:31.the same place into Turn 10. Being very tidy. He missed out on free

:05:32. > :05:39.practices. The team were preparing to Jolyon Palmer. He is getting on

:05:40. > :05:43.the pace quickly. He is off to pastures new. He will want to go out

:05:44. > :05:49.with a strong couple of results here and in Abu Dhabi. He has got for

:05:50. > :06:02.straightaway. He will be comfortably through to the next stage. Vettel

:06:03. > :06:12.goes up to third. That is a death in lap time from Daniel Kvyat. --

:06:13. > :06:28.decent. Getting into the tiles point of this qualifying. Daniel Ricciardo

:06:29. > :06:34.has the ten place grid penalty but he will go through qualifying as

:06:35. > :06:39.normal. Bottas as a three place penalty for undertaking on a red

:06:40. > :06:43.flag yesterday because Alonso had pulled off of the road. Bottas will

:06:44. > :06:52.have to forget about that and concentrate on his qualifying

:06:53. > :07:01.performance. We think that is good enough so we will box. They have

:07:02. > :07:07.done enough. Maldonado is in danger. Alonso does not appear on the

:07:08. > :07:09.graphic but he is 20th and last and will not go through to the next

:07:10. > :07:16.stage. Just getting a bit worried. He ran onto the kerb. Missed

:07:17. > :07:21.slightly the apex in turn eight. He has a reasonable first sector. We

:07:22. > :07:25.join him coming through Turn 10. Another bit of traffic which is

:07:26. > :07:32.going to catch his eye. He tries to be flat through there and that is

:07:33. > :07:36.terrible blogging from the Sauber. That was Nasr. Brazilian on

:07:37. > :07:40.Brazilian. You cannot do that. That is one of the fastest parts of the

:07:41. > :07:45.racetrack. He's just going to make it across the line. That is really

:07:46. > :07:50.big problems for mass of. He is only in the danger zone. Nasr was

:07:51. > :07:55.completely in the wrong place. He was either misinformed by his team

:07:56. > :07:59.or he chose to ignore that information. Jenson Button is

:08:00. > :08:05.desperate to drag himself out of the top five. Can he do enough with the

:08:06. > :08:10.McLaren Honda? We have lost one already. The chequered flag is out.

:08:11. > :08:20.This of the lap that counts for everybody. But in is out. Ericsson

:08:21. > :08:25.is back in. That puts Maldonado out. This is crucial for Maldonado in the

:08:26. > :08:28.middle sector. Ericsson is there for the moment. Not as quick as his

:08:29. > :08:35.team-mate, the difference the 10th of a second. Is Ericsson going to be

:08:36. > :08:45.in danger from Maldonado? That was Rossi putting a foot over the edge.

:08:46. > :08:52.It looks as if Stevens is on a floor lap so it is going to be Rossi. Does

:08:53. > :08:57.he improve? Yes, slightly, in terms of lap time. A slightly better lap

:08:58. > :09:09.time from the American. Massa did not achieve us Goody first sector in

:09:10. > :09:12.his -- as in his first run. Maldonado has failed. He has not

:09:13. > :09:21.made it through to the second part of qualifying. That is a shocker. He

:09:22. > :09:32.has been beaten by both Sauber's. That is a surprise. Nearly four

:09:33. > :09:35.tenths slower than his team-mate, certainly three tense. Disappointing

:09:36. > :09:47.for the Venezuelan. Jenson Button yet again out in Q1. A little bit

:09:48. > :09:53.with the front wing. Maybe it would not have made a difference. I think

:09:54. > :09:57.that is the 11th Grand Prix he has fallen in Q1. Both McLarens are out

:09:58. > :10:06.on this occasion. Maldonado joining them in the knockout zone. Alonso

:10:07. > :10:23.knows he is not going to play any further part. There is a Zen like

:10:24. > :10:26.calm to him. Quite extraordinary shots of a

:10:27. > :10:33.sunbathing Formula 1 driver in terms of Fernando Alonso looking very

:10:34. > :10:36.relaxed. A blocking incident with another and matter which will be

:10:37. > :10:43.investigated after the session. We will let you know what happens.

:10:44. > :10:48.Massa was lucky in the end. Absolutely. This is what happens.

:10:49. > :10:53.Massa knows his way around and he has the crowd on his side. We will

:10:54. > :10:59.see what happens. When you have an incident like this you have to make

:11:00. > :11:03.the best of it and go on. It is extraordinary. Do you think that was

:11:04. > :11:09.his team not telling him where he should have been? We will have to

:11:10. > :11:14.ask because it is difficult to know. The team probably should have said

:11:15. > :11:20.what was happening. This was a question of the driver in front. Not

:11:21. > :11:27.doing the job he needed to do. He impeded Marcel. It will be looked at

:11:28. > :11:34.by the stewards. Now McLarens through to Q2. No Maldonado. A quick

:11:35. > :11:37.word before we pick up on what we through to Q2. No Maldonado. A quick

:11:38. > :11:43.word before we pick up on what we said before. Rossi, a good addition

:11:44. > :11:48.to the team? Yes. We knew him a bit from last year so we knew he would

:11:49. > :11:54.fit in quite well. He has done a pretty good job in Govan will run

:11:55. > :12:00.for his money. He had a good midsection on his second run. He is

:12:01. > :12:05.doing a good job. Your successor is going to be announced at the PM but

:12:06. > :12:11.you have a good idea who it is going to be. Inside information? I think

:12:12. > :12:18.the team are going to announce some people. You know who it is. It is

:12:19. > :12:22.not my successor. It is a different position in the team and it would

:12:23. > :12:28.not be right for me to announce it to you. Much as I would love to!

:12:29. > :12:36.Will you be in Formula 1 in the future? I would really like to be. I

:12:37. > :12:40.still have a lot to do in F1. Where? I do not know. I have made a

:12:41. > :12:43.commitment to the team not to look anywhere else until the season

:12:44. > :12:50.finished and I have get to that. In what role? I do not know. I think

:12:51. > :12:54.there's quite a bit I can offer in F1. You have to stay in this game

:12:55. > :13:02.because it is fast-moving and if step out for a little while then a

:13:03. > :13:07.lot changes. Once we get this is out of the way and Abu Dhabi out of the

:13:08. > :13:10.way I will start looking around. You find the atmosphere addictive if you

:13:11. > :13:17.want to stay in the paddock and a commercial role or whatever you

:13:18. > :13:21.feel. I love racing. We have had unbelievable challenges that we have

:13:22. > :13:24.been presented with in the last four or five years but we have not done

:13:25. > :13:28.that much racing and it will be really nice to do so more of that.

:13:29. > :13:34.It would be nice to do it in Formula 1. I have to finish the job with the

:13:35. > :13:43.team first and go from there. Your partner who we have known, what is

:13:44. > :13:48.he going to do? I do not know. I have really enjoyed working with

:13:49. > :13:56.John for the last 20 years. I would love to continue working with him.

:13:57. > :13:59.He has racing running through his veins and the knowledge and

:14:00. > :14:01.experience that he has got, especially with bringing younger

:14:02. > :14:07.drivers through, there is a big chunk of this grid whose formative

:14:08. > :14:13.years racing were spent with John and it is a very rare and unique

:14:14. > :14:19.talent that he has. Did you bring Mercedes to the team? I think our

:14:20. > :14:23.team was in a pretty good position this year in terms of its ability to

:14:24. > :14:29.have the power plant, power unit, there is not much politics involved

:14:30. > :14:32.for us. The units are all pretty much the same commercially will stop

:14:33. > :14:39.if you have the money you can go and get them. The team is well set up

:14:40. > :14:44.for next season. We wish you the best in whatever you choose to do.

:14:45. > :14:49.Thank you for chatting with us. It has been a pleasure. We will bring

:14:50. > :14:59.you that announcement and the news as soon as we have it. We can go

:15:00. > :15:05.back for Q2. The track temperature has come back up to 49 degrees. That

:15:06. > :15:10.adds a bit more of a challenge to the equation. The second session

:15:11. > :15:16.gets under way. Hamilton was fastest in Q1 ahead of Rosberg. One of the

:15:17. > :15:20.standout performances from the first week runs was Verstappen was faster

:15:21. > :15:26.than Bottas and Marcel. Ahead of Grosjean as well.

:15:27. > :15:32.Here's been top ten qualifying for the last five Grand Prix and looks

:15:33. > :15:36.to have a good chance of doing the same. There was a huge cheer when

:15:37. > :15:41.Alonso came back from his sunbathing and got out of the recovery

:15:42. > :15:46.vehicle. I thought it was a Brazilian. It shows the Latin

:15:47. > :15:53.American temperament and he is revered here as well. Nico Rosberg

:15:54. > :15:56.early out. There is Fernando walking back up and still looking pretty

:15:57. > :16:03.happy even if the weekend is not going according to plan. Was Berg

:16:04. > :16:09.going out on a clear circuit. Hamilton has gone out as well --

:16:10. > :16:14.Rosberg. Both Mercedes on a brand-new set of soft tyres. This

:16:15. > :16:18.could be the tyre they start the Grand Prix on because if they set a

:16:19. > :16:25.quickest lap now, it is put aside to be the starting tyre for the race.

:16:26. > :16:30.No argument about who was out at the right time, they have clear track

:16:31. > :16:34.ahead of them. This is just about getting into the top ten, it will

:16:35. > :16:39.not determine their grid position unless they failed to get into the

:16:40. > :16:45.top ten. Even on a lap like this there is a lot of concentration as

:16:46. > :16:49.to how he drives the car, judging the temperatures and tyres and

:16:50. > :16:56.getting ready for the fast lap. They have a number of settings they need

:16:57. > :17:02.to get right before they go across the start finish line. Track

:17:03. > :17:06.temperature is up to 51 and historically that means you start to

:17:07. > :17:14.lose grip as it gets too hot but it will be counterbalanced by the fact

:17:15. > :17:20.that the circuit is rubber ring in. Nico Rosberg has had this tremendous

:17:21. > :17:24.run of four pole positions. Can you fend off Hamilton again? It does not

:17:25. > :17:28.matter so much in this session a part from the psychological edge of

:17:29. > :17:38.being quicker. On board with Rosberg. He was mighty through the

:17:39. > :17:46.Senate, tidy enough through four -- Senna S. This is a fantastic

:17:47. > :17:53.sequence up over the rise, you don't see the corner until you exit seven.

:17:54. > :18:00.A bit wide, I don't know if it cost him but it might have got some dirt

:18:01. > :18:03.on his tyres. He will need to be cautious on the brakes at ten, a lot

:18:04. > :18:12.understeer in the second part of the. Maybe taking too much out of

:18:13. > :18:17.the tyre. It was quite a slow out lap which suggested no issue with

:18:18. > :18:21.getting the tyres to switch on. Hamilton is marginally quicker in

:18:22. > :18:29.the first sector. And a lot quicker in the middle sector will stop

:18:30. > :18:35.confirming the issues Rosberg had. Let's see if Hamilton is going to

:18:36. > :18:43.get into the elevens. Let's see, he was in it earlier and it is 1:11.6

:18:44. > :18:46.so just faster than his lap in Q1. But for Rosberg, he might have been

:18:47. > :18:51.looking after the tyres, the worst thing to do would be to lock-up and

:18:52. > :18:59.put a flat spot on the set he is likely to start the race on. On

:19:00. > :19:06.board with Valtteri Bottas. Short shifts on both hairpins coming out

:19:07. > :19:12.of turn eight and turn ten. He is giving away torque and horsepower in

:19:13. > :19:16.an attempt to not spin the rear tyres so maybe this is the issue for

:19:17. > :19:21.Williams. Will they be under pressure from Toro Rosso and Red

:19:22. > :19:26.Bull? He qualified fourth last year. Four tenths off Rosberg but

:19:27. > :19:38.you have to think that was not a great lap from Rosberg. The McLaren

:19:39. > :19:42.boys on the podium! They thought they would take the opportunity to

:19:43. > :19:49.make a debut, the only one this year. Massa sliding out of Turn 3

:19:50. > :19:56.with a bit of a oversteer. He gathered it together. Was that fast

:19:57. > :20:04.enough? Shall I try another? We will go for Lap 3. Are you sure? That's a

:20:05. > :20:12.big compromise. It has to be quicker. Box. Let's get an update

:20:13. > :20:16.from Tom, what will be target time be? That's what they are discussing.

:20:17. > :20:23.And Rosberg doesn't want to put extra laps on his racing tyres. Add

:20:24. > :20:31.David mentioned, there has been a lot more track evolution in Q1. The

:20:32. > :20:36.cut-off time was 0.6 under the one I gave you. To get through to Q3, you

:20:37. > :20:42.are looking at 12.6, that is the feeling here. So not that much

:20:43. > :20:48.underneath it and it puts Bottas right on the verge although he has

:20:49. > :20:50.done 1:12.6 already will stop massa is a long way off so he must have

:20:51. > :21:00.backed off. It will be interesting to see what

:21:01. > :21:08.Mercedes do. He jumped that curb and that oversteer moment. It all went

:21:09. > :21:14.wrong before he had even started the lap effectively. None of his sectors

:21:15. > :21:17.were close to his team-mate's. Frustration for massa, he will be

:21:18. > :21:30.feeling under pressure to deliver for his home crowd. -- Felipe Massa.

:21:31. > :21:37.It is so automatic for him to just turn in and clip that curb. The

:21:38. > :21:42.short cut has changed, you cannot rattle over the kerbs. I'm not sure

:21:43. > :21:47.why they felt the need to change them, they have never been

:21:48. > :21:51.problematic in the past and it was quite a nice visual reminder, if you

:21:52. > :21:58.see a photograph of this track and the car on the curb, you knew

:21:59. > :22:01.exactly where it was. Maybe we need to speak to Charlie Whiting to

:22:02. > :22:09.understand why. It could be for other forms of racing. Watching Nico

:22:10. > :22:13.Hulkenberg, let's see if he can get into the top ten, it all gets a bit

:22:14. > :22:21.more frantic now but he has the Mercedes horsepower to help him

:22:22. > :22:26.climb the steep hill. Let's see where this puts him. Only four times

:22:27. > :22:31.on the board so far but he goes ahead of the two Williams. That will

:22:32. > :22:36.be around the cut-off. That was pretty impressive. Maybe a bit more

:22:37. > :22:44.to come on a second set. This is Max Verstappen. This is the bit of the

:22:45. > :22:53.lap that is not so good with a Renault behind you. His father Jos

:22:54. > :22:57.who made his debut in 1994 and had a spectacular accident involving Eddie

:22:58. > :23:05.Irvine and Martin Brundle. Very focused on his son's career now. We

:23:06. > :23:10.will see Jos Verstappen going on to the next one. Perez pops up into

:23:11. > :23:17.fifth place and Carlos Sainz is sixth but it still might not be

:23:18. > :23:22.quick enough. This is into turn four where his father had that big

:23:23. > :23:26.incident. He felt the need to bail out of the lap and harvest energy

:23:27. > :23:33.into the battery pack in the race card. Anybody with any tectonic

:23:34. > :23:37.device knows the frustration of having battery inside the and not

:23:38. > :23:41.having enough for your journey, that is part of the modern management

:23:42. > :23:46.that the drivers do to prepare for the hot lap in qualifying. Watching

:23:47. > :23:51.Daniil Kvyat who has put in some good performances, finishing fourth

:23:52. > :23:57.four times. He is fifth at the moment on a 1:12.8 so he will be

:23:58. > :24:02.right on the bubble. We have Verstappen in the drop zone at the

:24:03. > :24:10.moment and grow sheen, Raikkonen, Vettel and Ricciardo who have not

:24:11. > :24:15.set a lap time yet -- Grosjean. We expect the Ferraris in particular to

:24:16. > :24:19.be challenging. They might even be able to get in between Hamilton and

:24:20. > :24:25.Rosberg with that half second gap between them. Just a little pause

:24:26. > :24:30.with five minutes to go until the second flying lap and it looks like

:24:31. > :24:38.Ferrari are getting ready. Sebastian Vettel is out first, the man who has

:24:39. > :24:43.won here in the past in 2010 and 2013 and so twice on pole position

:24:44. > :24:50.in 2011 and when T13 at all with Red Bull. What can he do in the Ferrari?

:24:51. > :24:54.I don't think we are in for a Singapore performance when he took

:24:55. > :24:57.his one and only pole position of the year but he certainly wants to

:24:58. > :25:04.be the best of the rest behind Hamilton and Rosberg. How was the

:25:05. > :25:12.balance? I was missing front quite a lot. Think about the front. What can

:25:13. > :25:16.he do to resolve that? They are allowed to adjust the front wing and

:25:17. > :25:21.increase the front wing flap which increases the resistance to the air

:25:22. > :25:28.and puts more load on the front axle but the downside is that it takes

:25:29. > :25:31.away some rear downforce. They can also take out a bit of tyre

:25:32. > :25:37.pressure, presuming they are not on the absolute limit of what the

:25:38. > :25:42.Pirelli limits are for this Grand Prix, a little bit higher than

:25:43. > :25:46.earlier in the year. They can make a tectonic differential adjustment if

:25:47. > :25:53.the car is pushing on the entry phase -- electronic differential

:25:54. > :25:56.adjustment. Sebastian Vettel has hopefully made all the adjustments

:25:57. > :26:08.he needs as he goes onto a quick lap. On board with him.

:26:09. > :26:21.How did that look? Tentative. Tidy enough but not the aggressive

:26:22. > :26:30.Sebastian we have seen when he is at one with his car. Ferrari have had

:26:31. > :26:34.some issues in the middle sector. Along the before getting on the

:26:35. > :26:42.power. This is where they have been losing quite a bit of time. He is

:26:43. > :26:48.keeping it tidy if not spectacular. An indication of whether his brake

:26:49. > :26:53.balance is under control. No visible signs of locking up and tidy on the

:26:54. > :26:56.apex. This is a challenge as you drop down, the car is sparking as

:26:57. > :27:10.the downforce bills. Tess -- builds. And on this part you have

:27:11. > :27:15.the tiniest steering adjustments because it puts in resistance and

:27:16. > :27:19.affects your speed. He goes into second place and splits the

:27:20. > :27:25.Mercedes. He has done what the target was. Still trying to beat

:27:26. > :27:31.Rosberg into second in the World Championship of course. Ricciardo is

:27:32. > :27:36.sixth, that could be enough. An improvement from Raikkonen pushes

:27:37. > :27:44.Ricciardo into seventh. In the drop zone are the two Saubers, Massa and

:27:45. > :27:51.Verstappen and Romain Grosjean. This is what happened to Ricciardo. That

:27:52. > :28:01.was incredible, what a high-speed power drift through turn 11. That

:28:02. > :28:07.could be around 140 mph. That will have cost him some time. Impressive

:28:08. > :28:16.commitment. He still completed the lap. Grosjean just keeps away from

:28:17. > :28:22.the barrier. He is trying to get going again. He has got it running

:28:23. > :28:26.but he is in the drop zone. He has not set a time yet, he was on his

:28:27. > :28:34.first flying sector. He will not have time. Just went wide. He got

:28:35. > :28:40.out onto the marbles and there was no way back. I think it is all over

:28:41. > :28:44.for Grosjean. That is a big blow because there was a chance of

:28:45. > :28:48.getting into the top ten, no doubt. Felipe Massa working the wheel as he

:28:49. > :28:54.has done all weekend as he struggles to get the power down. There has to

:28:55. > :29:02.be an opportunity as he chases Verstappen. It helps him up the

:29:03. > :29:07.straight, Massa goes into eight, Verstappen is in 14th. He has his

:29:08. > :29:13.final lap to get into the top ten. Grosjean crosses the line, he did

:29:14. > :29:17.not come in so is hoping to do a lap on those tyres after that horrible

:29:18. > :29:24.slide. He has no choice, it is just how flat spotted they are. They will

:29:25. > :29:28.be dirty but the good clean them on the remaining corners. But if he has

:29:29. > :29:35.a severe flat spot, the vibration will make your eyeballs shake and

:29:36. > :29:40.you can hardly see the corner. Sainz, Ericsson, Nasr, Verstappen

:29:41. > :29:45.and Grosjean in the drop zone at the moment. Perez could be in danger. It

:29:46. > :29:51.comes down to the last few seconds as ever. Bottas is fifth, what about

:29:52. > :29:57.Daniil Kvyat? He moves up to seventh and he should be safe. Ricciardo is

:29:58. > :30:04.in the pits so he has to hope not too many go quicker. He had a

:30:05. > :30:09.penalty as well will stop Nasr has gone 10th, that pushes Perez down.

:30:10. > :30:15.What has Verstappen done? He shoots up to eight!

:30:16. > :30:25.Great performance from Max Verstappen when it counted. Grosjean

:30:26. > :30:29.cannot do it. There is a shake of the head from Grosjean. Those tyres

:30:30. > :30:34.which were flat spotted in the big spin have not allowed him to get

:30:35. > :30:39.into the top ten. The chequered flag is out. Ericsson is going to try to

:30:40. > :30:45.improve. I doubt he can get into the top ten. He has definitely dropped

:30:46. > :30:51.out of the equation. Hulkenberg is pretty secure. Perez has seen the

:30:52. > :30:54.triggered flag and is out. Hulkenberg has out-qualified his

:30:55. > :31:03.team made very comfortably on this occasion. Looking out for Sainz.

:31:04. > :31:09.Here he is. Can he find enough? His team-mate is definitely through.

:31:10. > :31:15.Verstappen trying to knock out the local favourite. It is not quite

:31:16. > :31:20.there. Sainz not matching Verstappen. Sainz could not come up

:31:21. > :31:31.with the lap he needed to knock Nasr out. That means Nasr has just

:31:32. > :31:41.scraped into the top ten. That is what cost Grosjean the opportunity.

:31:42. > :31:45.Something happened. I wonder what went wrong for Grosjean. He does not

:31:46. > :31:50.often make mistakes like this in qualifying. He has been supreme this

:31:51. > :31:55.year. He still managed out-qualified his team-mate who did not make it

:31:56. > :32:00.into Q2. A couple will not play any further part in the session here

:32:01. > :32:04.today including Sergio Perez, one of the stars last time out in Mexico,

:32:05. > :32:10.his home track, he got in the points. On this occasion he is 13.

:32:11. > :32:21.Daniel Ricciardo has the penalties so he will start ahead of him. Nasr,

:32:22. > :32:29.on home turf, just missing out, still a very good performance from

:32:30. > :32:49.him. Sauber happy they have two cars into Q2. OK. Clearly not a good

:32:50. > :32:57.session. Problems with the data? I do not know. Obviously Sainz very

:32:58. > :32:59.frustrated in that session. Coming back to the team to talk about what

:33:00. > :33:01.happened. Never nice to see back to the team to talk about what

:33:02. > :33:08.happened. Never nice to see your team-mate better you. Those two

:33:09. > :33:16.drivers are vying, nine races each, we will have to wait to Abu Dhabi to

:33:17. > :33:22.see who wins. Fantastic lap by Verstappen to get that car up to

:33:23. > :33:26.where it was. He is in the final shoot out. Let us see what is

:33:27. > :33:30.happening to him. It is these two guys behind me that have been

:33:31. > :33:38.providing comedy entertainment, not in a good way starting. This was Q1.

:33:39. > :33:44.Then comedic scenes of Alonso sunning himself as he was waiting to

:33:45. > :33:49.come back and got a roaring round of applause when he walked into the pit

:33:50. > :33:53.lane. Both of them almost adopted Brazilians and they took a trip to

:33:54. > :33:57.the podium and it is the only time they have seen the podium all year

:33:58. > :34:03.and I think it is safe to say that it is the only time they are going

:34:04. > :34:07.to see it. Let us cut up with them. It is only a Saturday.

:34:08. > :34:15.A foot on the podium but sadly just get to speak to me. 17 tomorrow.

:34:16. > :34:25.Yes. It was a lot closer to 15 than I thought. I think 0.8 of 18. The

:34:26. > :34:31.car was working much better. Much better. The important thing of the

:34:32. > :34:36.car should work. The balance we have should work in the race. I still do

:34:37. > :34:40.not know how competitive we will be because deployment is an issue. In

:34:41. > :34:47.terms of conditions are you hoping for rain? Does that help you?

:34:48. > :34:53.Anything helps us. The car is not bad to drive. I enjoy driving it.

:34:54. > :35:01.The pace is not there. If it rains it opens up many opportunities. We

:35:02. > :35:05.will hopefully capitalise on it. Sitting in the sun watching

:35:06. > :35:13.qualifying on a deck chair. I do not imagine it is the Saturday you were

:35:14. > :35:19.hoping for. Definitely not. I need to be more prepared next time in Abu

:35:20. > :35:26.Dhabi and take suntan lotion because it was quite hot. We passed close to

:35:27. > :35:31.the podium, Jenson and I, and we said, we will not be that close this

:35:32. > :35:36.year, so we took the picture. Jokes about it has been a very frustrating

:35:37. > :35:42.weekend with two engine failures. I took part in the qualifying here. As

:35:43. > :35:46.far as we learn from these problems, lessons that I think we're having

:35:47. > :35:55.this year and not repeat next is good. Definitely it is tough now.

:35:56. > :35:58.You are doing well to keep smiling. He just wandered past us a few

:35:59. > :36:03.seconds ago and he looked a little bit rosy in the cheeks as if he had

:36:04. > :36:09.got the sun. He was auditioning for a new movie. It is not great when

:36:10. > :36:16.you hear Jenson saying anything will help. Of course. They are making a

:36:17. > :36:22.joke of it because the pain that has been there, they realise that this

:36:23. > :36:27.season has been a shocker and put it to one side and think about the

:36:28. > :36:33.future and be more light-hearted. At least the fans here. They want rid

:36:34. > :36:35.of the season. They want to forget as quick as possible. Grosjean

:36:36. > :36:42.arguably should have gone through to the top ten shoot out. There's

:36:43. > :36:45.scuppered his lap. They will be very disappointed because he looked good.

:36:46. > :36:52.He was complaining about tyres and various other things. He had a real

:36:53. > :36:56.opportunity to make it to the top ten and he did not. Lucky not to hit

:36:57. > :37:02.the guard rail. From that point of view he was excellent. Let us find

:37:03. > :37:11.out what is going to happen. The top ten shoot out. Q3. We are joined by

:37:12. > :37:17.the team principal for Red Bull Christian Horner. It is good to see

:37:18. > :37:20.you have both guys in the top ten but it was Max Verstappen who was in

:37:21. > :37:25.the top ten but it was Max Verstappen who was in between

:37:26. > :37:30.absolutely. He has been going well all weekend at that car looks pretty

:37:31. > :37:35.respectable around here. It is a Renault shoot out between the three

:37:36. > :37:39.cars. Clearly you are losing out apps more here in Brazil with this

:37:40. > :37:46.long climb up the hill in the last section than the other circuits.

:37:47. > :37:53.Unfortunately sections are dominated by the long uphill straight back so

:37:54. > :37:56.it is not playing to our strengths. We are respectable insect two.

:37:57. > :38:02.Considering the downforce level on the characters not too bad. The fact

:38:03. > :38:06.Daniel Ricciardo has a ten place penalty because he has used an extra

:38:07. > :38:11.engine this weekend, has that changed the strategy? We are going

:38:12. > :38:18.to try to qualify as high up as we can but he has taken the new

:38:19. > :38:22.upgraded and engine. We are going to try to qualify as high up as we can

:38:23. > :38:26.before he takes a ten place penalty. It does not look as if he is going

:38:27. > :38:31.to be that high. What can you do with that new power plant you are

:38:32. > :38:37.talking about? It is late in the season to be introducing upgrades.

:38:38. > :38:39.You can play. At the moment unfortunately he is about seven

:38:40. > :38:44.kilometres slower on the straight though it is not performing as we

:38:45. > :38:47.would hope at this point in time but hopefully there is opportunity to

:38:48. > :38:53.get more out of it before the race tomorrow. Is that to do with the

:38:54. > :38:58.altitude here in Brazil or is that something you would expect would

:38:59. > :39:05.carry through to Abu Dhabi? Yes. Presumably you mean seven colour --

:39:06. > :39:12.kilometres slower than the other car? You could say that. Engines are

:39:13. > :39:21.so subject. Who is going to get pole position? Hamilton has been good but

:39:22. > :39:26.I think Rosberg saved his tyres so smart of him to go slower insect two

:39:27. > :39:31.so he is better tyres to start the race on. It is going to be

:39:32. > :39:39.fascinating between the two of them. Hamilton is getting ready to go. The

:39:40. > :39:44.clock ticks away. A slightly longer session to give them time to

:39:45. > :39:50.prepare. We will wait to see what Williams can do as well. Massa one

:39:51. > :39:54.of the two Brazilians in the field but the only Brazilian who has made

:39:55. > :40:04.it into the top ten of all Massa came back. Nasr may pick up a grid

:40:05. > :40:08.penalty because of impeding Massa. Nasr may end up losing a few places

:40:09. > :40:16.and what a shame it would be if it was the two Brazilians tripping up

:40:17. > :40:20.each other. Hamilton, to see if he can get pole position, he has done

:40:21. > :40:26.it before for McLaren but last year he was beaten to ball possession by

:40:27. > :40:29.a fraction by Rosberg. That basically led to him being beaten in

:40:30. > :40:37.the race as well. The difference last year was 0.3 of a second. It

:40:38. > :40:43.could be that close again. Such tight qualifying historically around

:40:44. > :40:51.this track. Mercedes looked as if they could big a mistake and still

:40:52. > :40:54.block out the front row, such as the advantage they have. Hamilton has

:40:55. > :41:02.the inner calm of knowing he has secured the championship and for

:41:03. > :41:05.Rosberg blesses him begging up the scraps of what has been a

:41:06. > :41:17.frustrating season for him, but Hamilton will want to reverse the

:41:18. > :41:25.trend of Rosberg taking the owes. There is a big gap between the two

:41:26. > :41:33.of them. Rosberg used a fair amount of kerb and did not bounce. You

:41:34. > :41:37.could argue they can run more downforce than that of the key

:41:38. > :41:41.element of being able to have more confidence, the car being pushed

:41:42. > :41:46.into the tarmac more, even when you unsettle it going over the kerbs.

:41:47. > :41:50.That is one of the things about the performance of the car in the middle

:41:51. > :41:56.sector, they know they are having to trim out the wings, so you get the

:41:57. > :42:00.compound benefits of having extra horsepower and you can afford to

:42:01. > :42:03.carry a bit more a lot on the car and it gives you downforce and

:42:04. > :42:12.create strike but to power through it. A good lap so far from Rosberg.

:42:13. > :42:19.A fraction faster than Hamilton but nothing in it. Yes, but he looks on

:42:20. > :42:23.it, tidy, aggressive. It will be interesting to see of Hamilton can

:42:24. > :42:32.match this lap. He is coming up to the end of Sector 2. That is the

:42:33. > :42:36.fastest lap of the weekend so far. What can Hamilton do? Sometimes the

:42:37. > :42:41.battle has been resolved and the very first run. It is so close.

:42:42. > :42:48.About a hundredth slower. It is down to whether Hamilton has done well in

:42:49. > :42:58.this final sector. It is going to be mighty close. It is not quite

:42:59. > :43:01.enough. Less than a 10th of a second behind. Rosberg takes first

:43:02. > :43:05.honours. Likely they will be coming out again. They will be watching to

:43:06. > :43:11.see of the track temperature changes. Big lock for Hamilton in to

:43:12. > :43:16.Turn 10. That is going to have damaged that front right. How close

:43:17. > :43:22.is Vettel going to be able to get to those two Mercedes? He is having to

:43:23. > :43:27.deal with some traffic. The Mercedes ahead of him, it was Hamilton, a

:43:28. > :43:36.huge amount of oversteer as he got on the kerb. Picks up his apex

:43:37. > :43:40.nicely. A little wobble or understeer as he drops down into the

:43:41. > :43:45.next turn. This is where Hamilton locked up in to Turn 10. Vettel does

:43:46. > :43:52.the same but to a lesser extent other will be less damage done to

:43:53. > :43:59.the tyre. He is half a second down on the Mercedes. Rosberg has made it

:44:00. > :44:05.back into the pits. Vettel is trying to be the best of the rest ahead of

:44:06. > :44:18.the Williams and the Red Bulls and the Force Indias. A decent lap from

:44:19. > :44:25.Sebastian Vettel. Bottas, maybe there is a little bit more that

:44:26. > :44:30.Vettel can find. That puts him third for the moment. We will see what

:44:31. > :44:36.Raikkonen can do. The Red Bulls are also running. Ricciardo into the

:44:37. > :44:55.final part of the lap, beginning the climb up the hill. No times yet for

:44:56. > :44:59.Massa and Verstappen. Massa is not as quick as the Red Bull. He does

:45:00. > :45:04.not seem to be able to find his form at the moment. A track that

:45:05. > :45:08.historically he has done well at. He knows the track well. Something is

:45:09. > :45:13.getting to his confidence. A disappointed look from his father.

:45:14. > :45:19.Usually they are very evenly matched. He does look to be down on

:45:20. > :45:23.Bottas. Clearly not happy with the balance of the car. Sometimes you

:45:24. > :45:27.cannot explain everything. You know what you want to give the confidence

:45:28. > :45:35.to go faster but if you cannot find the magic set up, mechanical

:45:36. > :45:41.adjustment, whatever, sometimes the wind feels as if it is in your face.

:45:42. > :45:47.He has found that special lap in past the when Bottas thinks he has

:45:48. > :45:56.it covered but it has not been looking like it today. Hamilton's

:45:57. > :46:00.runs so far have been 11.6, 11.6, 11.5 so I think he might be at his

:46:01. > :46:05.limit and it could be that Rosberg will get another pole position.

:46:06. > :46:11.Looking for his fifth in a row. Things are a little calmer before

:46:12. > :46:18.the climax. Rosberg must be ruing the fact that he did not get this

:46:19. > :46:22.form earlier in the year because he is dominating at the moment.

:46:23. > :46:28.Psychologically mannered, able to save his tyres in Q2. On Thursday he

:46:29. > :46:34.said he did not know why he was so much quicker in qualifying so a lot

:46:35. > :46:39.to think about. It could be that the pressure is off now, everybody is

:46:40. > :46:42.effected in different ways. If the season did not take off as he was

:46:43. > :46:49.expecting, maybe he started to overplay, you might refer to it as

:46:50. > :46:54.the year is in golf. He knows he can't win the championship now but

:46:55. > :46:56.we have seen he has good speed -- they

:46:57. > :47:11.It is fascinating to see. Kimi Raikkonen has been complaining that

:47:12. > :47:20.the cart was a bit loose. -- the car. He is currently fifth fastest.

:47:21. > :47:28.When he says it is loose, it is not free-spirited, it is sliding at the

:47:29. > :47:38.rear. Lucy is American terminology -- loose. Here we go, on the final

:47:39. > :47:48.run, will we see a change in the current order? We won't see a time

:47:49. > :47:52.as fast as last year's pole time. The changes to the track seem to

:47:53. > :47:55.have had a detrimental effect on the lap times but it doesn't matter,

:47:56. > :48:03.what matters is who is fastest on the day. The track temperature is

:48:04. > :48:08.still at 50 degrees. Not much change to conditions so it is just about

:48:09. > :48:12.getting that perfect lap. Hamilton has a little bit of traffic, you can

:48:13. > :48:20.see him driving slowly in the pit lane to allow Sebastian Vettel to

:48:21. > :48:26.open that out lap. I did not see who it was behind him, I think it might

:48:27. > :48:30.have been Raikkonen. As to be careful not to start pushing onto

:48:31. > :48:37.the back of Hamilton. It is actually Massa in the Williams. Sebastian

:48:38. > :48:44.Vettel coming off a bit of a nightmare weekend in Mexico, having

:48:45. > :48:51.a first accident related non-finish for five years. He seems to be

:48:52. > :48:55.pretty calm and ready to take the battle to Mercedes. Maybe not in

:48:56. > :49:00.qualifying, they can do more in the race itself. On board with Bottas,

:49:01. > :49:02.fighting with Kimi Raikkonen for fourth place in the championship.

:49:03. > :49:23.Let's see how it goes. Visibly having to take more caution

:49:24. > :49:32.in comparison to Mercedes. I don't think that locked into Turn 1 will

:49:33. > :49:36.have cost him. -- that lock. You are undecided as you come through six,

:49:37. > :49:48.over the rise at seven and dropping into eight. Rosberg has gone through

:49:49. > :49:52.the first sector in a competitive time and Hamilton is about to go

:49:53. > :49:58.through. Vettel has done a good sector as well. Hamilton is not as

:49:59. > :50:03.fast as his team-mate in the first sector, he could make it up in the

:50:04. > :50:08.middle sector which is the key. It is almost one tenth. They have been

:50:09. > :50:12.so close and it will take something mighty from Hamilton. Rosberg has

:50:13. > :50:19.gone fastest in the middle. Here comes Bottas, he goes forth for the

:50:20. > :50:28.moment but Rosberg is trying to go faster already. Even faster! 1:11.2!

:50:29. > :50:32.A superb lap. Can Hamilton comeback? He is going through the middle

:50:33. > :50:38.sector will stop Hulkenberg comes over the line and into fifth place.

:50:39. > :50:43.It is not looking like Hamilton has done enough. Vettel is third and I

:50:44. > :50:49.think he will hold onto that. I don't think Hamilton has done

:50:50. > :50:56.enough. Look how close! He made up so much in the final sector and he

:50:57. > :51:00.misses out by 78 thousandths of a second but Rosberg has done it, a

:51:01. > :51:04.fifth on city did pole position and back to back here in Sao Paulo --

:51:05. > :51:17.fifth consecutive pole position. Massa had to settle for eighth place

:51:18. > :51:28.in the end. Nico Rosberg has done it again. The one! Well done! Good

:51:29. > :51:34.effort. Great job, thank you very much. It took him to victory here

:51:35. > :51:38.last year but Lewis Hamilton wants this one so much, it is one of the

:51:39. > :51:44.very few raters on the current calendar that he has not been able

:51:45. > :51:49.to win -- few races. That final sector must have been fast for him

:51:50. > :51:56.to get so close. Just good not ace that first sector. Nico has been so

:51:57. > :52:07.aggressive through turn to. That is second, only eight hundredths to

:52:08. > :52:15.Nico. Last year it was 0.03 and this year it is their .08. It is so tight

:52:16. > :52:21.that the psychological edge rose to the man in pole position. Raikkonen

:52:22. > :52:31.ended up in fifth place. Bottas is in between them in the Williams.

:52:32. > :52:40.Hulkenberg in sixth place. Yet another front row start for

:52:41. > :52:45.Mercedes, and I think that makes 100 in all for Mercedes over the years.

:52:46. > :52:51.Very impressive. Mercedes moved ahead of Renault on the all-time

:52:52. > :52:55.pole list. Rosberg delivered under pressure once again from his

:52:56. > :53:01.team-mate and delivered a beautiful lap when it counted. He also had the

:53:02. > :53:04.forethought to look after his tyres in the second part of qualifying,

:53:05. > :53:11.making sure he was a little easier on them. Some intelligent and fast

:53:12. > :53:15.driving from Nico Rosberg. Lewis Hamilton will have two rethink a bit

:53:16. > :53:20.for the race tomorrow but he will not give up on winning the race, he

:53:21. > :53:23.knows there will be opportunities. He could not manage it last year

:53:24. > :53:28.against Rosberg but will be up for the fight and looking for other

:53:29. > :53:33.opportunities I'm sure. We are set for a very intriguing encounter

:53:34. > :53:36.between them and with the Ferraris kind, particularly Vettel, they

:53:37. > :53:39.might run a different strategy and we should not count them out,

:53:40. > :53:44.particularly with changeable weather. They have been a bit

:53:45. > :53:50.stronger on race pace. I am surprised that Vettel could get

:53:51. > :53:54.within six tenths because nobody has really got to within a second of

:53:55. > :53:58.them so far. It is impressive he brought the gap down a bit.

:53:59. > :54:04.Hulkenberg will be pleased with his sixth place. Not quite his best of

:54:05. > :54:12.the year which was fifth but very nearly. Hamilton still has not got

:54:13. > :54:17.that 50th pole. It is proving to be elusive. It just won't come for some

:54:18. > :54:25.reason, it doesn't really matter. That is the line-up. Or that is how

:54:26. > :54:31.they finished qualifying. Bottas has three places added to that so he

:54:32. > :54:36.will drop down and that will put Raikkonen into fourth place, how can

:54:37. > :54:41.and Kvyat will move up. Ricciardo has a 10th place -- ten place

:54:42. > :54:51.penalty. We don't know if Nasr will start in

:54:52. > :55:00.11th. It will depend on the inquiry as to what happened when he appeared

:55:01. > :55:04.to impede Felipe Massa. Disappointing for Lotus today, they

:55:05. > :55:09.should have had at least one in the top ten.

:55:10. > :55:19.Fernando Alonso was unable to set a time. A brilliant day once again for

:55:20. > :55:24.Mercedes. We can hear what Toto Wolff as to say.

:55:25. > :55:34.An immense final lap from Hamilton but Rosberg delivers again. If it

:55:35. > :55:40.was an immense lap from Lewis, it was unbelievably immense from Nico.

:55:41. > :55:46.Similar to Mexico. He's on fire. Why has he made this trans-formation in

:55:47. > :55:50.the last five races? It is clear that it is important for him to

:55:51. > :55:54.finish second in the championship and maybe some of the pressure has

:55:55. > :56:02.gone for Lewis. I don't know if that is good or not. But it is good going

:56:03. > :56:07.into next season. A very intelligent qualifying from Rosberg, saving that

:56:08. > :56:10.set of tyres in Q2. He took it easy on that set, a couple of tenths

:56:11. > :56:15.off, thinking that will be the starting set so an intelligent

:56:16. > :56:22.session. How do you see the race tomorrow? Difficult strategy- why is

:56:23. > :56:31.because the soft tyre doesn't last more than a handful of lap. --

:56:32. > :56:40.strategy-wise. I feel comfortable it optimistic if I can say that. Let's

:56:41. > :56:44.see what happens. What about the threat from Ferrari? Will they be

:56:45. > :56:51.stronger in race conditions? They have been on a pretty similar pace,

:56:52. > :56:57.they are not far off. I am more sceptical for next year in terms of

:56:58. > :57:01.Ferrari. Interesting, more sceptical about Ferrari next year. A good show

:57:02. > :57:07.from the Vettel. That is incredible what Nico Rosberg has done. Lewis

:57:08. > :57:13.but it together towards the end and just missed out. It must be

:57:14. > :57:18.frustrating. It is, but spare a thought for Nico. He came under a

:57:19. > :57:21.lot of pressure in mid-season and criticism, people were talking about

:57:22. > :57:26.him may be being replaced and he has delivered, he has a truly remarkable

:57:27. > :57:32.job. When you realise how good Hamilton is. It is almost the old

:57:33. > :57:36.Nico in qualifying from last year but we have not really seen it in

:57:37. > :57:40.the race apart from in Mexico. He was in a different class in Mexico

:57:41. > :57:47.and controlled the race from the front. He had the pace and the

:57:48. > :57:54.mindset. He was great. We are seeing a new Nico Rosberg. He has got the

:57:55. > :57:58.bit between his teeth. Absolutely and doing it with style. He is

:57:59. > :58:02.thinking not just for now, he is planning ahead. He has planned his

:58:03. > :58:07.strategy for the race and he has a better tyre situation than Lewis

:58:08. > :58:11.though it is all down to the start. If he leads into the first corner, I

:58:12. > :58:17.think, whoever that may be will win the race. Let's look at qualifying

:58:18. > :58:24.again starting with this incident. This was where Felipe Nasr blocked

:58:25. > :58:30.Nasr. What did you make of it? It's a difficult situation. Nasr should

:58:31. > :58:36.not have been there. If you are but slow, you have two hug the inside.

:58:37. > :58:40.We can hear from Felipe. If we turn back a year, you are getting

:58:41. > :58:44.announced as a Formula 1 driver and now you are just missing out on the

:58:45. > :58:50.top ten at your home Grand Prix, it is incredible. It is a great feeling

:58:51. > :58:56.and a great honour to be present. Last year I was a reserve driver. I

:58:57. > :58:59.could not ask for a better way to begin the weekend. We have done some

:59:00. > :59:05.good changes in the car for qualifying. It almost put us in Q3

:59:06. > :59:11.so I am satisfied. A good place to start tomorrow. Dell is about the

:59:12. > :59:18.incident with Felipe Massa that is being investigated. -- tell us. It

:59:19. > :59:22.is a difficult situation, I was told all the cars around me was in a slow

:59:23. > :59:26.lap and was synchronised and I looked in my mirror and saw Bottas

:59:27. > :59:31.alt. I was preparing to open my lap and when I looked again it was Massa

:59:32. > :59:37.on a quick lap. We need to wait and see. You are close to Felipe as

:59:38. > :59:41.welcome you don't want to get in his way? I don't want to create

:59:42. > :59:47.problems, I'm sure he will understand. Frustrating for both

:59:48. > :59:51.drivers in their home race. What did you make of it? The team telling him

:59:52. > :59:58.that all the drivers around him were on a slow lap. Clearly they were

:59:59. > :00:02.wrong. When a driver goes out in qualifying, it is in his hands and

:00:03. > :00:08.unless the team tells him something different, and if they did, I don't

:00:09. > :00:10.remember telling one of my drivers that everyone is on a slow lap

:00:11. > :00:15.because how can you know what everybody else is doing? From that

:00:16. > :00:17.point of view, it is strange, maybe the stewards will have to find out

:00:18. > :00:26.who said what and when. Let us catch up with Daniel

:00:27. > :00:30.Ricciardo. You had the newer engine in your car

:00:31. > :00:40.so you got the penalty. Was it worth it? No. Simple as that? Yes. We had

:00:41. > :00:47.to try it. We need some data on it. I will have a look at the overall

:00:48. > :00:51.lead with Daniel later. From the overall session it was not worth it.

:00:52. > :00:55.A couple of sector is where you guys struggle because of the nature of

:00:56. > :01:03.the circuit. Any positives you can take? I think the car is working

:01:04. > :01:07.quite well. We did not really touch the car all weekend so I was pretty

:01:08. > :01:10.pleased with it. It seemed everyone ramped up in qualifying and we

:01:11. > :01:17.probably just missed the last ten for two to find that extra bit. I do

:01:18. > :01:20.not think there was a whole lot more we could have done different. I

:01:21. > :01:25.think we did a normal programme through the weekend and it would be

:01:26. > :01:29.good. We will start 19th I think. It is going to be offered race

:01:30. > :01:35.tomorrow. I would love it to rain. I do not think it is going to. If it

:01:36. > :01:42.does that will make it exciting. Sorry it did not work out for you.

:01:43. > :01:45.Do a rain dance. This is not one of his favourite

:01:46. > :01:47.circuits which is interesting because you would think he would

:01:48. > :01:55.like this one. Why would you take the risk of a ten place grid penalty

:01:56. > :02:00.for changing an engine? There's never really that much between ten

:02:01. > :02:05.horsepower, 15 horsepower, certainly not ten places on the grid. Maybe

:02:06. > :02:13.they wanted the data for next year or other races. He will be starting

:02:14. > :02:18.from 19th. Max Verstappen qualified 10th but will be starting in ninth.

:02:19. > :02:22.Another strong qualifying. We were looking back earlier at some of your

:02:23. > :02:30.best bits of the season. Your qualifying must go up there. Yes. It

:02:31. > :02:36.is not the best track for us. I underestimated it a bit before I

:02:37. > :02:43.came here. We lose a lot on the straight here which is unfortunate.

:02:44. > :02:47.It was very good. What can we expect from you tomorrow? It was not too

:02:48. > :02:57.bad in the long run. I was not happy with the car. It should be even

:02:58. > :03:06.better for tomorrow. This is the provisional grid with the penalties

:03:07. > :03:30.we know about. Lewis Hamilton will have to wait for his 50th pole.

:03:31. > :03:46.Jenson Button will go from 16. -- 16th. There could be penalties still

:03:47. > :03:54.to be applied. What can we expect? In a nutshell, Brazilian, tomorrow?

:03:55. > :03:58.I think Rosberg can win this. It will be a great fight because we

:03:59. > :04:03.know, we have heard it so many times, Lewis wants to win here. He

:04:04. > :04:08.has still not done it and he wants... His idol is Ayrton Senna

:04:09. > :04:20.and he wants to be there amongst the winners. We will have the action

:04:21. > :04:28.tomorrow on BBC One. Lewis Hamilton denied pole position today by eight

:04:29. > :04:36.hundredths of a second. Thank you for watching. Squeezed in between

:04:37. > :04:44.highways and side streets on the streets of Sao Paulo. Stop

:04:45. > :04:57.immediately. That looked to be terrible blocking. As he hit the

:04:58. > :05:00.barrier? A big lock-up for Hamilton. A superb lap