The Brazilian Grand Prix

:00:07. > :00:19.Previously on Formula 1... Hamilton wins! Rosberg takes the chequered

:00:20. > :00:24.flag. Incredible! The greatest moment of my life. Race 18, Sao

:00:25. > :01:34.Paulo, Brazil. Brazil is my home and it's where

:01:35. > :01:42.I've got my soul. One thing I have got clear, motor racing is exciting,

:01:43. > :01:48.motor racing is a sport that brings people to the limit, men and

:01:49. > :01:56.machine. The desire to go faster and faster all the time is part of it.

:01:57. > :02:00.Fear is a very important feeling, a fundamental feeling of self

:02:01. > :02:06.preservation. It determines your limits. We expose ourselves to the

:02:07. > :02:19.edge, we are used to being at the edge.

:02:20. > :02:27.If you are a head most of the time, if you are on pole position more

:02:28. > :02:37.than anybody by far, if you are leading raises more than anybody by

:02:38. > :02:42.far, you always focused. -- races. We have to do what we believe is

:02:43. > :02:44.right, not what other people would like you to do because they are

:02:45. > :02:53.competition, they are not on your side.

:02:54. > :03:01.You have two aim for what your heart tells you. If you believe in

:03:02. > :03:08.something, if you have principles, you go to it right until the end.

:03:09. > :03:15.The reason for it is only one, to succeed, to win.

:03:16. > :03:21.The philosophy of a Brazilian legend. It took him eight attempt to

:03:22. > :03:26.win here and today Lewis Hamilton will aim to emulate his hero and

:03:27. > :03:30.take his first victory at Interlagos, his ninth attempt to

:03:31. > :03:34.achieve his ambition. Championships have been celebrated and

:03:35. > :03:37.commiserated here but the racing is always breathtaking and of course

:03:38. > :03:43.this was the home for triple world champion, the late, great Ayrton

:03:44. > :03:49.Senna. Welcome to raise Day in Brazil, the sun is shining, David

:03:50. > :03:54.and Eddie are here and we are standing at Turn 1, the top of the

:03:55. > :04:00.Senna S and what a glorious backdrop it is for the Grand Prix. It is one

:04:01. > :04:04.of those races that catches you because it is in the centre of Sao

:04:05. > :04:09.Paulo and you mentioned about Carlos Pace and Ayrton Senna but we must

:04:10. > :04:12.also remember Nelson Piquet and Emerson Fittipaldi who are part of

:04:13. > :04:16.the history of Formula 1 but this place is the epitome of it. The

:04:17. > :04:26.people are so passionate, a great track. You got a win, so did you,

:04:27. > :04:30.Lewis hasn't. Can he achieved it? Of course, he has a winning car but he

:04:31. > :04:36.has his team-mate between him and the chequered flag. You consider how

:04:37. > :04:42.many victories he has had, the won his first world championship here,

:04:43. > :04:45.so do not win here. He said it didn't really matter what was going

:04:46. > :04:49.to be the case after winning the World Championship but I have to

:04:50. > :04:54.believe he wants this. This is a special place in the Formula 1

:04:55. > :04:59.calendar and the fans are extraordinarily passionate. They are

:05:00. > :05:03.passionate and we will probably see some of them, it is a couple of

:05:04. > :05:09.hours away from the start and they are excited. What I think Grand Prix

:05:10. > :05:14.racing has done for this part of the world, we know they are so good at

:05:15. > :05:20.football and they have been bought years, they are going through a bit

:05:21. > :05:22.of a low turn in motor racing, Massa not winning the championship was

:05:23. > :05:27.disappointing and they are waiting for the next bunch of great drivers.

:05:28. > :05:33.And what about this place? Could this cause problems? This has been

:05:34. > :05:38.the scene of some great passing in Formula 1, also Alain Prost crashed

:05:39. > :05:42.out here losing the chance of victory, so many incidents. It will

:05:43. > :05:46.be crucial at the start, if you can get track position, that is so

:05:47. > :05:51.important and we have that ever present weather at around Sao Paulo.

:05:52. > :05:57.We have had some thunderstorms this weekend, not expecting them but the

:05:58. > :05:58.weather can rise up. If you missed qualifying yesterday, here is a

:05:59. > :06:05.quick reminder. Fernando Alonso had a second engine

:06:06. > :06:10.failure of the weekend which gave him some time to work on his tan if

:06:11. > :06:15.not his grid position. Jenson Button also went out in Q1 but before going

:06:16. > :06:19.back to the miscarriage, they took time to savour the podium, something

:06:20. > :06:22.that both world champions have not done for a while -- going back to

:06:23. > :06:31.the garage. Felipe Nasr was told he was

:06:32. > :06:37.surrounded by cars on slowing down laps but Massa was not and he had to

:06:38. > :06:40.take action which resulted in Nasr getting a free place grid penalty.

:06:41. > :06:45.Nico Rosberg looked more comfortable than Hamilton throughout the

:06:46. > :06:50.sessions and he put it a great early lap to take provisional pole which

:06:51. > :06:55.he acted again. Hamilton was flying but just missed out on his 50th pole

:06:56. > :07:01.position by 81 hundredths of a second. I tried to better the lap

:07:02. > :07:07.afterwards and it is such a fine line, so difficult to pull it out.

:07:08. > :07:13.On the last lap, I was already down a out of Turn 3. I got as much back

:07:14. > :07:18.as I could but it means an exciting race tomorrow. One of the big things

:07:19. > :07:22.that helped him win the championship was beating me in qualifying all the

:07:23. > :07:27.time so it is important and it looks like I made progress which is good

:07:28. > :07:30.to see. Nico Rosberg get his fifth than 60 pole position and Mercedes

:07:31. > :07:36.set a new single-season record for the most front row start with 31.

:07:37. > :07:44.The Ferraris are behind, Hulkenberg is fifth, fiat is alongside him.

:07:45. > :07:48.Bottas comes out in seventh after his penalty. Local hero Massa is the

:07:49. > :07:53.highest placed resilient and then come the Toro Rossos. Perez has

:07:54. > :08:00.never started in the top ten in this Grand Prix, then come the two Sauber

:08:01. > :08:06.cars. Romain Grosjean is ahead of his team-mate who gets his highest

:08:07. > :08:12.start position, Maldonado. Then the Marussia cars, Daniel Ricciardo used

:08:13. > :08:17.the new upgraded Renault engine but it was slower than the old one and

:08:18. > :08:22.he had to take a ten place penalty for the change. Alonso is alongside.

:08:23. > :08:27.To go, Rosberg and Hamilton left the Garrard to go out onto the track --

:08:28. > :08:43.the Garrard should -- garage. Eddie, it is five consecutive pole

:08:44. > :08:47.positions for Nico Rosberg. Shades of last year permit has got his mojo

:08:48. > :08:59.and his speed back so what is the difference? He looks comfortable. He

:09:00. > :09:04.seems much happier and content and he is more focused. He realises that

:09:05. > :09:09.people were talking about him maybe being replaced if not next year then

:09:10. > :09:14.the year after and that catches your attention. Nothing to do with Lewis

:09:15. > :09:19.winning the championship because the run started before that.

:09:20. > :09:24.Psychologically I think he is in a good place, he is still unhappy he

:09:25. > :09:29.did not win in Austin, that was a silly mistake and he should have

:09:30. > :09:34.won. Let's see if he can put on back-to-back wins after Mexico. He

:09:35. > :09:37.has the best chance, the best tyres and track position. They have got

:09:38. > :09:47.great pace, almost with them? Unless something

:09:48. > :09:52.remarkable happens, I don't think so. We want a great race between

:09:53. > :10:00.them out front. There was a upmarket in the sand in Mexico, they

:10:01. > :10:06.neutralised the raced -- Mark in the sand. I am sure that has been

:10:07. > :10:11.discussed and it will be interesting to see if it is a case of follow the

:10:12. > :10:16.leader or you have a chance to push and make something happen late on.

:10:17. > :10:22.Only time will tell. Tom has some news. There is no news in terms of

:10:23. > :10:25.people being in trouble and if you are a McLaren driver that is good

:10:26. > :10:32.news because they have had a torrid time. As for strategy, Daniel

:10:33. > :10:37.Ricciardo has been saying he will investigate a one-stop

:10:38. > :10:37.Ricciardo has been saying he will looks a step

:10:38. > :10:42.Ricciardo has been saying he will try to do two stops and if tyre

:10:43. > :10:47.degradation is too high, you can try to do two stops and if tyre

:10:48. > :10:52.always revert to three. Working on the assumption that everybody does

:10:53. > :10:55.two, that could spice things up at the front. Maybe Sebastian Vettel

:10:56. > :11:03.can go for the under attack -- undercut. We have seen plenty of

:11:04. > :11:09.occasions that the Ferrari is kinder to its tyres than the Mercedes.

:11:10. > :11:12.Thank you. We would like to mention that the Formula 1 paddock is deeply

:11:13. > :11:18.saddened by the tragic events in that the Formula 1 paddock is deeply

:11:19. > :11:19.Paris two days ago. All of the drivers and officials are wearing

:11:20. > :11:24.Paris two days ago. All of the black armbands in tribute to those

:11:25. > :11:26.who lost their lives and many of the teams are displaying messages as are

:11:27. > :11:29.mark of respect. Let's take a look at the

:11:30. > :11:41.championship standings. Nico Rosberg increased his chances

:11:42. > :11:58.of taking second place with victory in Mexico last time out.

:11:59. > :12:00.Williams are well prepared to celebrate their victory over Red

:12:01. > :12:12.Bull today, securing third spot. celebrate their victory over Red

:12:13. > :12:16.in Russia. You are celebrate their victory over Red

:12:17. > :12:20.pictures and this is Carlos Sainz, that is obviously a problem for Toro

:12:21. > :12:26.Rosso. He has had a fair bit of misfortune having qualified rather

:12:27. > :12:28.well. I thought we would see a big fight between himself and

:12:29. > :12:35.Verstappen, that would be disappointing. We talked yesterday

:12:36. > :12:35.about Max Verstappen. Do you think this track

:12:36. > :12:42.about Max Verstappen. Do you think like him to take opportunities?

:12:43. > :12:50.He is not daunted by taking on the big names and passing them. I see

:12:51. > :13:00.more of the same here. He has that swagger and that style and looks as

:13:01. > :13:05.if he is destined to be an Ayrton Senna, a Michael Schumacher. He is

:13:06. > :13:23.emerging at the moment. The makings of a world champion. They had quite

:13:24. > :13:30.a good chance to close the gap tool DEFRA. So important for them to take

:13:31. > :13:32.a good chance to close the gap tool those positions. One point here and

:13:33. > :13:38.there, it is just amazing when you added by the end of year the amount

:13:39. > :13:42.of money it means in terms of TV and income revenue for your team to be

:13:43. > :13:47.able to spend and money you have to develop your car next year depends

:13:48. > :13:54.on what you round this year. Bottas had a grid penalty of three places

:13:55. > :14:05.for crossing on a red flag in free practice. He is so calm. He does not

:14:06. > :14:10.look like a racing driver but he has that very strong finish attitude.

:14:11. > :14:16.Everything is very mellow and mild and he has an ability he can do

:14:17. > :14:19.amazing things. He is absolutely a man who knows he has a long-term

:14:20. > :14:23.future with this man who knows he has a long-term

:14:24. > :14:37.can move up and he knows where he can make the passes. Massa not

:14:38. > :14:42.really on the game. Welcome to Brazil if you are just joining us.

:14:43. > :14:47.It is race day and Hamilton was not on pole position yesterday. It was

:14:48. > :14:52.stolen by Rosberg by eight one hundredth of a second. It was very

:14:53. > :14:58.close. The second row has Vettel and Raikkonen. It looks as if it is

:14:59. > :15:06.going to be a wonder. . David Coulthard is on the grid. It is

:15:07. > :15:11.early. The cars are not here. A number of them go through multiple

:15:12. > :15:16.runs. Part of that is they want to get as much heat soak into the car

:15:17. > :15:19.as possible. The start finish line is slightly behind where the

:15:20. > :15:25.proposition men are so that is all that matters this afternoon. We have

:15:26. > :15:32.quite a transition in elevation. If you look down towards the back where

:15:33. > :15:35.we are going to have Alonso and Ricciardo, they are going to be able

:15:36. > :15:41.to set without covering the brake. That is the flattest point of this

:15:42. > :15:45.grid. As you work your way back up to where I am standing, this is

:15:46. > :15:47.starting to rise up. They have to where I am standing, this is

:15:48. > :15:53.cover the brake to make sure they to where I am standing, this is

:15:54. > :15:59.not go backwards. It means you get a slight offset in the starting

:16:00. > :16:02.procedures. A rather bottlenecked procedure to get onto the grid

:16:03. > :16:09.because the start finish line is somewhat lower

:16:10. > :16:11.because the start finish line is racetrack itself. Hamilton comes

:16:12. > :16:18.forward. Bernie Ecclestone is here. Is it possible to have a word? Yes.

:16:19. > :16:24.Some fantastic developments going on. You must be happy. Yes. It is a

:16:25. > :16:26.little bit late. We were going to do this five years ago. Better late

:16:27. > :16:33.than another. We seem to this five years ago. Better late

:16:34. > :16:37.did dominating the weekend. From an entertainment point of view, I will

:16:38. > :16:44.move you back, it would be a brave driver who would run you down. Let

:16:45. > :16:56.us wait and see. It would be nice. Be nice. Predictions? I think Nico

:16:57. > :17:02.is going to win. You no better than anybody mimics the best start here.

:17:03. > :17:13.Proposition is not a good place to start. Thank you. Raikkonen has been

:17:14. > :17:22.promoted up to fourth in the grid after a penalty to the Williams car.

:17:23. > :17:27.This might be a small moment. What other we need to look out for? We

:17:28. > :17:35.are waiting for Nico in the background. I think he wants to

:17:36. > :17:40.speak to BBC before RTL. It is good to know that Nico wants to

:17:41. > :17:43.prioritise the BBC. This is his best qualifying for sometimes years set

:17:44. > :17:51.up for bid opportunities this afternoon. The Force India fastest

:17:52. > :17:56.in a straight line. Daniel Kvyat just getting out of his car. I am

:17:57. > :18:00.going to wait a moment before I wander off. I am going to see if I

:18:01. > :18:02.can get some of the other drivers. They are under pressure.

:18:03. > :18:09.can get some of the other drivers. grid procedure before they have to

:18:10. > :18:14.line up. We can check out this funky outfit while we are waiting. The

:18:15. > :18:19.most colourful man in Formula 1. Apparently Eddie Jordan uses him as

:18:20. > :18:24.inspiration. He is also one of the greediest men

:18:25. > :18:27.inspiration. He is also one of the comes to answering questions. He has

:18:28. > :18:34.just winked at me! You had a great qualifying. Yes. We are set for a

:18:35. > :18:38.great afternoon. The car performed really well yesterday. Quite

:18:39. > :18:44.confident that they should be OK as well. You can get stuck in around

:18:45. > :18:52.Raikkonen on the first corner. I do not know. I will try. From there on

:18:53. > :19:03.it is racing. We have a few quick cars behind us and we have to try to

:19:04. > :19:09.keep behind. Good luck. Bottas has served a three place penalty for

:19:10. > :19:14.undertaking over a red flag. I can see Daniel Kvyat over there as well.

:19:15. > :19:18.We have Max Verstappen lined up. I am not sure how long this

:19:19. > :19:23.conversation is going to be. It is important the driver touches base

:19:24. > :19:29.with his engineer. What they might want to do is validate where are. We

:19:30. > :19:34.can see the armband of remembrance which Bottas is putting on. Your

:19:35. > :19:40.thoughts ahead of the Grand Prix? Frustration and terms of getting the

:19:41. > :19:44.penalty. The pace seems to be good. I am not worried about the penalty.

:19:45. > :19:51.Starting seventh, everything is possible. We have good pace on the

:19:52. > :19:56.prime tyres. Looking forward to changing to that one. We wish you

:19:57. > :20:02.luck. I will not take much of your time. I can see Max Verstappen. I

:20:03. > :20:08.really enjoyed the inside to your reflecting on your season earlier in

:20:09. > :20:14.the weekend. Another good top ten qualifying. An opportunity to get

:20:15. > :20:18.yourself finishing in the top ten. Any concerns? It will be very

:20:19. > :20:24.difficult with the tyres and to see how many stops you have to do. It

:20:25. > :20:28.will be two or three. It will be a very tricky race to manage the

:20:29. > :20:34.tyres. You are pretty good at managing tyres so that means you

:20:35. > :20:38.will do two? We will try, but we have to anticipate what other people

:20:39. > :20:45.are doing. Who can you get in amongst? The Lotus cars will get to

:20:46. > :20:50.the front but normally we should be close to the Force Indias. I am

:20:51. > :20:57.going to hand you over to Martin. He knows about racing. I am hearing

:20:58. > :21:08.that Sainz has been towed back into the pit lane. That is not so good

:21:09. > :21:13.for him. Sainz is being towed back into the pit lane. For Red Bull that

:21:14. > :21:18.is not a good start. It is a shame for him. I think he is going to do

:21:19. > :21:21.have to start from the end of the pit lane. It sounds as if he

:21:22. > :21:29.stalled. It is not usually driver's fault. Daniel may be vulnerable to

:21:30. > :21:33.the volume's. For sure. Hopefully we can get a good start because I think

:21:34. > :21:39.we have the pace in the middle sector if we get a clean first lap.

:21:40. > :21:43.It is getting pretty busy down this end of the grid. We have everyone

:21:44. > :21:52.moving to the front. We have about a minute before we are going to go to

:21:53. > :22:00.a minute's silence for the wildly of remembrance for more traffic victims

:22:01. > :22:05.and that has become a combined minute of silence for those who

:22:06. > :22:09.tragically lost their lives in Paris. Emotions will start to rise

:22:10. > :22:16.and the drivers will try to maintain their focus. Making their way to

:22:17. > :22:24.show the drivers lining up in position. We can hear John Todd is

:22:25. > :22:29.embracing Raikkonen. We can see their black armband being warned by

:22:30. > :22:33.John Todd. This is a very important moment for all of the drivers coming

:22:34. > :23:29.together to pay their respects. We will leave you with your thoughts.

:23:30. > :24:43.BRAZILIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS anthem.

:24:44. > :24:49.Moments of reflection on the grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix as the

:24:50. > :24:55.drivers must put on their helmets and get ready for the race ahead. We

:24:56. > :25:00.know the championship has been won by Hamilton but it does not change

:25:01. > :25:04.any of the attitudes of the drivers. They still have the same competitive

:25:05. > :25:10.element, second place is still up for grabs and Lewis does not want

:25:11. > :25:15.Nico to beat him. No. In the forefront of his mind is getting a

:25:16. > :25:20.win in Brazil. His all-time hero Ayrton Senna, it took him eight

:25:21. > :25:24.attempts to do it and he won. Lewis is on nine attempts and he still has

:25:25. > :25:29.not done it. It is the one circuit that seems to have eluded his great

:25:30. > :25:34.dominance in recent years. That is enough incentive for him to get out

:25:35. > :25:40.and win the race. We can hear from someone who has won the race, Massa.

:25:41. > :25:46.and win the race. We can hear from It is always such a special race for

:25:47. > :25:51.you. How are you feeling? It is always a special place and a special

:25:52. > :25:57.race for me. I will try as hard as I can. What would be the best result?

:25:58. > :26:04.I am going to try for the podium. He seems to have been struggling this

:26:05. > :26:12.weekend. Why? Bottas is no slouch. He is fantastic, a potential

:26:13. > :26:17.champion of the future, so Massa is up against that, his team-mate is on

:26:18. > :26:21.the case, recent podium. Both of them have had two podium apiece, so

:26:22. > :26:26.Williams are going well and they have a job on their hands because

:26:27. > :26:30.they are going out to finish third in the championship. I hope Massa

:26:31. > :26:42.does a job for everyone who has turned up. Nasr, a big day for him.

:26:43. > :26:47.We were talking about strategy. Strategy is going to be critically

:26:48. > :26:52.important. Between two and three pit stops and an extra pit stop is about

:26:53. > :26:56.23 seconds of time loss. The teams and drivers are going to have to

:26:57. > :27:01.think about the tyre temperatures and the thermal issue especially

:27:02. > :27:07.here. The track is split into three sectors with two distinct things.

:27:08. > :27:12.Sector 1 is a very high speed. Sectors be coming back to the start

:27:13. > :27:18.and finish line is a long uphill section but that middle sector, the

:27:19. > :27:25.average corner speed is only 80 mph. Especially at Turn 8, turn nine and

:27:26. > :27:31.turn 40 mph. When you are accelerating out of Turn 10, you get

:27:32. > :27:34.a lot of wheel spin. As the cars dropping to the very fast

:27:35. > :27:42.left-hander at turn 11 the rear tyre is on the limit and sometimes, as we

:27:43. > :27:48.saw with Hamilton, that can catch them out. For any driver to be able

:27:49. > :27:52.to achieve a two stop strategy here, they are going to have to be

:27:53. > :27:57.thinking very clearly on those rear tyre temperatures.

:27:58. > :28:06.The track temperature is now 48 degrees so tyres could play a part.

:28:07. > :28:11.They will play a huge part. Daniel Ricciardo was talking about one

:28:12. > :28:17.stop, I am not sure where he is clued into. As the temperature

:28:18. > :28:21.rises, we are looking at three stops. The drivers at the front will

:28:22. > :28:26.keep pushing and the two stops becomes on the limit. They want to

:28:27. > :28:31.be in the best condition to fight at the end so I guess it will go to

:28:32. > :28:35.three stops. We can take a closer look at the track and see what it

:28:36. > :28:36.takes to be on pole position, on board with Nico Rosberg from

:28:37. > :28:47.yesterday. Qualifying for the Brazilian Grand

:28:48. > :28:51.Prix at Interlagos, a 4.3 kilometre track, 800 metres of elevation.

:28:52. > :28:56.Hamilton on the right, Rosberg on the right, Rosberg, left, going into

:28:57. > :29:03.Turn 1, they both have the same line but Rosberg carries a bit more speed

:29:04. > :29:08.to the apex. Both tidy through 2 but Nico has already opened up a small

:29:09. > :29:16.gap. Great commitment from Rosberg on the power sees him open up a gap

:29:17. > :29:20.which ultimately he never loses. Along the back straight, a good

:29:21. > :29:23.opportunity for overtaking in the Grand Prix, Hamilton will be

:29:24. > :29:32.thankful for that. Through the fast Turn 4 and the elevation changes as

:29:33. > :29:37.they rise up into Turn 6, a double apex blind corner, huge amount of

:29:38. > :29:42.speed in the Mercedes car. Less curb use through ternate because they

:29:43. > :29:51.have raised the kerbs -- through Turn 8. You can see that Nico is

:29:52. > :29:56.maintaining the gap. They both avoid locking up which was an issue in

:29:57. > :30:02.previous runs. Great commitment through 11 and into the final corner

:30:03. > :30:08.with Nico quite aggressive and that allows Lewis to start coming back

:30:09. > :30:15.but it is a huge climb up the hill through 13. 14 seconds of 100%

:30:16. > :30:19.throttle. Coming across the line, Nico Rosberg takes his fifth

:30:20. > :30:25.straight pole position of the season and his 21st of his career to

:30:26. > :30:30.scupper the dreams of Lewis Hamilton of winning the Brazilian Grand Prix.

:30:31. > :30:35.That is the way to do it, Nico gets the psychological advantage. They

:30:36. > :30:39.are still working on the problem with Carlos Sainz and he will have

:30:40. > :30:42.to go from the pit lane. A quick word on the other, a new engine but

:30:43. > :30:49.slower than the old one. word on the other, a new engine but

:30:50. > :30:53.does that happen? We have all been led astray, manufacturers see the

:30:54. > :30:58.car works will include or the engine, it is given to the team with

:30:59. > :31:03.great expectation, put it in the car and it doesn't work. That is where

:31:04. > :31:06.testing used to be so vital but there is no testing, it is different

:31:07. > :31:12.ball game, you have to take the risk but it has not gone well for Red

:31:13. > :31:18.Bull. You can overtake here, it is a smaller track so they might have

:31:19. > :31:23.thought he could move forward. Who else is out opposition anything from

:31:24. > :31:32.Hulkenberg, Bottas? -- out of position. Hulkenberg won at LeMond

:31:33. > :31:40.'s but he has been outshone by his team-mate -- Le Mans. Perez has been

:31:41. > :31:45.outshone by his team-mate. Hulkenberg needs a podium. Great

:31:46. > :31:51.scenes as the fans are ecstatic around this circuit. Leeds and Tom

:31:52. > :31:59.scenes as the fans are ecstatic The big question, can Lewis Hamilton

:32:00. > :32:05.emulate his hero Ayrton Senna and finally win in Brazil?

:32:06. > :32:13.The 2008 Formula 1 world champion! It was a dream to come here and

:32:14. > :32:18.race. It meant so much and I really felt his presence. It took him a

:32:19. > :32:25.long time to get the win. Ayrton Senna achieves is ambition of

:32:26. > :32:28.winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. To win in front of the Brazilian fans

:32:29. > :32:44.as he did would be something special.

:32:45. > :32:55.COMMENTATOR: Interlagos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a track laid out on a

:32:56. > :33:00.hillside amid a vast city, today posting the penultimate race of the

:33:01. > :33:05.2015 calendar, 71 laps of a relatively short track before the

:33:06. > :33:10.season finale takes us to the Middle East. This track has steep inclines

:33:11. > :33:20.and drops, particularly in the first sector. And powering along that

:33:21. > :33:25.first straight to -- towards Turn 4. It goes over the hill and drops and

:33:26. > :33:30.climbs remorselessly through the final sector to the start finish

:33:31. > :33:36.line. Overtaking is possible, there are two DRS zones. But it is not

:33:37. > :33:41.easy as Lewis Hamilton discovered last year when he was beaten by Nico

:33:42. > :33:45.Rosberg. This is one of the few events missing from his winning CV

:33:46. > :33:48.and with his third world title in his pocket, its promises an all out

:33:49. > :33:54.attack from second place on the grid to turn the tables on last year.

:33:55. > :34:01.Conditioned look good at the moment, overcast and warm but not as hot as

:34:02. > :34:06.we have seen. The track temperature is 40 degrees, similar to 12 months

:34:07. > :34:10.ago. The soft tyre is expected to hold up a bit better on this

:34:11. > :34:14.ago. The soft tyre is expected to than last year. Sebastian Vettel

:34:15. > :34:16.starting third with his Ferrari, can he put the Mercedes under pressure?

:34:17. > :34:21.They have shown good race pace but he put the Mercedes under pressure?

:34:22. > :34:27.probably not enough to match the Silver Arrows upfront. Hamilton

:34:28. > :34:31.starting from second, he has had ten victories this season, can he match

:34:32. > :34:33.his tally of last year and make it 11? Starting on pole position is his

:34:34. > :34:46.team-mate Nico Rosberg. Kimi Raikkonen has had an engine

:34:47. > :34:53.change but the engine was pre-used so he does not lose a place. Bottas

:34:54. > :35:00.with the penalty starting in seventh.

:35:01. > :35:06.There is a gap where Carlos Sainz should be, he will be starting from

:35:07. > :35:14.the pit lane. Marcus Ericsson can perhaps take advantage. Keep an eye

:35:15. > :35:26.on Romain Grosjean with the strong Mercedes engine.

:35:27. > :35:34.At the back of the grid it is Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso.

:35:35. > :35:42.what is the situation with Carlos Sainz? I am looking at his car, he

:35:43. > :35:44.is in the pit Da Ros -- garage, hoping to start from the pits but

:35:45. > :35:47.they are very anxious, hoping to start from the pits but

:35:48. > :35:51.tried four times to stop the engine and it keeps cutting out so they

:35:52. > :35:56.will have to get it going very shortly. It is the same problem he

:35:57. > :36:00.had in Melbourne but nothing like that since. It cut out when needed a

:36:01. > :36:07.practice start going to the grid and they are still scratching their

:36:08. > :36:11.heads also we know which style is -- which tires everyone is starting on.

:36:12. > :36:17.Carlos Sainz was meant to start on the medium tyre. Everybody around

:36:18. > :36:21.him went for a new set of the soft tyres apart from Pastor Maldonado so

:36:22. > :36:28.it is only Maldonado who is a bit out of sequence. I thought we might

:36:29. > :36:33.see some of the others on the medium compound because Hulkenberg used it

:36:34. > :36:37.well last year but it seems not. It would suggest they believe the

:36:38. > :36:42.tie-up will not go that far and they will spend the majority on the

:36:43. > :36:51.prime-time. And little to be gained other than a bit more grip on the

:36:52. > :36:54.start line. -- on the prime tyre. Everybody will be targeting two

:36:55. > :37:00.stops and you will go to three if you have an issue. I don't see it

:37:01. > :37:05.working otherwise in terms of gaining track position. What can

:37:06. > :37:09.work well is the undercut. We could see the second stops quite early

:37:10. > :37:18.with a long final stint which is when the track is well rubbered in.

:37:19. > :37:28.In the last few starts, Nico Rosberg has dropped positions on Lap 1.

:37:29. > :37:33.Hamilton has not lost any places at all, excuse me, one position, since

:37:34. > :37:40.Hungary eight races ago. The drivers know that, and what works for Lewis

:37:41. > :37:45.that does not work quite so well for Nico Rosberg. That will give Lewers

:37:46. > :37:51.supreme confidence at the start. -- Lewis. Alonso will be the last to

:37:52. > :37:58.move away in the McLaren Honda and he does so. Carlos Sainz does not

:37:59. > :38:04.get to do the formation lap. And in the last few years, position two on

:38:05. > :38:08.the grid has been the favoured position, four out of the last six

:38:09. > :38:21.years, the driver starting second as won but Rosberg won from pole last

:38:22. > :38:26.year. There is the Toro Rosso garage. They have

:38:27. > :38:29.year. There is the Toro Rosso close the gap on Lotus in the

:38:30. > :38:37.constructors but not if they don't get their car out. Lotus are out of

:38:38. > :38:42.the points positions at the moment but Toro Rosso will be desperate to

:38:43. > :38:46.get the engine fired up. They are still relatively young in the

:38:47. > :38:50.development cycle of these new hybrid formula. They have these

:38:51. > :38:55.development tokens and you bring those into tried to find performance

:38:56. > :39:00.to close the gap to Mercedes. But the risk when you introduce

:39:01. > :39:04.something extracting more horsepower you get a bigger bang for your buck

:39:05. > :39:13.in the cylinders. It can put things on the limit. And with Sainz, that

:39:14. > :39:17.sounds like a software issue. As we know, every piece of software in the

:39:18. > :39:25.world has some little bug that annoys you at some point and Formula

:39:26. > :39:31.1 cars are no different. The two Sa cars are together on the grid in

:39:32. > :39:35.12th and 13th but with that gap where Sainz should have been ahead

:39:36. > :39:40.of them. Nico Rosberg has brought them down a bit more promptly than

:39:41. > :39:45.on some occasions, sometimes he brings them slowly but he is not

:39:46. > :39:50.quite so worried. Sebastian Vettel is twice a winner of this Brazilian

:39:51. > :39:56.Grand Prix, in 2010 and 2013 and also wrapped up the title with a

:39:57. > :40:01.sixth place finish in 2012. Rosberg is looking for back-to-back wins in

:40:02. > :40:06.Brazil and also this season after Mexico where he dominated. You have

:40:07. > :40:11.to bet that Hamilton will try everything on the run to the first

:40:12. > :40:17.corner, Ira B short distance, but he will try everything. -- a relatively

:40:18. > :40:24.short distance. The back of the grid have been taking their time line it

:40:25. > :40:30.up. Getting ready for the start, Lewis Hamilton chasing his 44th

:40:31. > :40:33.career win, Sadie 's 44th win and at the track he is yet to conquer. Best

:40:34. > :40:39.Mercedes. Rosberg against the track he is yet to conquer. Best

:40:40. > :40:43.Sebastian Vettel get away but Rosberg is in front, Hamilton on the

:40:44. > :40:51.outside, wheel-to-wheel for a moment. Rosberg has the advantage.

:40:52. > :40:55.Vettel, Raikkonen in fourth. Lotus running wide. Force India had a

:40:56. > :41:03.wobble. A chance to pass Daniil Kvyat. That is Hulkenberg who lost

:41:04. > :41:05.some places but is coming back. A little lock-up from Nasr. Rosberg

:41:06. > :41:14.made a great start. That little lock-up from Nasr. Rosberg

:41:15. > :41:18.going wide. Bottas is chased by Kvyat and Hulkenberg, Massa and

:41:19. > :41:25.Verstappen who has got a good getaway, Perez in 10th. Felipe Nasr

:41:26. > :41:29.in the blue and yellow Stade. It must have been Alonso going deep --

:41:30. > :41:37.blue and yellow Sauber. must have been Alonso going deep --

:41:38. > :41:43.Carlos Sainz. The rear axle is completely locked. Whatever the

:41:44. > :41:51.issue was, it has seized the rear end. RADIO: I have no power. It has

:41:52. > :41:56.all gone horribly wrong for Carlos Sainz in the opening stages but Nico

:41:57. > :42:00.Rosberg is leading. Will they be able to recover that car which is

:42:01. > :42:05.still partially on the track? If the rear axle is locked and they can't

:42:06. > :42:10.release the clutch, we may need a safety car. Perez that link with

:42:11. > :42:16.Verstappen. Trying to see if Grosjean has made progress, he is in

:42:17. > :42:25.11th so a reasonably good start for him. Maldonado in 15th, on board

:42:26. > :42:32.with Verstappen. Rosberg leading from Hamilton, they are all passing

:42:33. > :42:36.the stricken car Carlos Sainz. One Toro Rosso out of the Grand Prix

:42:37. > :42:39.already and that does not help them close the gap on Lotus but the other

:42:40. > :42:40.Toro Rosso is currently in 10th place so in the points with

:42:41. > :42:53.Grosjean. Perez holding onto ninth position.

:42:54. > :42:59.The two Ferraris pulling away from the next group which is headed up by

:43:00. > :43:07.Bottas. Good start by Button who has got himself just ahead of another

:43:08. > :43:13.an. There pace around here has been better. We could see a tasty battle

:43:14. > :43:21.happening there. What happened to Ericsson? He is 18. It may have been

:43:22. > :43:29.Ericsson that ran wide at the first corner. I thought it was one of the

:43:30. > :43:35.Lotus cars. It was not a bad start from Hamilton but Nico ace did.

:43:36. > :43:40.Hamilton coming in behind. You see Hamilton comes in behind Rosberg and

:43:41. > :43:43.picks up the slipstream and goes to the outside. Bottas around the

:43:44. > :43:49.outside. Hamilton tries to get around the outside, airing on the

:43:50. > :43:54.side of caution. Relatively clean through two. Able to run two abreast

:43:55. > :44:04.through terror and three. to do with the difference in speed.

:44:05. > :44:10.Vettel's getaway was initially to do with the difference in speed.

:44:11. > :44:14.but he gets out powered. He defends the Exide lane but he is defending

:44:15. > :44:22.fresh air because Raikkonen will be under strict instructions to play

:44:23. > :44:26.nice. Not able to capitalise on the good qualifying position, Bottas.

:44:27. > :44:32.Almost contact once good qualifying position, Bottas.

:44:33. > :44:38.battle between the men from Finland. Once again very close between them.

:44:39. > :44:45.The Cardinal is heading into the pits. That is very early to be

:44:46. > :44:48.coming in. He was coming into 13th before the pit stop. We can hear

:44:49. > :44:57.each year from the crowd. We do not know what that is. We presume it is

:44:58. > :45:02.a Brazilian overtaking someone. Going for it with the DRS. We do not

:45:03. > :45:07.expect these tyres to be on for long. No question of extending the

:45:08. > :45:14.life of them. He will no Rosberg has the prime call about who gets to

:45:15. > :45:31.stop first. Rosberg has a narrow margin over his team-mate.

:45:32. > :45:39.You chased by Verstappen. A little gap

:45:40. > :45:48.to fill a pain other. We assume there is no issue with Daniel

:45:49. > :45:54.Ricciardo's car. No point trying to run round in the dirty air. It looks

:45:55. > :46:01.as if we're about to see one of the first DRS passes of the afternoon.

:46:02. > :46:05.Here comes Grosjean. Nasr made a mistake at the final turn. That was

:46:06. > :46:10.just enough for Grosjean to take full advantage and use the DRS and

:46:11. > :46:14.the Mercedes horsepower up the hill. That puts Grosjean on the verge of

:46:15. > :46:20.points. He still has the move up one more. He will go chasing after Max

:46:21. > :46:26.Verstappen in the tussle between Toro Rosso and Lotus. He positioned

:46:27. > :46:29.himself perfectly in the slipstream and was able to capitalise on the

:46:30. > :46:37.overspeed coming from that being open. Keep pushing. Nasr had been on

:46:38. > :46:45.the radio asking how he gets more straight line speed. They have given

:46:46. > :46:47.himself the different setting. The Russian holding on to sixth place

:46:48. > :46:52.ahead of the Force India of Hulkenberg. As ever the Red Bulls

:46:53. > :46:58.are struggling on the long fast fiction up the hill where it is

:46:59. > :47:01.lacking horsepower and that is where Hulkenberg has been particularly

:47:02. > :47:04.strong. Hulkenberg was quick and qualifying through the sector so he

:47:05. > :47:11.will be looking to close that gap, but it is still early days in the

:47:12. > :47:16.Grand Prix. Only on Lap 6 out of 71. Rosberg has opened up the gap on

:47:17. > :47:24.that last lap. He has managed to put himself out of DRS range. Perez is

:47:25. > :47:29.in front of the Sauber. himself out of DRS range. Perez is

:47:30. > :47:33.catching them. Good info. This himself out of DRS range. Perez is

:47:34. > :47:41.looking great. Keep pulling away from Kvyat behind. This is working

:47:42. > :47:46.well. I have been watching on a separate screen and Hamilton appears

:47:47. > :47:50.to be running off his front tyre slightly relative to Rosberg so it

:47:51. > :47:56.could be either a thing with this car is being packed with fuel. It

:47:57. > :48:00.looks as if Rosberg has been able to capitalise running the car faster

:48:01. > :48:04.through that middle sector. Hamilton had the benefit of DRS in that first

:48:05. > :48:10.sector which has helped him close the gap slightly but he has dropped

:48:11. > :48:18.out of that position. Barton and Alonso are running 13th and 14th.

:48:19. > :48:23.Alonso overtook someone a moment ago. That is a bonus for McLaren

:48:24. > :48:29.hand-out. Oldenburg has said he is pretty happy with things. He says

:48:30. > :48:34.the car feels consistent. He is currently running seven. He seems to

:48:35. > :48:37.be settling in for the long haul. How long will it be before the pit

:48:38. > :48:44.stops? It was How long will it be before the pit

:48:45. > :48:48.stops. It looks as if we are going to see the soft tyres go deeper this

:48:49. > :48:55.year. It seems the track has evolved. The oils have come out. It

:48:56. > :49:00.was fresh tarmac. The degradation is higher on the soft tyre but not as

:49:01. > :49:06.bad as Bees last year. We can expect them to go a bit longer but it is a

:49:07. > :49:12.question of how far? Strategically Rosberg has the upper hand and that

:49:13. > :49:16.ability as a driver. If you are splitting the race into the rhetoric

:49:17. > :49:23.the fastest race distance you want to be able to get to around 15, 16,

:49:24. > :49:29.which allows you to split the two instances to 27 laps apiece. I would

:49:30. > :49:38.expect that the spent maybe longer to try to get track position because

:49:39. > :49:43.the power of a new tyre, the prime tyre, there is no issue about

:49:44. > :49:49.getting a new set of tyres on. Hamilton still not close enough to

:49:50. > :49:54.get in DRS range of his team-mate. Rosberg leads. Hamilton is in

:49:55. > :49:59.second. The two of them pulling away from Vettel. Look how close Grosjean

:50:00. > :50:04.is to the back of Max Verstappen. This is crucial because of the four

:50:05. > :50:09.points gap between Lotus and Toro Rosso. Just one race to go after

:50:10. > :50:15.this one. Grosjean trying to catch up. Maldonado is not really helping

:50:16. > :50:19.this one. Grosjean trying to catch in 15th. 24 seconds behind Rosberg

:50:20. > :50:23.is so if Rosberg was the pit he would come out just in

:50:24. > :50:25.is so if Rosberg was the pit he Maldonado. It was the cleanest top

:50:26. > :50:34.from Mercedes and they have been consistent. Alonso was 23 seconds

:50:35. > :50:40.behind, Jenson Button is 22. Three or four cars in your window. As soon

:50:41. > :50:45.as that window opens up to about 23 seconds, just in front of Nasr, that

:50:46. > :50:48.allows Mercedes to make a clean stop. They have incredible

:50:49. > :50:53.straight-line speed and if you catch the current the right time they will

:50:54. > :51:00.blast past them. Looking at the last corner that leads up the hill, the

:51:01. > :51:05.last proper corner. It is flat-out through this section. Rosberg is

:51:06. > :51:09.across the line once again. He is maintaining that distance over

:51:10. > :51:12.Hamilton. A similar battle to last year so far in

:51:13. > :51:14.Hamilton. A similar battle to last controlled things from the front and

:51:15. > :51:16.Hamilton. A similar battle to last it was around the pit stops that

:51:17. > :51:21.Hamilton had the opportunity to make the difference but he threw it away

:51:22. > :51:25.when he spun at Turn 4. Hamilton will be aware that he made a mistake

:51:26. > :51:29.here last year that perhaps cost them a shot advocate in the

:51:30. > :51:36.anti-will be full cost on getting it right this time. Grosjean closing

:51:37. > :51:40.up. He had a poor qualifying session by his standards but he is trying to

:51:41. > :51:42.make up for it. Within DRS range. Good amount of horsepower from the

:51:43. > :51:52.engine against Verstappen, Good amount of horsepower from the

:51:53. > :51:55.engine is less powerful uphill. Consistent points scorer in this

:51:56. > :52:03.latter part of the season, Sergio Perez, including in Mexico. Need to

:52:04. > :52:06.do this quickly. Ricciardo being asked to get through as quickly as

:52:07. > :52:12.possible not to lose any time behind them. He is by Will Stevens. He

:52:13. > :52:20.nearly rammed into the back of them. He was not prepared for how slow the

:52:21. > :52:24.Manor is. It should not be a big surprise because that is Rossi

:52:25. > :52:30.locking massively as he rolls the car into Turn 10. This is really bad

:52:31. > :52:35.news for Daniel Ricciardo. He has spent the best part of quarter of a

:52:36. > :52:41.lap behind. Quite an early stop on the Force India on Lap 10. Should

:52:42. > :52:45.still be able to make it a two stop. He is just leaving the pit lane and

:52:46. > :52:53.will be able to cover it in front of Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel going for

:52:54. > :53:05.the past. Even with DRS, it is obvious. I think Hulkenberg will be

:53:06. > :53:10.out in front. My mind was on a previous season then. That was

:53:11. > :53:15.probably a strategic move for them. We are hearing that a number of

:53:16. > :53:18.teams are reporting that tyres are OK and feeling consistent.

:53:19. > :53:27.Hulkenberg was one of them. Box this lap. Massa being brought in next.

:53:28. > :53:34.What do you have? The predicted life of the prime-time is 30 laps so that

:53:35. > :53:38.gives him 30 laps and 30 laps for the rest of the race, will bang on

:53:39. > :53:46.prediction. It looks as if pretty much everyone is going with two

:53:47. > :53:53.stops. We have plenty in. Massa is N. Perez. So is Grosjean. Grosjean

:53:54. > :54:02.was involved in a tight tussle with Verstappen. It looks as if it is a

:54:03. > :54:08.clean stop. Back out once again. Perez is still going to be in front

:54:09. > :54:12.of Grosjean. Where will they both be relative to Verstappen who has

:54:13. > :54:18.stayed out? That will be interesting at the lower reaches of the top ten.

:54:19. > :54:27.Lotus trying to undercut Verstappen. As he made use of it with fresh

:54:28. > :54:27.tyres? Good stuff. He manages to fend off

:54:28. > :54:34.tyres? Good stuff. He manages to both on the limit. Hulkenberg, that

:54:35. > :54:40.was a very useful miniver. He keeps him up ahead of Daniel Kvyat. It

:54:41. > :54:44.will be hard work for Daniel Kvyat chasing after him because the Force

:54:45. > :54:49.India is pretty rapid through this section and has good straight line

:54:50. > :54:54.speed. A moment ago get protect past the other, Rossi. He has got past

:54:55. > :54:59.both of them and is on his the other, Rossi. He has got past

:55:00. > :55:07.try to pick up more places. Having made the early pit stop. Bottas is

:55:08. > :55:12.N. See if he has a trouble free stop, he does. That looked superb.

:55:13. > :55:15.Not the best of the season but nonetheless effective. Verstappen is

:55:16. > :55:20.in it. It will be nonetheless effective. Verstappen is

:55:21. > :55:24.where he comes back out. All having to react because they know there are

:55:25. > :55:34.fresh prime tyre gives them the opportunity to Bouchard. Coming out

:55:35. > :55:37.in front of Hulkenberg. It is going to be close with Grosjean. He is

:55:38. > :55:42.making his way through the exit of Turn 3. We will keep you updated

:55:43. > :55:49.once they go through the first sector. Verstappen is just in front

:55:50. > :55:54.of Grosjean. I think Verstappen has held onto that position. But it

:55:55. > :55:58.would work for Lotus to go for the earlier stop. You can see the

:55:59. > :56:05.disappointment on the faces of Toro Rosso because it has not. They will

:56:06. > :56:10.be happy, sorry, because they are staying in front of Lotus. Ferrari

:56:11. > :56:19.are coming in. We'll Mercedes react? Raikkonen is in the pits. Hamilton

:56:20. > :56:23.has aged the gap. Dirty air, that would suggest he has the speed, but

:56:24. > :56:28.he is being neutralised like in Mexico. That continues to highlight

:56:29. > :56:33.the importance of qualifying are getting out of the first corner

:56:34. > :56:38.first. We will expect the Mercedes deemed to be moving fairly soon. We

:56:39. > :56:45.expect that to be Rosberg because he will get the advantage of

:56:46. > :56:49.expect that to be Rosberg because he Raikkonen. Box. Remember the

:56:50. > :56:56.left-hand magic. Raikkonen has rejoined. He has plenty to play with

:56:57. > :57:01.their head of Bottas. This could be another dice between the two. Not

:57:02. > :57:06.much separating them in the championship. Bottas's troubles are

:57:07. > :57:08.Maldonado has not been in yet. This Maldonado has not been in yet. This

:57:09. > :57:16.is a genuine race. He Maldonado has not been in yet. This

:57:17. > :57:23.medium compound tyre. Rosberg, the race leader, comes in. That has to

:57:24. > :57:27.be a clean stop for Rosberg. This is where Hamilton has an opportunity if

:57:28. > :57:31.he can get a quick lap. Yes, but it is going to be difficult. He

:57:32. > :57:37.he can get a quick lap. Yes, but it able to go slightly faster. That was

:57:38. > :57:44.a slow stop. Hamilton's fate could lie in the power of the stop.

:57:45. > :57:52.That could be crucial time. has been running slower than the

:57:53. > :57:56.Mercedes, it is closer than what we saw in some of the practice

:57:57. > :58:02.sessions. The Ferrari is showing a bit more pace than a practice times

:58:03. > :58:07.would suggest. Bottas has got past Maldonado, important to get that

:58:08. > :58:11.done quickly and not be held up the kind the Lotus that started on

:58:12. > :58:16.done quickly and not be held up the medium tyres. He will go deeper into

:58:17. > :58:22.the race before stopping. Hamilton is leading. He is coming in. He was

:58:23. > :58:30.not quicker on any sector. If Mercedes can deliver a 2 second pit

:58:31. > :58:36.stop, he has a real chance. That was how Bottas got past Maldonado, all

:58:37. > :58:44.relatively straightforward. Hamilton comes in as Rosberg begins to set

:58:45. > :58:49.the fastest times. It was a good stop, let's see the static time,

:58:50. > :58:53.3.6. He gained a little bit but not enough. Rosberg is coming past us

:58:54. > :59:02.now. Lewis as to enough. Rosberg is coming past us

:59:03. > :59:07.this inner pit lane area much slower and the gap is going to be about the

:59:08. > :59:15.same if not slightly more because Rosberg has aged the middle sector.

:59:16. > :59:22.-- aced. Hamilton still close behind and plenty of time left in this

:59:23. > :59:28.Grand Prix, Lap 15 out of 71. Hamilton has to come up with a plan

:59:29. > :59:32.not to be beaten in back-to-back races by his team-mate. What can he

:59:33. > :59:39.do here? Let's have a look at that stop. Was it simply waiting for

:59:40. > :59:43.Vettel that delayed him? Looking at the likes, he is waiting for them

:59:44. > :59:57.and it was Vettel that got in the way. -- waiting for him. He can push

:59:58. > :00:04.and the if he can push Rosberg into a mistake. If they are marginal on

:00:05. > :00:09.the tyres, he is going to be compromised running behind him. Tom,

:00:10. > :00:12.we should be in pretty good territory in terms of looking after

:00:13. > :00:20.this medium tyre, a track temperature of 46 degrees. And what

:00:21. > :00:22.is significant is that we have a new rear construction compares to last

:00:23. > :00:31.year which has given the teams are more even tyre wear pro full --

:00:32. > :00:35.profile. Not as much of an issue this year as last year and

:00:36. > :00:42.cooler track temperatures will help. Hamilton has had a good out lap and

:00:43. > :00:48.taken a bit out of Rosberg. Verstappen is in 11th place. Some

:00:49. > :00:55.people have not stopped but he is still chasing Perez. And they have

:00:56. > :01:05.Rossi ahead of them in the Marussia. It looks like, he might get a clean

:01:06. > :01:11.run at it. This is one of the wonderful corners on this track.

:01:12. > :01:23.Still quite heavy with fuel but catches the apex nicely. Another

:01:24. > :01:27.hairpin and the elevation change, you feel like you are on a

:01:28. > :01:32.roller-coaster. Will Stevens is just on his way out of the pits.

:01:33. > :01:35.roller-coaster. Will Stevens is just has crossed the line exactly one

:01:36. > :01:43.second ahead of Hamilton. That DRS range is one second. Hamilton

:01:44. > :01:49.throwing a lot at reducing the gap. It was just over one second as you

:01:50. > :01:55.can see from the graphic so he is not quite within DRS range. Perez

:01:56. > :02:02.maintained his 10th place ahead of Verstappen, Grosjean is in 12,

:02:03. > :02:08.Ricciardo is 13th. Button is 14th and Alonso is 16th. Maldonado is the

:02:09. > :02:16.only man not to stop, he has done his own fastest lap, running in

:02:17. > :02:21.sixth. He might be trying to get away with one stop. He is a couple

:02:22. > :02:26.of seconds off the Mercedes pace. One area where Mercedes have

:02:27. > :02:31.innovative in pace, the kerbs have been raised and when you are able to

:02:32. > :02:38.run more downforce because you have more horsepower, it gives you

:02:39. > :02:42.stability. If you raise the car, it can change the airflow and lose

:02:43. > :02:47.downforce but the drivers will do that if they feel it is a shorter

:02:48. > :02:52.route through the turn. They can carry that extra downforce and

:02:53. > :02:59.through the practice sessions, that was giving them an advantage over

:03:00. > :03:01.Ferrari but Vettel is still running two or three tenths slower than

:03:02. > :03:09.Mercedes so the Ferrari pace is better than imagined. Hulkenberg

:03:10. > :03:14.straightforward past Maldonado. Maldonado does not rarely fight.

:03:15. > :03:19.That takes Hulkenberg into sixth place but ahead of him is Bottas.

:03:20. > :03:28.The first stint from Williams was great, they had that with the

:03:29. > :03:32.penalty. But Bottas is now fifth. Our plan is to extend this stint

:03:33. > :03:37.slightly and we will go longer than planned. Raikkonen will be looking

:03:38. > :03:46.after his tyres. This was Hulkenberg. He carried the speed.

:03:47. > :03:55.With DRS, not much that could be done. A small attempt at defending.

:03:56. > :04:01.But really you just pick up dirt on your tyres. Verstappen has been told

:04:02. > :04:05.to control the gap to Grosjean behind him in this long stint.

:04:06. > :04:11.Hamilton has caught Rosberg, the gap has come down to half a second.

:04:12. > :04:13.Whether there was a mistake somewhere on the last lap by

:04:14. > :04:20.Rosberg, I don't know but they are closer. And then it opens slightly

:04:21. > :04:29.after that long Turn 3. Hamilton is not getting the same clean air as

:04:30. > :04:35.Rosberg and Rosberg knows that. Lewis is trying quite hard. Which

:04:36. > :04:39.means he might be playing with engine settings and will have a

:04:40. > :04:44.certain amount of crime engine settings to use during the Grand

:04:45. > :04:51.Prix and Lewis may be using more of them. -- prime engine settings. They

:04:52. > :04:57.might have ten push to pass is available which runs at the engine

:04:58. > :05:00.closer to its maximum potential but the downside is you use more fuel

:05:01. > :05:10.and don't have it available for later.

:05:11. > :05:14.and don't have it available for coaching. Within the words, they

:05:15. > :05:20.will know what they mean. It probably does mean something

:05:21. > :05:27.significant. We can take it that they are all trying hard. The gap

:05:28. > :05:32.has gone back up to 0.8 seconds but Hamilton is still within the RS

:05:33. > :05:38.range. Putting on a charge trying to close the gap -- DRS range. Hamilton

:05:39. > :05:45.got pretty close on that previous lap. The downside of carrying speed

:05:46. > :05:50.is it compromises your line. Even if you are not looking directly in the

:05:51. > :05:57.mirror, you can pick up things in your peripheral vision. You are

:05:58. > :06:07.consistently aware of being able to see the profile of your rear tyres

:06:08. > :06:10.and changes of colour. The advertising hoardings, all of those

:06:11. > :06:16.things reflect into your mirror in the same way as when you drive your

:06:17. > :06:21.road car. Rosberg is repeating what he did last year, controlling the

:06:22. > :06:25.race from the front as these two continue to pull away from the

:06:26. > :06:32.opposition, 5.8 seconds ahead of Sebastian Vettel who is their

:06:33. > :06:37.closest pursuer. Vettel has a good advantage, six seconds over his

:06:38. > :06:42.team-mate, Raikkonen. A slightly deeper approach into the corner from

:06:43. > :06:46.Rosberg. It is giving him a better line and because Hamilton is

:06:47. > :06:54.arriving with overspeed, it gives him some margin if he locks up. You

:06:55. > :07:00.are closer to the limit of the braking. They are

:07:01. > :07:03.are closer to the limit of the and lose as a team but for the

:07:04. > :07:08.purposes of strategy at everything, there are two teams within the

:07:09. > :07:14.team. That comes down to the team manager, Toto Wolff, to make the

:07:15. > :07:19.calls. The race engineers have to do the right thing for their driver,

:07:20. > :07:28.make the call they want to go with and take the instructions from the

:07:29. > :07:33.senior management. That is the danger of running close behind, his

:07:34. > :07:39.tyres might lose life. My tyres are not going to last this race.

:07:40. > :07:43.Confirmation from Hamilton, tucking in behind the other car, sliding

:07:44. > :07:48.across the surface more and heating them up more which means they will

:07:49. > :07:53.not last as long as perhaps the man in front. DRS in operation allows

:07:54. > :07:58.them to close up but not enough to have a chance of overtaking and for

:07:59. > :08:03.the moment, Rosberg is perfect and soaking up the pressure. He is but

:08:04. > :08:08.he will know that his tyres will be in better shape. He pitted lap

:08:09. > :08:17.earlier but Hamilton has taken more energy out of them. He is hoping for

:08:18. > :08:23.Nico to succumb to the pressure. In fairness to Nico, he has aced the

:08:24. > :08:25.qualifying for the last five races, just by enough to get this

:08:26. > :08:31.position. You sense just by enough to get this

:08:32. > :08:33.has that instinctive pace in the races and if a gap opens up he will

:08:34. > :08:38.be in it. He is the sort of man races and if a gap opens up he will

:08:39. > :08:44.do that. Felipe Massa is races and if a gap opens up he will

:08:45. > :08:48.after Maldonado. Kvyat has already gone past, Maldonado has lost two

:08:49. > :08:53.places in the space of a few corners. That dropped him back down

:08:54. > :09:00.to ninth place. Kvyat is seventh and Massa is eighth. Lewis's Tyre

:09:01. > :09:04.service temperatures will be going through the roof. One of the unique

:09:05. > :09:11.things about this track is that most of the corners are in a

:09:12. > :09:14.things about this track is that most kilometre stretch in sector two. The

:09:15. > :09:17.tyre temperature goes up and you tend to slide more and with another

:09:18. > :09:22.car in front, you can't get the tyre tend to slide more and with another

:09:23. > :09:28.to recover. That is tend to slide more and with another

:09:29. > :09:34.leaders still close together, not much of a gap between Rosberg and

:09:35. > :09:39.Hamilton. Coming up to one third distance pretty soon, we have seen

:09:40. > :09:44.one car going out and that was problems even before the grid for

:09:45. > :09:49.Carlos Sainz. He is talking to us. What a shame, tell us about the

:09:50. > :09:55.problems. Was it the same on the outlet and in the race? Yes, I went

:09:56. > :10:01.to do a practice start and the engine turned itself off. We pushed

:10:02. > :10:07.it back and I was starting from the pit lane and when I left the pits to

:10:08. > :10:16.the race, the engine lost power and broke itself. It was like in the

:10:17. > :10:21.go-karting days when the brakes lock the tyres completely. Let's see if

:10:22. > :10:25.we don't get a penalty and we can have a normal end to the season. And

:10:26. > :10:33.flashbacks to the Australian Grand Prix? Yes. And Flash forward as well

:10:34. > :10:35.because it is a season we are having infinite problems on the card and in

:10:36. > :10:42.the engine. -- on the car. It infinite problems on the card and in

:10:43. > :10:46.difficult to take on your rookie season because you want to finish

:10:47. > :10:51.the races and learn and I am stopping before even one lap. You

:10:52. > :10:58.are due some good luck so hopefully it comes in Abu Dhabi. It looked

:10:59. > :11:04.like Rosberg made a store all that smack a small stake in Turn 4. Lewis

:11:05. > :11:10.looks very low on all cars on degradation. The tyres are holding

:11:11. > :11:15.up well, that is what they are saying to Lewis Hamilton. He is

:11:16. > :11:22.definitely closer. This was Nasr going down the inside of the McLaren

:11:23. > :11:29.but a big lock-up. Jenson was very fair and left the door open. If you

:11:30. > :11:33.are going to overshoot, I will come back at you. I'm two arrears to know

:11:34. > :11:40.how the Mercedes engineer would know that the degradation is low on all

:11:41. > :11:47.cars -- I am curious to know. He can only be assuming that. Hamilton...

:11:48. > :11:51.Rosberg looks like he has got a problem. Hamilton is getting in

:11:52. > :11:56.there, tucked in behind the slipstream of Nico Rosberg, into the

:11:57. > :12:04.second DRS zone, will he make an attempt? A tough place to overtake,

:12:05. > :12:08.it can be done, we saw Juan Pablo Montoya doing it on Michael

:12:09. > :12:11.Schumacher in the past. This is putting Rosberg under more pressure

:12:12. > :12:18.than last year. Impossible on this track. Hamilton says it is

:12:19. > :12:22.impossible to follow. It is the nature of Formula 1 that it is

:12:23. > :12:26.terrible difficult with the loss of downforce, just like Mexico last

:12:27. > :12:35.time out. It is proving difficult for Hamilton. The track has not

:12:36. > :12:40.changed in many years. You are racing against like-for-like

:12:41. > :12:44.machinery and it will be as close as human engineering will allow.

:12:45. > :12:46.Rosberg starting to struggle with traction, we have seen Hamilton

:12:47. > :12:54.taking a shower lower line on most corners. -- shallower line. A wide

:12:55. > :12:55.taking a shower lower line on most line puts you more at risk of

:12:56. > :13:00.getting close to the dirty line but it gives you a better drive off the

:13:01. > :13:05.turn soap Hamilton taking more out of his front tyres by turning in

:13:06. > :13:09.earlier and using the front tyre to slow the car down. No signs of any

:13:10. > :13:16.front graining, it seems to be the rear which is marginal.

:13:17. > :13:25.This is an exceptional drive from both, but for Lewis to consistently

:13:26. > :13:28.run behind Rosberg is quite extraordinary. It has taken a lot

:13:29. > :13:35.out of his tyres. Rosberg is resilient and oppression at the

:13:36. > :13:40.moment and too good to be broken. We are riding with Max Verstappen

:13:41. > :13:43.chasing after Sergio Perez. He has managed to keep Grosjean behind him.

:13:44. > :13:50.A medium stint of 26 managed to keep Grosjean behind him.

:13:51. > :13:55.race. Everybody will easily be able to get through this race with one

:13:56. > :14:01.more stop. That was Daniel Kvyat lapping Rossi ahead of this group.

:14:02. > :14:06.Perez, Verstappen and Grosjean. Desperate to find a way past through

:14:07. > :14:13.that Toro Rosso. Six points behind the two teams. Lotus banged Toro

:14:14. > :14:18.Rosso in the constructors' championship. Any points could be

:14:19. > :14:23.capitalised on next time out. There's only one Toro Rosso in this

:14:24. > :14:31.race. We lost Sainz. There are still two Lotus cars. Maldonado still not

:14:32. > :14:36.in a position to score for the team. Rossi ahead of his team-mate Will

:14:37. > :14:41.Stevens. They have to get out of the way because they are being lapped.

:14:42. > :14:46.Not on the same rap as earlier when Daniel Ricciardo came past them. He

:14:47. > :14:51.is currently 13. In the red bill. Having a quiet time. Whether you

:14:52. > :15:02.will be able to make progress we will have to see. But Anand Alonso

:15:03. > :15:07.in 15th and 16th. A tight little battle tucked in behind Nasr and

:15:08. > :15:10.unable to do anything about it. In the middle of that is Daniel

:15:11. > :15:16.Ricciardo. It is unlikely we are going to see the Hondas undertake

:15:17. > :15:22.anyone in a straight line. A tight little battle. There has been a

:15:23. > :15:26.radiocommunication from Lewis Hamilton saying converting to plan

:15:27. > :15:33.be a bad idea because of the Ferraris. Hamilton is saying, get me

:15:34. > :15:37.on a different strategy, as King for something else from the team to give

:15:38. > :15:43.him a chance of winning this race. He is not going to get it. You can

:15:44. > :15:46.understand the position of Mercedes. They have a duty to the

:15:47. > :15:53.shareholders, the board, the fans, to deliver. Rosberg has found the

:15:54. > :15:57.purple patch the last few Grand Prix and it is giving him the upper hand.

:15:58. > :16:01.Hamilton needs to deliver on Saturday to have the advantage on

:16:02. > :16:07.Sunday. We are not going to see them do something as was demonstrated in

:16:08. > :16:15.Mexico. Not something that compromises the chance of them

:16:16. > :16:19.getting a 1-2-mac. It is a shame, to put it bluntly, because we are

:16:20. > :16:24.seeing a neutralised race, but Hamilton dropped back to 1.6

:16:25. > :16:33.seconds. I think he has taken respite on those tyres, giving them

:16:34. > :16:41.a chance to cool down. The option to protect the P2 or go for the win, we

:16:42. > :16:43.would still be on the same tyre but different tyre range. That is

:16:44. > :16:48.perhaps a little bit of something they can try that that means he is

:16:49. > :16:52.going to have to look after their set. That is his engineer doing the

:16:53. > :16:57.best for Hamilton. The other engineer for Rosberg bobble that and

:16:58. > :17:04.he can make the call went they make the stop. Lewis's engineer cannot

:17:05. > :17:10.bring Lewis in until Nico has said he is not coming in. It can be a

:17:11. > :17:14.late call but Nico's engineer does not give that information until too

:17:15. > :17:16.late every time they can completely controlled the race and Nico will

:17:17. > :17:24.make the first stop. They are so controlled the race and Nico will

:17:25. > :17:28.ahead of the opposition, eight seconds total distance to Vettel,

:17:29. > :17:34.they do not quite have seconds total distance to Vettel,

:17:35. > :17:40.we expected or what they had in Mexico but enough margin over the

:17:41. > :17:46.chasing Ferraris. Grosjean moving out of the slipstream of Verstappen.

:17:47. > :17:52.Not a proper attempt to overtake. Hamilton just poking their noses

:17:53. > :17:55.into the mirrors affectively. Verstappen issuing a good turn of

:17:56. > :18:03.--. Daniel Ricciardo has come into the pits. He has gone into a second

:18:04. > :18:10.set. I wondered if he can get to the end. He might just be able to do it.

:18:11. > :18:15.He would have to do 40 laps. Perhaps it is achievable for Raikkonen to do

:18:16. > :18:19.so. This was Ericsson a moment ago making a move on the McLaren

:18:20. > :18:25.Fernando Alonso and there was very little Alonso could do about it.

:18:26. > :18:30.Alonso has had all sorts of engine problems. They had to put in a new

:18:31. > :18:34.engine, the 12 internal combustion engine. They are supposed to use

:18:35. > :18:41.four engines for the entire season and that is what Mercedes have

:18:42. > :18:46.Hamilton and Rosberg's cars but Hamilton and Rosberg's cars but

:18:47. > :18:49.Alonso is on his 12th which goes to show the reliability problems as

:18:50. > :18:54.well as the performance difficulties that that team have had. Perez

:18:55. > :18:59.crosses the line in ninth place. This is about the bottom end of the

:19:00. > :19:03.top ten. It is a bit of a stalemate with Grosjean not quite able to use

:19:04. > :19:10.the DRS and the slipstream to power past that Toro Rosso. Hamilton has

:19:11. > :19:15.opened a gap or drop the gap to 2.5 seconds, allowing Vettel to come

:19:16. > :19:20.back at him slightly. Vettel just over six seconds behind and matching

:19:21. > :19:25.Hamilton's times. A slip from Mercedes. Vettel could be that ?2.

:19:26. > :19:32.Raikkonen a further ten seconds behind Vettel. Those two guys

:19:33. > :19:37.qualified side-by-side and run from the start of the race in their team

:19:38. > :19:42.orders. Vettel has consistently opened up that gap over Raikkonen.

:19:43. > :19:43.Everyone would love to see the moment that Raikkonen

:19:44. > :19:46.Everyone would love to see the that raw speed he had

:19:47. > :19:50.Everyone would love to see the of his career but he has

:19:51. > :19:54.consistently not been able to did at the moment. Carrying

:19:55. > :19:59.consistently not been able to did at Verstappen. The good thing for a

:20:00. > :20:02.Verstappen is he is getting the DRS off of the Mercedes powered Force

:20:03. > :20:07.India so this is pretty much ideal in terms of protecting his position

:20:08. > :20:10.from Grosjean behind because he is getting sucked along that

:20:11. > :20:12.from Grosjean behind because he is He is getting close enough to even

:20:13. > :20:19.think about having a go at passing humid think but he does not go for

:20:20. > :20:21.it. It is helping him hugely. That will give anything from 15-20

:20:22. > :20:27.kilometres an hour. This is will give anything from 15-20

:20:28. > :20:30.position for him, that letterbox will give anything from 15-20

:20:31. > :20:35.style flap can open. The downside is you take more energy out of the

:20:36. > :20:38.tyres because you do not have clean air flow over the wings. The gap to

:20:39. > :20:43.Hamilton is up air flow over the wings. The gap to

:20:44. > :20:47.feel that Hamilton threw everything at the early laps to put pressure on

:20:48. > :20:53.Rosberg and you feel he is either pretending he is down and out...

:20:54. > :20:57.Keep Verstappen under pressure if you can. I

:20:58. > :21:01.Keep Verstappen under pressure if Grosjean is not giving up the fight.

:21:02. > :21:05.He has never scored in this Grand Prix and he is not on target to.

:21:06. > :21:11.Back on board with Verstappen. Toro Prix and he is not on target to.

:21:12. > :21:14.Rosso is a part of what has been so impressive with him has been his

:21:15. > :21:16.consistency during the races and his ability to look after the tyres

:21:17. > :21:19.despite it being his ability to look after the tyres

:21:20. > :21:24.That was a good exit. It was. A ability to look after the tyres

:21:25. > :21:27.of oversteer and he did not get great early drive so that allowed

:21:28. > :21:30.Verstappen to get into great early drive so that allowed

:21:31. > :21:32.slipstream. This is unlike opportunity and Perez knows it. Here

:21:33. > :21:39.comes Verstappen. Giving each other opportunity and Perez knows it. Here

:21:40. > :21:43.only just enough space, and he is through. He has done it again. It

:21:44. > :21:49.has allowed Grosjean to come through as well because Perez lost so much

:21:50. > :21:54.momentum. Grosjean is going to have a go. Too far back. That is the mark

:21:55. > :22:01.of a champion, backpass. Nobody does that. He did not give the position

:22:02. > :22:06.up. It would have been easy to think this was marginal but he is prepared

:22:07. > :22:11.to take the risk. And stay on the road. Vettel has come into the pits.

:22:12. > :22:15.We have seen the McLaren of Jenson Button stop and go back out onto the

:22:16. > :22:22.circuit so he has had a pit stop. He is going on to the soft tyre. A

:22:23. > :22:26.different strategy from Ferrari. They run the soft tyre longer than

:22:27. > :22:29.most other teams on Friday. It made you wonder if they would do

:22:30. > :22:36.something different. He is going to come out in front of Bottas who is

:22:37. > :22:42.his only real challenger, Raikkonen is going to be naturalised by the

:22:43. > :22:45.team. Vettel is clearly faster. You can see Bottas arriving. Still a

:22:46. > :22:52.healthy margin. This is this fantastic pass road the outside. He

:22:53. > :22:56.gets himself into position but he is not a head. He is being squeezed.

:22:57. > :23:01.How does he do that without losing his front wing? That was amazing.

:23:02. > :23:07.Perez must have thought he had this corner. He got squeezed out as a

:23:08. > :23:12.result. Brilliant. First class driving. Can you imagine if we see

:23:13. > :23:16.him in a car running in front? The race leader comes in for a second

:23:17. > :23:22.pit stop on Lap 33, relatively early. He is on his way once again

:23:23. > :23:25.and they have called it quickly for Rosberg. What will be interesting if

:23:26. > :23:34.Hamilton comes in straightaway we can assume he has burned these tires

:23:35. > :23:39.out. Will he regret letting the gap grow to three seconds if he stays

:23:40. > :23:40.out? Rosberg's side of the garage now they have given themselves a

:23:41. > :23:49.bigger safety margin than now they have given themselves a

:23:50. > :23:54.first stop. Rosberg has made his stop. That is very interesting. It

:23:55. > :23:59.is going to have to be quite a long stint but it is achievable.

:24:00. > :24:04.Raikkonen did a similar long stint last year. Hamilton has traffic

:24:05. > :24:08.ahead, Stevens and Rossi. He is probably going to be in a situation

:24:09. > :24:15.where McAfee runs another lap he is going to lose lap time. Normally it

:24:16. > :24:24.would be clean air ahead of him. Box. Going to respond straightaway.

:24:25. > :24:31.I think with the traffic he had no choice. The perfect strategy for

:24:32. > :24:35.Rosberg. Incomes Lewis Hamilton. From what was briefly the lead but

:24:36. > :24:39.is going to be back into second place. He is going to be chasing

:24:40. > :24:44.after his team-mate once again. Is he going to be frustrated once again

:24:45. > :24:49.in Brazil? He has the pace but cannot get close enough to put the

:24:50. > :24:51.attack on Rosberg. Rosberg comes down through the first corner. It is

:24:52. > :24:57.very similar to the down through the first corner. It is

:24:58. > :25:01.Look at the Ferrari that is going to come out. Hamilton is going to be

:25:02. > :25:09.behind Raikkonen. That is not what he wanted to see, and the traffic,

:25:10. > :25:13.Fernando Alonso in the McLaren. Not able to use the tyres. It never

:25:14. > :25:16.rains but it pours. That is the further chink in the armour for

:25:17. > :25:23.Hamilton to try to get on the back of Rosberg. Still compromising

:25:24. > :25:25.Hamilton on his approach. Alonso being lapped us to get out of the

:25:26. > :25:29.way whereas Raikkonen does being lapped us to get out of the

:25:30. > :25:33.to get out of the way because he stayed out and he is fighting for

:25:34. > :25:38.position. Raikkonen currently in third. Vettel is the fastest man on

:25:39. > :25:43.the track. Looking at Maldonado on the Sauber of Ericsson. There was

:25:44. > :25:50.contact. That is how it can go wrong. It did not go wrong with

:25:51. > :25:52.Verstappen and Perez. That is what is so impressive with Verstappen.

:25:53. > :26:00.Other than the coming together in monocle which was clearly an error

:26:01. > :26:06.of judgment... Hamilton looking to make his way past. This should be

:26:07. > :26:12.straightforward. That gets him back past the Ferrari. The term on

:26:13. > :26:15.incident is under investigation. We just saw that on the replay. The

:26:16. > :26:21.collision. We have not just saw that on the replay. The

:26:22. > :26:27.fault it was. Maldonado, it looks as if he has run into the side of

:26:28. > :26:33.Ericsson who was slightly ahead. I cannot stress enough what a nice guy

:26:34. > :26:45.Maldonado is in the paddock. We are going plan B. What happened to

:26:46. > :26:51.Lewis? He could not keep the pace. Both struggling a little bit. Does

:26:52. > :26:55.that mean another pit stop? If they were not maintaining the pace on

:26:56. > :27:01.that kind of lap distance it would imply that they are going to have to

:27:02. > :27:05.make a third pit stop. Yes. I think you're right. They have realised

:27:06. > :27:10.that the pace from Vettel, who has done the fastest lap of the Grand

:27:11. > :27:15.Prix last ten, he was matching Rosberg leading, so the gap between

:27:16. > :27:22.them is not a great deal. Ferrari, where have they found this place

:27:23. > :27:27.back? They have been hiding it well. Sometimes they can make a particular

:27:28. > :27:32.tyre work on the day. It was effective in Malaysia where they got

:27:33. > :27:36.a victory. Conditions on the day they nailed it. The fastest lap of

:27:37. > :27:40.the day has gone to Hamilton so he is going quicker than Vettel.

:27:41. > :27:46.Looking at the battle between Nasr and Maldonado. The Lotus is still

:27:47. > :27:51.running. There has been contact between Maldonado and Ericsson and

:27:52. > :27:55.little while ago but he is up against Nasr. Running intense and

:27:56. > :27:59.11. Sauber desperate to get some points in these closing two Grand

:28:00. > :28:02.Prix. No more desperate than Lotus who want to close the gap to Toro

:28:03. > :28:16.Rosso. A lot at stake. Looking at the fuel amounts,

:28:17. > :28:20.Hamilton on the lower end, so is what Assen who is having a quiet

:28:21. > :28:34.time in fifth place with Kvyat in sixth. -- so is Bottas. What we can

:28:35. > :28:43.state... That was Grosjean making a move on Perez. That is for 12th

:28:44. > :28:49.place. I don't know if Perez had a go at getting it back, maybe that is

:28:50. > :28:51.what we picked up. There has been a pit stop, that is why they were so

:28:52. > :29:02.close. Maldonado had pit stop, that is why they were so

:29:03. > :29:06.Crime against option. -- prime. On the fuel thing, since the hybrid

:29:07. > :29:13.element came into Formula 1, they use around 40% less fuel per Grand

:29:14. > :29:20.Prix than they used to sew a definite step towards saving the

:29:21. > :29:25.environment. That was a simple and straightforward pass on Perez.

:29:26. > :29:28.Hulkenberg is in eighth, there is Nasr in ninth and Maldonado right

:29:29. > :29:37.with him. Surely an opportunity with DRS. This time it should be Mission

:29:38. > :29:41.with him. Surely an opportunity with accomplished well before he turns in

:29:42. > :29:48.and that brings Maldonado into ninth position chasing after Hulkenberg. A

:29:49. > :29:54.bit of a gap, he is up ahead in the Force India, it was about 2.5

:29:55. > :29:58.seconds when they crossed the line. Hulkenberg started well but

:29:59. > :30:01.seconds when they crossed the line. dropped back down a bit. This group

:30:02. > :30:07.we can see, in the background is Rosberg so he has some traffic to

:30:08. > :30:13.get through. A faster lap time again than Hamilton, the gap is 3.5

:30:14. > :30:20.seconds but the gap may enable and or inspire Hamilton to get back onto

:30:21. > :30:25.him. It seems that Lewis has mentally thrown in the towel a bit.

:30:26. > :30:30.You have Perez up against Ricciardo and Perez has said he is losing

:30:31. > :30:36.power on the straights. He is not happy with the power delivery in his

:30:37. > :30:41.Force India and it is allowed -- allowing Ricciardo to be behind him.

:30:42. > :30:48.That group is close to give up ahead. He could gain several spaces

:30:49. > :30:53.in a short space of time. That is Vettel onto the back of Raikkonen as

:30:54. > :30:59.well, who has only done one stop. He overtook him here. Raikkonen

:31:00. > :31:05.dutifully lifts overtook him here. Raikkonen

:31:06. > :31:10.through. Keep an eye on Raikkonen's second stop, no sign of the Ferrari

:31:11. > :31:15.mechanics in the pit lane. We have heard that Felipe Massa and his crew

:31:16. > :31:21.will have two seedy stewards after the Grand Prix because of a tyre

:31:22. > :31:28.pressure issue -- will have to see the stewards. The pressures are

:31:29. > :31:34.checked just before the Grand Prix begins. There was a scare

:31:35. > :31:37.checked just before the Grand Prix with this and we gather that

:31:38. > :31:45.Williams will have two the stewards. There is also a naughty on Maldonado

:31:46. > :31:53.for causing a collision. Ricciardo being overtaken by Rosberg. Sad to

:31:54. > :31:56.say that Maldonado, it is standard operating procedure for the

:31:57. > :32:00.stewards, operating procedure for the

:32:01. > :32:05.change the name with the penalties in anticipation of him getting

:32:06. > :32:09.involved. Daniil Kvyat is in the pits. Looks like a fairly

:32:10. > :32:14.straightforward to stop for them even though Mercedes are switching

:32:15. > :32:22.to three stops -- straightforward two stop. Grosjean side-by-side with

:32:23. > :32:29.Verstappen and he has gone past him this time. Romain Grosjean has got

:32:30. > :32:35.his Lotus passed the Toro Rosso. They have been fighting for a long

:32:36. > :32:38.his Lotus passed the Toro Rosso. got past. That is crucial for

:32:39. > :32:39.his Lotus passed the Toro Rosso. final point. Rosberg picking his

:32:40. > :32:45.places and lapping Perez. final point. Rosberg picking his

:32:46. > :32:51.just picked it as well. There is Hamilton and the gap is that much

:32:52. > :32:56.bigger, 2.8 seconds between the leaders. It is yo-yoing around as

:32:57. > :33:01.they go through the traffic. Verstappen goes defensive and

:33:02. > :33:06.Grosjean manages to get the car stopped. One more opportunity after

:33:07. > :33:13.this to impress his Lotus team before he heads off to Haas next

:33:14. > :33:19.year. Max is saying that they are clipping to early. That is the point

:33:20. > :33:22.at which the hybrid energy, the battery pack that delivers

:33:23. > :33:25.electrical energy through the rear axle, is effectively retarded and

:33:26. > :33:31.you are no longer able to use it. axle, is effectively retarded and

:33:32. > :33:36.You have about 30 seconds of electrical energy they

:33:37. > :33:38.You have about 30 seconds of giving them about 160 horsepower and

:33:39. > :33:45.they use it strategically around the track with the best place normally

:33:46. > :33:50.off a slow corner. The faster you can move the mass of the car to its

:33:51. > :33:55.terminal velocity, you will gain the biggest amount of lap time. They can

:33:56. > :34:00.decide not to use it at certain places in the Grand Prix to give

:34:01. > :34:05.themselves more power of that energy to strategically defend or attack

:34:06. > :34:10.against another car but you will lose lap time off the optimal way of

:34:11. > :34:18.using that energy. Rosberg leading upfront,... Can I stay out a bit

:34:19. > :34:25.more. Sebastian Vettel liking the feel on his tyres as Bottas comes in

:34:26. > :34:32.from fifth. He stays with the harder, medium compound tyre.

:34:33. > :34:36.Joining us from the pit wall, Red Bull team principal Christian

:34:37. > :34:40.Horner. Talk is through the various strategies, and your Kvyat has just

:34:41. > :34:45.been in, looks like a conventional two stop but maybe Mr Davies are

:34:46. > :34:48.going with three? -- Mercedes. That's it. Briatte is running a

:34:49. > :35:00.standard two. -- Kvyat. Ricciardo is That's it. Briatte is running a

:35:01. > :35:02.going for a probable three. Any That's it. Briatte is running a

:35:03. > :35:07.surprises in the tyre performance competitive in practice? Not too

:35:08. > :35:13.much, the degradation has been a bit higher but not dramatically so it is

:35:14. > :35:19.not too different. I know you are watching your own team, but I have

:35:20. > :35:21.been surprised by the pace of the Ferrari and battle

:35:22. > :35:26.been surprised by the pace of the Mercedes. He has been impressive so

:35:27. > :35:31.far. Interesting strategy to go on to be softer tyre at this stage.

:35:32. > :35:38.Interesting if a pace car came out now, that would bring it alive. That

:35:39. > :35:43.would be fun. What do you reckon for Daniel's opportunity to score

:35:44. > :35:52.points? It is always a chance but it is tight because he is fighting with

:35:53. > :35:59.Perez. Still in the offing. Thank you for joining us. We are on board

:36:00. > :36:05.with Ricciardo I think. He is tucked up behind Perez. Daniil Kvyat has

:36:06. > :36:12.recently gone past Maldonado. They are entering Turn 1 as his

:36:13. > :36:16.team-mate, on a different strategy, losing massive speed as they come

:36:17. > :36:21.across the line. Perez has been complaining about a lack of power

:36:22. > :36:25.but he still gets to the apex and that is crucial. This is where the

:36:26. > :36:33.Red Bull is performing better and you can see the gap open out again.

:36:34. > :36:40.DRS will help neutralise it slightly. That is Sebastian Vettel

:36:41. > :36:47.just behind Daniel. Raikkonen, him and Maldonado are both on one-stop

:36:48. > :36:52.strategies. They are looking for longevity in their tyres. Different

:36:53. > :36:59.strategies employed at Ferrari between their drivers but the same

:37:00. > :37:06.one between the race leaders, Rosberg and Hamilton. No change

:37:07. > :37:10.upfront, the gap is 2.8 seconds. Ricciardo is hoping he can find a

:37:11. > :37:14.chink in the armour of Perez but he will have do let Vettel through

:37:15. > :37:20.because he will be lapped by the Ferrari. They were team-mates at

:37:21. > :37:23.last year at Red Bull which proved a difficult season for Sebastian

:37:24. > :37:30.Vettel that he is enjoying himself more at Ferrari. On board with Massa

:37:31. > :37:36.who is closing up to Maldonado. Massa on home turf, double winner of

:37:37. > :37:45.this Grand Prix. Vettel going past Ricciardo I think. That is Raikkonen

:37:46. > :37:51.coming through and it was Vettel lapping Ricciardo. Felipe Nasr, the

:37:52. > :37:57.other Brazilian in the race, he is down in 16th place. Both Sauber cars

:37:58. > :38:06.are behind the McLarens at this stage. Rosberg has a fairly steady

:38:07. > :38:13.stream of traffic ahead of him. Massa and Maldonado the head. Such

:38:14. > :38:22.is the pace advantage for Rosberg and Hamilton, it is amazing they are

:38:23. > :38:28.lapping them. They would have assumed an offset in lap time and

:38:29. > :38:30.fuelled accordingly. They know their race pace is only good enough to

:38:31. > :38:37.effectively be a lap behind. race pace is only good enough to

:38:38. > :38:41.could find yourself short fuelled but everything in engineering is a

:38:42. > :38:50.calculator and risk. Maldonado comes in now. Lap 46. Let's see what tyres

:38:51. > :38:56.he goes for. Hamilton has got a bit of clean air and he can see Rosberg

:38:57. > :39:00.has the traffic ahead. Maldonado has gone into the pits. Rosberg and

:39:01. > :39:05.Massa will be fairly straightforward, Williams will not

:39:06. > :39:10.get in the way of Mercedes. Hamilton throwing down the gauntlet with a

:39:11. > :39:15.get in the way of Mercedes. Hamilton 15.3. He has not given up on taking

:39:16. > :39:23.victory yet. Maldonado is back out on the medium tyres. We will see how

:39:24. > :39:29.he gets on. I don't think he has run the soft tyre yet. Maldonado will

:39:30. > :39:36.need a late pit stop. An impressive lap from Hamilton. We hear that

:39:37. > :39:41.Massa's Fire blanket may have been as much as 27 degrees to heart. For

:39:42. > :39:48.it to be that much difference in temperature, I can imagine the right

:39:49. > :39:54.rear is the issue, I can only imagine there has been a

:39:55. > :39:58.rear is the issue, I can only issue. To be able to be 27 degrees

:39:59. > :40:05.over is an impressive amount of temperature. We know that Mercedes

:40:06. > :40:09.were able to argue the case with the stewards and were found to be within

:40:10. > :40:15.the regulations and it might be the case for Williams as well. It sounds

:40:16. > :40:19.like a thermostat has gone wrong. Ferrari are getting ready for a pit

:40:20. > :40:23.stop which presumably will be Raikkonen. He comes in now. Watching

:40:24. > :40:33.Ricciardo but the other Raikkonen. He comes in now. Watching

:40:34. > :40:42.coming into the pit lane. Third and fourth would be a good result for

:40:43. > :40:50.Ferrari. The tyres must be starting to lose some performance. We know

:40:51. > :40:54.that Raikkonen, that was a fairly healthy stint on those prime tyres.

:40:55. > :40:59.Ferrari have taken a gamble to mix it up with the soft tyre and it

:41:00. > :41:03.hasn't worked out because he is losing time to Hamilton but we

:41:04. > :41:08.expect them to do another stop. Ricciardo still cannot get past

:41:09. > :41:12.Perez at the moment. DRS is helping him up the hill but not getting

:41:13. > :41:19.close enough to the back of the Mercedes powered Force India. Box,

:41:20. > :41:24.Sebastian. This will be a third pit stop for battle but we expect

:41:25. > :41:31.Mercedes to do the same -- for Vettel. Will they finish the race on

:41:32. > :41:39.the medium tyre? We have 23 laps to go. They are going for the medium

:41:40. > :41:45.tyre with the extra life and away he goes. Slightly slow stop from

:41:46. > :41:53.Bychenok but quicker for Sebastian Vettel -- from Raikkonen. He wanted

:41:54. > :41:58.to outscore Nico Rosberg to get into second place in the championship but

:41:59. > :42:03.Rosberg right now is doing enough to secure second in the championship,

:42:04. > :42:07.if he were to win with Hamilton second and Sebastian Vettel in third

:42:08. > :42:19.then Rosberg were better than league finish runner-up in the World

:42:20. > :42:26.Championship. Box, box. Third stop coming up for Mercedes. Of course,

:42:27. > :42:37.things can go wrong on pit stops so there will be some anxiety.

:42:38. > :42:45.Let us listen to the process. Absolutely perfect. No mistakes.

:42:46. > :42:50.Here is a lunge from Absolutely perfect. No mistakes.

:42:51. > :42:54.the outside of Perez. I think he has made it stick. If he has the exit he

:42:55. > :43:02.should be good for the next straight. DRS, let us see if he

:43:03. > :43:07.comes back. He has an opportunity. He is going to have to go to the

:43:08. > :43:14.outside. Brake dust coming off the front of Perez's car. Very close. Is

:43:15. > :43:20.he going to have another go? Box. Not in the end. Hamilton is being

:43:21. > :43:24.asked to comment into the pits. We are into the closing stages of this

:43:25. > :43:27.race. Whether Lewis Hamilton are into the closing stages of this

:43:28. > :43:31.really launch an attack on his team-mate or is it all done and

:43:32. > :43:38.dusted with a clean stop from Rosberg? Jenson Button has been told

:43:39. > :43:47.to let Alonso passed. He has said OK but he seems a long way behind.

:43:48. > :43:52.Alonso is 1.7 seconds behind. We believe Alonso

:43:53. > :43:55.Alonso is 1.7 seconds behind. We his. We

:43:56. > :43:59.Alonso is 1.7 seconds behind. We Rosberg. A mark on the tyre. He must

:44:00. > :44:05.have locked up on his attempts to try to take everything out of it.

:44:06. > :44:09.Rosberg once again is going to go past our commentary box position. It

:44:10. > :44:14.is pretty much where it was last time. Hamilton will be slower as he

:44:15. > :44:19.exits the pit lane. We have seen that price below, where they are

:44:20. > :44:25.exits the pit lane. We have seen parallel to each other, one on the

:44:26. > :44:28.pit lane and one on the circuit. Vettel has just that the fastest lap

:44:29. > :44:34.of the Grand Prix. Looking to put some pressure onto the of Hamilton.

:44:35. > :44:40.The gap is fairly consistent. Vettel has some traffic. A lot of traffic

:44:41. > :44:47.to get through. We want to keep the gap to Lewis. Rosberg has Perez and

:44:48. > :44:51.Ricciardo ahead of him. Neither of those are going to get on the way as

:44:52. > :44:56.they are being lapped but the Rosberg has defined his way

:44:57. > :45:01.through. Slightly awkward for Rosberg to get around the outside of

:45:02. > :45:07.Perez. That has allowed Hamilton to catch up a bit. Rosberg dealt with

:45:08. > :45:11.it. Something Hamilton is good at, fighting his way through traffic.

:45:12. > :45:17.They do not really have to fight their way through. It was much more

:45:18. > :45:24.difficult in the old days. These days with blue flags they have to

:45:25. > :45:28.get out of the way. As he stopped? He has stopped and is

:45:29. > :45:32.get out of the way. As he stopped? behind. You are racing to the flag.

:45:33. > :45:36.You are both on the same set of tyres effectively, same tactics all

:45:37. > :45:38.the way to the end. It is the question of who is going to emerge

:45:39. > :45:43.in front and take question of who is going to emerge

:45:44. > :45:48.Brazil. Can Rosberg made back-to-back victories or is

:45:49. > :45:52.Hamilton going to snatch it away in the closing stages? A race he so

:45:53. > :45:57.desperately wants to win to add to his CV, one that has been missing

:45:58. > :46:00.throughout all of his attempts to win it. It is going to take

:46:01. > :46:06.something special but we know he can do that. What can he do in the

:46:07. > :46:15.closing stages? That he has not been able to do earlier. They have burned

:46:16. > :46:21.off the fuel saw the car, it is like dropping a passenger off. That will

:46:22. > :46:29.enable him to feel the car more. He is trying hard, so push at the same

:46:30. > :46:34.pace. Given the rules on information that thing from engineer to the

:46:35. > :46:38.driver, not suppose to be any assistance in their ability to go

:46:39. > :46:49.racing, there can be so much written into that. Gets away with it on that

:46:50. > :47:01.shall line into one. The fastest lap. Still a little bit of what we

:47:02. > :47:06.saw last year. 1.13. Track has changed in terms of kerbs and that

:47:07. > :47:10.has cost them some time in qualifying and in the race. Rosberg

:47:11. > :47:15.is next up, sorry Verstappen is next up to Rosberg and in front him is

:47:16. > :47:21.Grosjean. All sensible drivers who will have been well warned of the

:47:22. > :47:26.traffic coming. They will get a blue light flashing at the top of their

:47:27. > :47:30.dashboard. We have seen a lot of traffic on this short track and they

:47:31. > :47:38.have all behave themselves. It has allowed Hamilton to get closer. 1.07

:47:39. > :47:46.is the gap. Is it a good place? Stick with target -4-mac. Stop

:47:47. > :47:50.talking to me in the braking zone. You need to speak to me in the

:47:51. > :47:57.straight. Gently getting upset about where he is getting the radio. He's

:47:58. > :48:03.going to lose out through three, Verstappen will not let him past

:48:04. > :48:09.until they on the straight. Hamilton losing out in the dirty air of

:48:10. > :48:13.Verstappen. You can see how it makes it difficult for him. It is

:48:14. > :48:17.important for Verstappen not to lose place either. It has not cost

:48:18. > :48:24.Hamilton too much time. Jenson Button has come into the pits after

:48:25. > :48:28.not being too happy on the radio. Perez has made a third pit stop.

:48:29. > :48:31.That has released Ricciardo into irrelevance. It is going to be very

:48:32. > :48:44.tight for those final couple of points. -- 11th. Total wolf looking

:48:45. > :48:51.a little bit anxious. Looking to the camera to say I would like to see

:48:52. > :48:54.the track action. Stop filming me! Let us see what happens in the

:48:55. > :49:01.closing bar to the race because Rosberg has controlled the entire

:49:02. > :49:09.race distance, taking the pole position by 800th of a second

:49:10. > :49:12.yesterday and it has proved to be decisive, but can Hamilton derive

:49:13. > :49:17.something extra, some passion, from the spirit of the Brazilian fans on

:49:18. > :49:25.a track that he watched his hero Ayrton Senna win in 1991? Can he

:49:26. > :49:32.find something to close the gap? Rosberg got DRS which will

:49:33. > :49:38.find something to close the gap? in that first sector. Hamilton did

:49:39. > :49:41.not. Ricciardo is going to come out back pain Perez once again. It is

:49:42. > :49:49.going to be tough for him to score points. Grosjean's present a

:49:50. > :49:51.Hamilton is to hold him up through six, seven and eight. Hamilton will

:49:52. > :50:01.be frustrated by this. You six, seven and eight. Hamilton will

:50:02. > :50:06.see this, but unfortunately the real important battle is that the front

:50:07. > :50:11.and we are watching something down the back. A big lock-up for

:50:12. > :50:15.Hamilton. He got badly treated by Grosjean unfortunately who helped

:50:16. > :50:23.him up and that has allowed Rosberg to get an extra second. This battle

:50:24. > :50:33.in the middle of the pack entertaining audiences around the

:50:34. > :50:37.world. Nasr against Malden angle. Interesting how many have gone for

:50:38. > :50:44.the third stop option. We saw many would do it on two. Raikkonen will

:50:45. > :50:48.be the leading car on two. Maldonado heading closer to the back but not

:50:49. > :50:53.enough to have a go at getting past him. He got past him earlier but

:50:54. > :51:01.that was before a pit stop. Verstappen has come back out again.

:51:02. > :51:08.We will see a where years when he gets to the pit exit. No change in

:51:09. > :51:22.the battle for 10th position. Verstappen is behind these two lie

:51:23. > :51:27.little distance. Getting darker. Hulkenberg reporting that maybe he

:51:28. > :51:31.is going to see some showers. There are some showers forecast for later

:51:32. > :51:36.in the day but we have not seen evidence of them yet. This was

:51:37. > :51:39.Grosjean not making it particularly easy for Hamilton, and frustration

:51:40. > :51:48.coming through as he locks up. Damage being done to his tyre. Last

:51:49. > :51:57.time around it was 15-1 apiece. That is not the way to SEC later. I think

:51:58. > :52:04.I have damage to my floor. This could be off the high kerbs. Are we

:52:05. > :52:07.seeing any signs of damage? Maldonado and Nasr side-by-side.

:52:08. > :52:14.Does not happen, or does it? Maldonado and Nasr side-by-side.

:52:15. > :52:21.get DRS activation. Nasr is going to have to be defensive. Maldonado down

:52:22. > :52:25.the outside. Nasr will not let him through. Good stuff from the

:52:26. > :52:32.Brazilian, fending off the Venezuelan for the moment. He ran

:52:33. > :52:37.wide. It a wheel over the kerb. That is great stuff from Nasr. Under

:52:38. > :52:40.wide. It a wheel over the kerb. That pressure from Maldonado. And all of

:52:41. > :52:44.the uncertainties that go with wheel-to-wheel racing. He managed to

:52:45. > :52:48.make it stick. It is these opportunities that you have to give

:52:49. > :52:54.every indication to the top teams that you are a race. That is what we

:52:55. > :53:01.have been seeing from Verstappen. All about the final point for those

:53:02. > :53:13.two. Still watching Grosjean. That is Verstappen on Maldonado. Sorry,

:53:14. > :53:23.Grosjean. This is on board with Maldonado. Can he get Nasr? He is

:53:24. > :53:26.down the inside. Yes. Very straightforward in the end. Massa

:53:27. > :53:28.has made a late pit stop. That is going to hurt him as he tries to

:53:29. > :53:33.make it to going to hurt him as he tries to

:53:34. > :53:39.Prix. Grosjean and first up and come through in 11th and 12, out of the

:53:40. > :53:46.points the moment. Do not talk any more. Rosberg is

:53:47. > :53:50.points the moment. Do not talk any is doing. The gap is 1.4 seconds,

:53:51. > :53:59.matching each other. The work he forgot was please. I do not think

:54:00. > :54:02.there is much time for that. This is how he got past Nasr. Fairly

:54:03. > :54:07.straightforward. Nasr was defensively couple of times and in

:54:08. > :54:12.the end the door is wide open. Maldonado does a good job. He has

:54:13. > :54:19.that five seconds additional time to be added. No damage to his car from

:54:20. > :54:22.the contact with Ericsson earlier. We think he probably served the five

:54:23. > :54:26.seconds that his second pit Dobson that should mean that where years is

:54:27. > :54:31.exactly where years. Data looks fine. No problems.

:54:32. > :54:33.exactly where years. Data looks about floor damage but he has been

:54:34. > :54:49.told everything is OK. getting past Nasr. Nasr struggling.

:54:50. > :54:54.He has only done two pit stops. These guys have done three.

:54:55. > :54:55.Important for Lotus if they can get Maldonado and Grosjean in the

:54:56. > :55:11.points. Crucial. Ahead of Rossi Maldonado and Grosjean in the

:55:12. > :55:16.Verstappen getting close to the back of the Sauber. Lining up to try

:55:17. > :55:17.Verstappen getting close to the back get over

:55:18. > :55:25.Verstappen getting close to the back down the inside. Nasr was wise to

:55:26. > :55:31.that. A big lock-up up ahead of them and he is going to look on the

:55:32. > :55:35.inside. That was nearly contact. I think his front wing might have

:55:36. > :55:44.clipped the rear tyre. We do not know houses that have these are two

:55:45. > :55:47.punchers. It was incredibly close. Into the final chicane at Spa, they

:55:48. > :55:52.punchers. It was incredibly close. did not give each other enough room,

:55:53. > :55:57.but that was marginal. Might have a chance because he is coming up the

:55:58. > :56:01.main straight. He is going to go round the outside again. He did this

:56:02. > :56:08.in Perez earlier. He knows how to make it stick. He is through. If

:56:09. > :56:15.that boy a biscuit. Fantastic. Two opportunities taken. In the end it

:56:16. > :56:22.is fairly straightforward as Grosjean gets passed Maldonado.

:56:23. > :56:27.Everyone has to make their way but it is almost a shame that Verstappen

:56:28. > :56:32.is in amid great car. Can you imagine what he could do upfront? It

:56:33. > :56:39.would be fantastic to see that. He is driving beautifully again. He is

:56:40. > :56:42.not quite in the points. It looks a little bit darker. What is the

:56:43. > :56:49.weather? It should be dry. A little bit overcast. We have 11 laps to go

:56:50. > :56:57.and it looks as if it is going to stay dry. This is where you try to

:56:58. > :57:00.go down the inside. Is that the smallest amount of contact? I think

:57:01. > :57:05.he clipped his rear tyre and got away with it. Then there's great

:57:06. > :57:12.pass. He knew exactly what he needed to do. He heads the throttle and

:57:13. > :57:19.Nasr gives them the space. Great driving from both of them. Perez is

:57:20. > :57:29.going past Nasr. Nasr on a two stop strategy dropping through the field.

:57:30. > :57:44.Perez is in 13th. Rosberg is 1.6 seconds ahead of Hamilton. A very

:57:45. > :57:45.quiet race for Williams. Still quite a good tussle between Hulkenberg and

:57:46. > :57:55.Daniel Kvyat. Straightforward down into Turn 1,

:57:56. > :58:03.Hamilton running 0.6 seconds find Rosberg. Rosberg won the race by

:58:04. > :58:08.only 1.4 seconds last year so it is pretty much a replay. There is an

:58:09. > :58:14.opportunity, Rosberg is behind Hulkenberg. And after Ericsson, they

:58:15. > :58:22.for Hamilton to get that bit closer. are pretty much clear so two cars

:58:23. > :58:24.for Hamilton to get that bit closer. What is encouraging, Sebastian

:58:25. > :58:32.Vettel is 15 seconds behind the leader. Last year it was a Williams

:58:33. > :58:42.in third, Massa, who was 41 seconds behind. It has been great to see. It

:58:43. > :58:46.could be down to track temperature, 41 is eight or 9 degrees cooler than

:58:47. > :58:53.it yesterday. We know that the Pirelli tyres are very sick to do

:58:54. > :58:57.that macro very sensitive. Felipe Nasr has nothing to fight with

:58:58. > :59:04.because all of the guys around him have fresher tyres. In 13th place.

:59:05. > :59:10.You can see the clouds they were talking about. There is nothing

:59:11. > :59:15.Rulli Toulouse in 13th from putting on another set of tyres and getting

:59:16. > :59:28.into a more competitive feeling car. -- nothing re-election to lose --

:59:29. > :59:39.really to lose. The gap was two seconds. It is 2.09 at the moment. A

:59:40. > :59:46.good first sector by Rosberg. Maybe that benefited him and hurt

:59:47. > :59:51.Hamilton. It is looking tough for Hamilton who is 13 seconds ahead of

:59:52. > :59:58.Sebastian Vettel who is 22 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who is on a

:59:59. > :00:04.different strategy. Ferrari did this last year as well. Alonso did three

:00:05. > :00:10.stops and Raikkonen did two stops. It did not go as well as this. It

:00:11. > :00:15.proves once again their boost in performance this year which has been

:00:16. > :00:22.consistent all season, 12 podiums for Sebastian Vettel. It was a

:00:23. > :00:29.struggle for a long zone last year. Hamilton completing another lap, 62

:00:30. > :00:36.completed. He is running out of time and options if he is to finally win

:00:37. > :00:41.in Brazil. It is not looking very promising right now. He lost three

:00:42. > :00:51.good as a second on the last lap as they go through traffic -- three

:00:52. > :00:58.quarters of a second. He has had such a fine run of victories around

:00:59. > :01:04.the world. And this track probably means as much as any other than

:01:05. > :01:10.Silverstone and Monaco. He has just not had a good run here. Maldonado

:01:11. > :01:15.being chased by Verstappen. This could be interesting. Verstappen

:01:16. > :01:23.being chased by Verstappen. This closing on Maldonado whose tyres are

:01:24. > :01:30.a bit older. Nine laps is the difference in life between them.

:01:31. > :01:34.Maldonado on the prime tyre hoping Thursday ahead of Verstappen on the

:01:35. > :01:40.soft tyre. But the soft tyre has more degradation on it. Towards the

:01:41. > :01:46.end, Verstappen might find it harder. Your pace is better than

:01:47. > :01:53.Verstappen and Maldonado ahead of you. Can he do anything with it? He

:01:54. > :02:00.also has to keep an eye out behind. It has been like that throughout

:02:01. > :02:05.four Verstappen. That is a bit of engineering license. Last time round

:02:06. > :02:18.Perez did 816.6 and Verstappen at 16.3. -- did a 16.6. 2.8 seconds

:02:19. > :02:25.between Rosberg and Hamilton are cross the line. Sebastian Vettel

:02:26. > :02:29.still in third, Raikkonen in fourth, Bottas,.

:02:30. > :02:36.Massa is in eighth, it has not been a shining one for him but he has

:02:37. > :02:40.just been told that he is two seconds faster than Hulkenberg and

:02:41. > :02:48.will catch him on the final lap according to the Williams strategy

:02:49. > :02:59.crew. He did 15.8 and Hulkenberg did 16.9. Maybe it was the previous lap

:03:00. > :03:03.or a bit of enthusiasm. As has to get past creat. -- Massa has to get

:03:04. > :03:31.past creat. There have been a number of things

:03:32. > :03:40.he is aware of and able to analyse in comparison with his team-mate.

:03:41. > :03:45.Keep it clean. What he has been able to do as we know from talking to

:03:46. > :03:50.Christian Horner yesterday, he confirmed he will be in the car next

:03:51. > :03:56.year so he has done enough despite being in the wake and shadow of the

:03:57. > :04:04.great success that Daniel Ricciardo had in his first season. With that

:04:05. > :04:08.pressure of Verstappen, part of the Red Bull family as well. It looks

:04:09. > :04:12.like he will be confirmed for another year at Toro Rosso. We also

:04:13. > :04:15.know now another year at Toro Rosso. We also

:04:16. > :04:20.be on the grid next year. another year at Toro Rosso. We also

:04:21. > :04:27.the engine for sure? I don't think they do! But they will be on the

:04:28. > :04:33.grid. Let's make sure we bring it home. Fernando Alonso currently in

:04:34. > :04:40.16th place so they just want to finish. Button is ahead of Alonso

:04:41. > :04:41.16th place so they just want to 15th. Luckily for

:04:42. > :04:48.16th place so they just want to is not shining so no need for Alonso

:04:49. > :04:52.to pull up and do some sunbathing. Those images of him just kicking

:04:53. > :04:55.back and reflecting on a sunny day rather than driving his car. He has

:04:56. > :05:05.become a bit of an Internet rather than driving his car. He has

:05:06. > :05:11.overnight fame! He has already had that for a long time. Verstappen is

:05:12. > :05:18.close to the back of Maldonado. DRS was in operation, this could be

:05:19. > :05:25.exciting with the rapid rookie up against the tough Venezuelan. The

:05:26. > :05:30.final point is on offer and it is Lotus against Toro Rosso in the

:05:31. > :05:36.constructors points as well. They could both put mad at the beginning

:05:37. > :05:43.of their name if they were wrestlers!

:05:44. > :05:47.Verstappen but he is

:05:48. > :05:55.Verstappen the right position. Jenson

:05:56. > :05:56.Verstappen told not to warrant. It could be

:05:57. > :06:19.Nasr ahead of him. -- Synchronised locking, Ricciardo and

:06:20. > :06:24.Perez, Ricciardo gets through. Perez is going to come back at him. He

:06:25. > :06:32.will cut back slightly but does he have enough momentum? DRS wide open.

:06:33. > :06:36.Holding the inside line, Perez forced out wide, there is not the

:06:37. > :06:42.grip he needs and Ricciardo has made the move. Verstappen still trying to

:06:43. > :06:46.get past the Lotus but well positioned by Maldonado, making it

:06:47. > :06:50.difficult. We have seen people locked up and run into the car ahead

:06:51. > :06:54.of him. Maldonado in all sort of trouble with the tyres and

:06:55. > :07:02.Verstappen getting those options to work for him, all over the back of

:07:03. > :07:09.Maldonado. The trump card that Maldonado has is the Mercedes engine

:07:10. > :07:14.but look how slow he is through 11. They had a big race together in

:07:15. > :07:21.Austria earlier in the year and Maldonado had one of the saves of

:07:22. > :07:25.the year towards the first corner. Now Verstappen is looking to return

:07:26. > :07:29.the favour and he has got the slipstream, you will go for it on

:07:30. > :07:34.the inside this time. Maldonado will try to fight it but he has not got

:07:35. > :07:41.the grip and Verstappen moves into 10th place to claim up .4 Toro Rosso

:07:42. > :07:50.and take one away from Lotus -- declaimed a point four Toro Rosso.

:07:51. > :08:04.This was a replay of the pass. Maldonado decides not to defend.

:08:05. > :08:10.Much excitement for Toro Rosso. Hamilton looks to have thrown in the

:08:11. > :08:13.towel, the gap is 5.3 seconds to Rosberg. I am sure he will say he

:08:14. > :08:18.tried everything but could not find a way past.

:08:19. > :08:22.tried everything but could not find what he was doing earlier in the

:08:23. > :08:27.year and ace qualifying and he will be back in the winner 's circle. It

:08:28. > :08:34.will be painful for Hamilton. The tyres have gone off. Front tyres

:08:35. > :08:37.going off, he only has a couple of laps to bring the car home so he

:08:38. > :08:43.should be able to do that in second place. Rosberg looks set to finish

:08:44. > :08:49.second in the World Championship with this result. It would mean that

:08:50. > :08:54.Sebastian Vettel cannot beat him. Meanwhile, I mentioned the gap

:08:55. > :08:59.between Toro Rosso and Lotus, Verstappen, his next car to chase is

:09:00. > :09:05.Grosjean but I think the gap is too big, eight seconds. That would mean

:09:06. > :09:09.that Lotus would have an extra point and a 7-point lead going into the

:09:10. > :09:15.final Grand Prix thanks to the efforts of Grosjean. It would be his

:09:16. > :09:20.first ever points here in Brazil for Grosjean. His only finish here in

:09:21. > :09:27.the past was in 2009, that first short period he had in Formula 1. In

:09:28. > :09:32.recent years he has been out of luck in terms of reliability. We are now

:09:33. > :09:37.on to Lap 70 and it is looking good for Nico Rosberg to claim that

:09:38. > :09:45.second place in the Drivers' Championship. Sebastian Vettel would

:09:46. > :09:50.be on 266 points and not within the 25 necessary to make it possible for

:09:51. > :09:56.him to overtake in Abu Dhabi. But a good performance from Sebastian

:09:57. > :09:58.Vettel. It has been. Ferrari have given us an insight into their

:09:59. > :10:05.development programme, very much focused on next year. Their target

:10:06. > :10:11.was to pick up a few wins. That'll so clearly the leader but they need

:10:12. > :10:20.Raikkonen to step up -- Vettel. I will not claim credit for this, but

:10:21. > :10:25.I have been reminded of the fact that since they brought in these

:10:26. > :10:28.higher tyre pressures, Hamilton has not had a pole position and I wonder

:10:29. > :10:34.if it is as much that, the way he was working the soft tyre pressures

:10:35. > :10:38.with more grip available and that was the difference that allowed

:10:39. > :10:44.Rosberg to find that purple patch of consistent qualifying. Whatever the

:10:45. > :10:49.answer, it has been qualifying that has determined this race, and the

:10:50. > :10:56.start, because Rosberg nailed it from pole position and he is now on

:10:57. > :11:02.his final lap. The gap is up to 6.7 seconds between him and Hamilton. He

:11:03. > :11:06.is heading towards victory. The numbers game is not going to quite

:11:07. > :11:10.is heading towards victory. The come Hamilton's way, we wondered if

:11:11. > :11:15.he would take his 44th victory and Mercedes 44th win for the none but

:11:16. > :11:23.44 car but it isn't going to happen because Nico Rosberg is going to

:11:24. > :11:26.prevent that. -- the number 44 car. Rosberg just has the last part of

:11:27. > :11:30.the lap to complete. It has been another brilliant display after

:11:31. > :11:36.winning in Mexico under pressure from Hamilton. Nico Rosberg has done

:11:37. > :11:41.exacting the same here by taking the edge in qualifying and winning the

:11:42. > :11:47.start and controlling the race. Nico Rosberg wins in Brazil! It is

:11:48. > :11:52.back-to-back victories at Interlagos and, for only the second time in his

:11:53. > :11:56.career, back-to-back victories in a season having won in Mexico.

:11:57. > :12:03.Hamilton crosses the line in second, Sebastian Vettel is third some 14

:12:04. > :12:08.seconds behind the race leader, only six seconds behind Hamilton in the

:12:09. > :12:12.end, a strong performance from Ferrari. Fourth place will be the

:12:13. > :12:18.other Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. Fifth will be Valtteri Bottas,

:12:19. > :12:30.Hulkenberg is sixth, Daniil Kvyat in the seventh, Felipe Massa in eighth.

:12:31. > :12:38.Yeah! Awesome! Brilliant, Nico. Strap 13 when you can. Well done.

:12:39. > :12:45.13th career victory for Rosberg and he joins a pretty solid group of

:12:46. > :12:51.drivers to have one two occasions here at Interlagos. Massa raced into

:12:52. > :12:59.that eighth place finish year-to-date but also we have seen a

:13:00. > :13:06.-- Ayrton Senna win tries. Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Another

:13:07. > :13:12.very polished performance to take a podium finish for Vettel. Hamilton,

:13:13. > :13:20.it was not quite to be today for him. Position two, I am afraid, but

:13:21. > :13:29.we all how hard it is to follow around let alone overtake. We do not

:13:30. > :13:33.hear any reply from Hamilton. There was one stage in that race when we

:13:34. > :13:40.thought he was going to be close. A couple of times into Turn 1, almost

:13:41. > :13:45.a chance to have a go. As he said, so difficult to follow around this

:13:46. > :13:50.track that close behind another car. The loss of downforce meant he never

:13:51. > :13:55.got into position. Look at the marbles that Rosberg is intent on

:13:56. > :13:57.picking up. Bringing the car back to the pit lane after another

:13:58. > :14:04.accomplished victory. Absolutely superb. He took the pole position.

:14:05. > :14:09.He did not quite get the hat-trick in Mexico of getting pole, winning

:14:10. > :14:13.the race and getting fastest lap. Hamilton took the fastest lap in

:14:14. > :14:22.this race. He denies Rosberg hat-trick. I do not think he will

:14:23. > :14:33.worry too much. Mercedes' 45th win. A 40th career podium for Rosberg and

:14:34. > :14:39.another 1-2-mac Finnish former CDs. Perhaps they could continue with

:14:40. > :14:41.more records in Abu Dhabi. Vettel's 79th podium finish, exactly the

:14:42. > :14:52.more records in Abu Dhabi. Vettel's number as his team-mate Raikkonen.

:14:53. > :14:56.In fewer Grand Prix races. Nico not getting out of the car and taking

:14:57. > :15:04.off his helmet. It is difficult to get your helmet off in the car. He

:15:05. > :15:10.is happy. He is doing it well right now. Reminiscent of last year. If

:15:11. > :15:13.only he had been able to do this earlier in the season we would have

:15:14. > :15:15.only he had been able to do this had the championship battle going to

:15:16. > :15:21.the wire in Abu Dhabi. He was unlucky in Russia in particular.

:15:22. > :15:24.Both had had one non-finish up to then and then Rosberg suffered

:15:25. > :15:27.another non-finish in Russia with the broken throttle when he was

:15:28. > :15:32.leading the Grand Prix, one of the races he had taken pole position,

:15:33. > :15:32.and perhaps the story would have been different,

:15:33. > :15:36.and perhaps the story would have been different, or perhaps it is

:15:37. > :15:41.about the pressure coming off Rosberg, Hamilton having won the

:15:42. > :15:44.title, perhaps not quite the same focus we have seen before. Hamilton

:15:45. > :15:50.always goes for it whatever the scenario. Not to make excuses for

:15:51. > :15:57.Hamilton but the demands on the champions are greater in the

:15:58. > :16:02.off-season. We see more of Hamilton at awards ceremonies and functions

:16:03. > :16:07.and responding to invitations and I know from experience of Mika

:16:08. > :16:11.Hakkinen who said he was exhausted after winning his two titles and

:16:12. > :16:13.that is one of the reasons he ended up retiring, I think too early for

:16:14. > :16:43.Formula 1. Daniel Ricciardo did not get into

:16:44. > :16:48.the points, starting from the back. We only lost one car from that race

:16:49. > :16:53.right at the start and that was Sainz but we had 19 out of 20 finish

:16:54. > :17:09.that Grand Prix. That is definitely one of the highest of the year.

:17:10. > :17:15.Hamilton still not taking his helmet off. Jimmy celebrated his 50th

:17:16. > :17:20.birthday yesterday and he has the task of representing Mercedes.

:17:21. > :17:21.birthday yesterday and he has the with a fantastic moustache

:17:22. > :17:32.birthday yesterday and he has the other things. Well known in the

:17:33. > :17:36.paddock. A great credit to Mercedes. Allowing a long serving member of

:17:37. > :17:40.the team to go up there. Normally it is reserved for senior engineers and

:17:41. > :17:45.management types. A man with a moustache like that should be on the

:17:46. > :17:47.podium. It was covered in chocolate cake yesterday as Eddie Jordan

:17:48. > :17:59.presented him with his birthday cake. It is his first-ever chance to

:18:00. > :18:14.do this, a very privileged position and he is going to enjoy it.

:18:15. > :18:21.do this, a very privileged position Silver Arrows one and two. That is

:18:22. > :18:30.the gap, seven points fighting for the Lorenz of the top ten. It is

:18:31. > :18:36.going to be difficult to close that gap unless something spectacular

:18:37. > :18:39.happens in Abu Dhabi. Probably not a track that would allow a team like

:18:40. > :18:41.Toro Rosso to finish fourth, but who knows? For

:18:42. > :18:50.Toro Rosso to finish fourth, but who going to be a victory in Brazil.

:18:51. > :18:53.Toro Rosso to finish fourth, but who will have to wait for his 10th

:18:54. > :18:59.attempt next year. I am sure he is going to win it one day. Vettel has

:19:00. > :19:04.won in the past. He has taken his crash helmet out with him. They

:19:05. > :19:08.tried to take it off them. Normally there is a very strict procedure to

:19:09. > :19:13.what happens on the podium and he is breaking that. Hamilton has to

:19:14. > :19:17.settle for second place. Rosberg takes victory once again, 12 months

:19:18. > :19:24.on from winning for the first time here at Interlagos. It is more

:19:25. > :19:49.muted, his walk out onto the top spot.

:19:50. > :20:29.the German anthem playing out for the driver and the team on this

:20:30. > :20:33.occasion as Rosberg received the trophy for a victory once again.

:20:34. > :20:38.Interlagos is proving to be a favourite for him and by such tiny

:20:39. > :20:42.margins. He won it in qualifying and did not put a foot wrong in the race

:20:43. > :20:55.itself, despite everything that was thrown at him he -- Hamilton could

:20:56. > :21:00.not get through. A great picture. There is the trophy for Hamilton. It

:21:01. > :21:05.has been a tough week. He crashed his supercar in Monaco this week. He

:21:06. > :21:09.had been recovering from a fever and he has been denied victory here at

:21:10. > :21:14.Brazil. Vettel pretty happy about third place. A little closer to

:21:15. > :21:22.Mercedes than otherwise might have imagined. Progress towards the 20

:21:23. > :21:26.16th season continues. He is also feeling confident they can challenge

:21:27. > :21:31.next time round in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton spraying the champagne.

:21:32. > :21:38.Vettel and Rosberg being a little more muted. I am sure the reasons

:21:39. > :21:41.for this being that they do not want to assure too much when what has

:21:42. > :21:48.been going on in Europe the last couple of days. They have all

:21:49. > :21:53.deserved their success here this weekend. Another absolutely solid

:21:54. > :21:58.performance from Mercedes. Their reliability has been such a factor.

:21:59. > :22:04.A couple of glitches and reliability this year but they have delivered

:22:05. > :22:16.this today and scored maximum points once again. Certainly some memories

:22:17. > :22:24.to save up there on the podium. Vettel adding yet another podium

:22:25. > :22:27.finish. Williams have clinched third place in the constructors'

:22:28. > :22:32.championship and are definitely not going to be beaten by Red Bull. They

:22:33. > :22:38.cannot be beaten in the final round of the championship in Abu Dhabi in

:22:39. > :22:43.a couple of weeks. Rosberg with that victory has secured second place in

:22:44. > :22:48.the drivers' championship. One and two for the season for the Mercedes

:22:49. > :22:54.drivers. Time for photographs to be taken. Always lots of passion from

:22:55. > :23:00.the Brazilian fans. Always a special place to take victory. It is. You

:23:01. > :23:05.hear the samba music at the start and you can hear them chanting in

:23:06. > :23:12.the background. Martin Brundle is going to be interviewing the

:23:13. > :23:17.drivers. You have been a great crowd as

:23:18. > :23:21.always. Thank you for joining us at home and online for what was an

:23:22. > :23:29.intriguing race. We can't talk first to the winner. Your 40th time on the

:23:30. > :23:34.podium. The second victory in a row. Thank you. It was a great weekend

:23:35. > :23:41.for me. Everything is relative of what happened in Paris. Still very

:23:42. > :23:45.happy. It went perfectly. Lewis put on a good challenge but I was able

:23:46. > :23:50.to control it and I never gave him a chance so I am pleased. There was a

:23:51. > :23:58.time about Lap 16 or 17 when you're slow into Turn 1 and breaking early.

:23:59. > :24:01.Why? I do not know. Maybe Lewis was mighty on the brakes. It looked as

:24:02. > :24:06.if you were pacing yourself. Any issues? No issue. I was just

:24:07. > :24:14.controlling the pace, not overdoing it. Did not want to get too much

:24:15. > :24:20.degradation or make a mistake. We saw Lewis suffering with

:24:21. > :24:23.degradation. We heard you say and do not talk to me any more. The

:24:24. > :24:28.pressure was intense. Lewis was trying his hardest. It depends.

:24:29. > :24:33.Sometimes I need the information and at that point I wanted to focus on

:24:34. > :24:36.driving will stop you have to do this earlier in the year so that you

:24:37. > :24:42.can have the fight in the World Championship. Thank you for that.

:24:43. > :24:47.You do not need that advice. How can you change that? I am pushing now

:24:48. > :24:52.and I was pushing at the beginning of the season. I cannot explain why

:24:53. > :24:57.it is going so strongly, but I want to deepen going. Another brilliant

:24:58. > :25:09.drive. The fastest lap of the race, Lewis, but not enough to challenge

:25:10. > :25:14.your team-mate. Hola, Brazil. I had good pace, but you cannot overtake.

:25:15. > :25:22.You said you cannot follow around this track. I was behind Nico and in

:25:23. > :25:26.traffic for some time so I killed my tyres. It is a shame because it is

:25:27. > :25:31.such a great track budget cannot get close enough to raise. I do not know

:25:32. > :25:35.if other people are overtaking but unless you have a huge advantage on

:25:36. > :25:39.the guy in front... Water sport is about a fine line, a 10th of a

:25:40. > :25:45.second, but you cannot get close enough. It is a shame because it

:25:46. > :25:48.would be good if we could do some overtaking. You said give me a

:25:49. > :25:53.different strategy, let me get ahead, but you cannot do that within

:25:54. > :25:58.the team. Is that frustrating? I am here to race. When you both have to

:25:59. > :26:03.do pretty much the same order it as a kind of already set from the

:26:04. > :26:07.beginning, so I am saying, let us take a risk if there are any other

:26:08. > :26:11.strategies. They are telling me to look after the tyres and I am

:26:12. > :26:17.racing. That is what people want to see. I could not get close enough to

:26:18. > :26:19.put on a great race. It was relatively boring following. This

:26:20. > :26:25.guy has the legs on you at the moment. You have to come back for

:26:26. > :26:28.Abu Dhabi. Yes. He has been doing fantastically well. He did a

:26:29. > :26:35.fantastic job in qualifying. Today no mistakes. Sebastian, it seems

:26:36. > :26:43.like you have got the VIP invitation for the 30th time this season to the

:26:44. > :26:48.Mercedes-Benz party up here. I think it was a good race for us. I was

:26:49. > :26:53.being at the start maybe we could do something but it was not possible.

:26:54. > :26:57.The start was OK but it was not any better than Lewis or Nico. Half way

:26:58. > :27:01.through the first I thought we could stay with him but they were starting

:27:02. > :27:08.to pull away. They were just a bit quicker. Overall we are probably

:27:09. > :27:15.close here than in many races before in terms of race pace only one two

:27:16. > :27:21.or three temps. Maybe even quicker. It felt like a good race. It was not

:27:22. > :27:28.very exciting. We did not really have anyone to fight with. Hopefully

:27:29. > :27:34.the next race we can be closer. You put on the soft tyres trying to come

:27:35. > :27:43.back and do something different. Good stuff. We can go back to Nico.

:27:44. > :27:46.You are on a roll. Maybe you should go to the casino or play the

:27:47. > :27:52.lottery. Everything is going for years.

:27:53. > :27:59.I'm working hard also, Lewis had the upper hand for a long time that it

:28:00. > :28:04.is going well. I'm pleased with that and the next race, Abu Dhabi, I want

:28:05. > :28:08.to go for the win again. We will see you in Abu Dhabi in two weeks. Thank

:28:09. > :28:12.you for your company. Nico Rosberg has won two in a row at Interlagos

:28:13. > :28:26.and two in a row in 2015. It might not go down as a classic

:28:27. > :28:31.but enough to secure second spot for Nico Rosberg in the championship and

:28:32. > :28:37.deny Lewis Hamilton his first win. The crowd is charting the name of

:28:38. > :28:42.Ayrton Senna which makes the hairs on your arms stand up. Today, the

:28:43. > :28:53.Formula 1 paddock had to dance to the June of Nico Rosberg. Toto Wolff

:28:54. > :28:56.joins us. -- the tune. Any reason you did not split the

:28:57. > :29:00.joins us. -- the tune. Any reason because of Sebastian Vettel? Many

:29:01. > :29:01.inputs, it is quite complicated because three stops was not the

:29:02. > :29:04.quickest strategy. It would have quickest strategy. It would have

:29:05. > :29:17.been ten seconds slower and put him behind Vettel at that stage. It was

:29:18. > :29:21.clearly he needed to try something. But from the mathematical point of

:29:22. > :29:29.view it made no sense to go to three stops. That is why we didn't. Are

:29:30. > :29:31.you surprised at the resilience and tenacity that Rosberg is showing? We

:29:32. > :29:35.thought it was all tenacity that Rosberg is showing? We

:29:36. > :29:36.quarters of the way through the season and you might be thinking

:29:37. > :29:45.quarters of the way through the another driver. He is very strong.

:29:46. > :29:49.Controlling the whole weekend it already happened in Mexico and now

:29:50. > :29:52.Controlling the whole weekend it here. Lewis was all over him at a

:29:53. > :29:57.certain stage and he managed to hold the gap and get through the traffic

:29:58. > :30:01.and it is two great drivers. We have talked about it that Niko is

:30:02. > :30:06.important for Lewis and by Zaza and they are are propelling the team to

:30:07. > :30:13.where we are and you concede his class -- and vice versa. Even he

:30:14. > :30:18.said he did not know where it came from. You wonder if there is a

:30:19. > :30:23.psychological switch that has been flicked or if he was distracted by

:30:24. > :30:33.home affairs with the baby. I think all racing drivers are weirdos! You

:30:34. > :30:37.were never a driver! It is difficult to analyse. I think he will spend

:30:38. > :30:41.some time over the winter to make him find out what made him perform

:30:42. > :30:48.so well at the end. It would be great if he could start next season

:30:49. > :30:54.in the way he is finishing this one. It would be. In the last five races,

:30:55. > :30:59.he has had pole position and the new rules with the tyre pressures were

:31:00. > :31:06.brought up in commentary. Is that the reason, Lewis had more grip when

:31:07. > :31:11.the tyres were softer? I think we don't know, we have to find out what

:31:12. > :31:19.changed. The tyre pressures is one of the differences. But I think it

:31:20. > :31:23.is more up here. Lewis had the upper hand when it mattered, winning the

:31:24. > :31:32.championship and maybe the stress is gone a bit and the adrenaline.

:31:33. > :31:37.Interesting to analyse. The Constructors' Championship, first

:31:38. > :31:43.and second in the drivers' title, it does not get much better? It is very

:31:44. > :31:50.good. We have secured the 1-2 and it is gloves off for Abu Dhabi and we

:31:51. > :31:55.are racing. Give us a good race! Give us a good party, never mind the

:31:56. > :32:01.race! You can see what the difference is between you! Max

:32:02. > :32:05.Verstappen is talking to us. You seem to overtake where nobody else

:32:06. > :32:11.does. It is incredible, David Coulthard is your biggest fan!

:32:12. > :32:19.That's very nice to hear. I don't know, it was my only chance. We were

:32:20. > :32:23.lacking a lot of top speed today. I managed to have a good exit on the

:32:24. > :32:28.last corner and tried around the outside and we gave each other

:32:29. > :32:35.enough room. I imagine you had to check it is you are passing. But you

:32:36. > :32:39.also did it past Massa. In the other part of the track we did not have

:32:40. > :32:45.enough straight-line speed and it was all about the last corner. When

:32:46. > :32:51.I passed I had a good exit. It seems that you were surrounded by cars and

:32:52. > :33:00.there was not a moment you were alone on the circuit. That must be

:33:01. > :33:04.quite tough. Yes, it was a tough race, I was attacking but they were

:33:05. > :33:08.attacking me behind me so I was pushing the most all race and to

:33:09. > :33:12.come away with one point was the maximum we could get today.

:33:13. > :33:19.Impossible to not love this man. David is with us now. I know Eddie

:33:20. > :33:24.would have looked for this in young drivers, judged to perfection and

:33:25. > :33:28.look at that, rushing but not damaging the car. He continues to

:33:29. > :33:31.impress. I would like to ask David, I shouldn't do, but I have compared

:33:32. > :33:36.him to Schumacher and I shouldn't do, but I have compared

:33:37. > :33:41.he is that good. I think you are on the money. These are exceptional

:33:42. > :33:48.performances as he goes around the outside again. It is using the

:33:49. > :33:54.confidence he has within himself. It is not experience. This was

:33:55. > :33:58.relatively straightforward because Maldonado was feeling he had already

:33:59. > :34:03.had some contact and he knew the closing speed was so much but this

:34:04. > :34:08.was crucial for Toro Rosso. These sort of performances art making him

:34:09. > :34:14.on the Ferrari hit list. We were talking in the race about the relay

:34:15. > :34:19.going on with Mercedes over team radio, we thought it was a bit on

:34:20. > :34:24.the line, was it coaching? I thought so, I can't say that otherwise the

:34:25. > :34:29.FIA are in position but it seemed it would be giving more information

:34:30. > :34:34.saying that Lewis was pushing could say he was using some of the engine

:34:35. > :34:40.mode. We don't know how they operate their engines but they can't operate

:34:41. > :34:44.100% all the time but they can use it for attack and defence. In the

:34:45. > :34:49.end, Niko delivered because he got pole position and that is what is

:34:50. > :34:53.neutralising Hamilton right now. We would be talking differently if

:34:54. > :34:57.Lewis had been on pole. It wasn't to be four Lewis Hamilton, he could not

:34:58. > :35:00.win for the first time at Interlagos. We will catch up with

:35:01. > :35:06.all the reaction on the red button afterwards. We will be back in a

:35:07. > :35:13.fortnight for the last race at Abu Dhabi, every session live a

:35:14. > :35:21.qualifying and the race on BBC One. He led from pole position today and

:35:22. > :35:26.conducted the Formula 1 orchestra to the June of the Rosberg sambar. He

:35:27. > :35:30.could not be beaten and proved his worth under pressure. It was all

:35:31. > :35:33.about Nico Rosberg. Join us in a fortnight.

:35:34. > :35:40.It is one of the few events missing for Lewis Hamilton. It promises an

:35:41. > :35:45.all-out attack from second place on the grid. Away we go, Rosberg and

:35:46. > :35:54.Hamilton, Hamilton going wheel-to-wheel. Fantastic battle.

:35:55. > :35:58.Hamilton has caught up with Rosberg. My tyres are not going to last.

:35:59. > :36:06.Verstappen around the outside and he is through! He has done it again!

:36:07. > :36:11.That is the mark of a champion. Contacts between Maldonado and

:36:12. > :36:22.Ericsson. Verstappen moves into 10th place. Nico Rosberg wins in Brazil!

:36:23. > :36:25.Awesome! Next time on Formula 1... Abu Dhabi.