2008 Italian GP Race

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00:00:00dry in Q2, but then came down heavily. You see the drivers scrambling for grip. Lewis

00:00:05Hamilton tried a set of intermediate tires when the rain was falling at its least, but

00:00:09when he came out on the wets he needed, it was raining heavily and he could not advance.

00:00:13Kimi Raikkonen had a spin. Hamilton on and off the track. The BMW Sauber drivers were

00:00:19having problems. Felipe Massa, by 21 thousandths of a second, managed to get a lap in that

00:00:26moved him into the final session, but he will start no higher than 6th. Hamilton, 15th

00:00:32in the Italian Grand Prix. Which puts a lot of pressure on his teammate, Heikki Kovalainen.

00:00:37Seen here, Heikki Kovalainen was on the front row with Sebastian Vettel. He kept his head

00:00:40down all the way, kept on turning in good laps. He thought he got the pole right at

00:00:44the end, but he did not. But there's a lot of pressure on him. He's absolutely got to

00:00:48win this race from a constructor's point of view, and of course he's got to beat Felipe

00:00:51Massa to keep those points from amassing. Massa now only two points behind Hamilton

00:00:56after the debacle at Spa last week. Well and for me, it's Toro Rosso. The young junior

00:01:03team from Red Bull may have scored but 17 points all season compared to Ferrari's current

00:01:08tally of 131, but none of that matters today. In Ferrari's backyard, at Ferrari's home Grand

00:01:15Prix using Ferrari engines, the tiny Red Bull Junior team have taken the pole at Monza.

00:01:20Not only that, with Sebastian Vettel winning the pole, he has displaced Fernando Alonso

00:01:24to become the sport's youngest pole sitter in the 59-year history of the sport. Difficult

00:01:30race ahead, no question about that for Red Bull. They may be light, but they already

00:01:33have every reason to celebrate the Italian Grand Prix. Absolutely they do, and you saw

00:01:39Sebastian Vettel's teammate, Sebastian Bourdais, come over to congratulate him. I'm sure they

00:01:44had a big party last night up at Faenza, where Toro Rosso began life as the minority team

00:01:50and spare a thought for Giancarlo Minardi, who hopefully is somewhere nearby as his team

00:01:55starts from pole position for the first time ever. And we're having a few rain-related

00:02:01problems with Peter Windsor's live camera down in the pit lane, but we can certainly

00:02:05hear from him. The microphone works just fine. Peter, welcome.

00:02:11Hi, Bob. Yeah, I can hear you just fine too. Thank you very much. It's very, very wet on

00:02:15the grid, I can report. We've seen a lot of drivers leave the pit lane on the extreme

00:02:20wet Bridgestone tyre, and at the moment, if the conditions continue as they are, that

00:02:24is going to be the tyre, I suspect, on which they will start the race. Remember, the difference

00:02:28between those two wet tyres from Bridgestone, the intermediate tyre, a much harder compound,

00:02:33should last for at least the distance of a proper race stint, one third of the race distance,

00:02:38in other words. But the soft tyre will give up very quickly if the track starts to dry,

00:02:42but right now, it's got a much softer compound, and that's where the grip is.

00:02:47We see David Coulthard being pushed to his grid position. Typically, they push the cars,

00:02:52they don't want to endanger those delicate racing clutches by creeping through the crowded

00:02:56pre-grid. There's Dietrich Matiszewicz on the right, the owner of the Red Bull Energy

00:03:01Drink Empire. He's got to be a proud papa today as well.

00:03:05Speed.

00:03:08Welcome back to Monza. There's a look at Felipe Massa making his reconnaissance laps, the

00:03:13Ferrari trying to break away under braking, straight-lining the chicane. Boy, was that

00:03:18a story last week at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. There's his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen,

00:03:24also struggling to keep that Ferrari horsepower under control. It's going to be a patchy racetrack

00:03:31here at Monza. Part of it soaking wet, part of it halfway dry. You can imagine with drivers

00:03:36like that man, Henke Kovalainen, who will start for the front row for the fourth time

00:03:39this year, must be thinking, how do I get my arms around the race still to come?

00:03:47Lewis Hamilton's brief 30-race Formula 1 career has seen its ups and downs. He's had a couple

00:03:51of interesting weeks, having his win taken away a week ago at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

00:03:57That decision of the stewards is still under appeal. Earlier this week, our Peter Windsor

00:04:02spent a few quiet minutes with the championship leader. Let's meet Lewis.

00:04:08Lewis, thanks for joining us. I'd like to begin with a complicated question, really,

00:04:12and that is the juxtaposition, the balance between the Lewis Hamilton that we've seen

00:04:18for a decade or more, who just loves racing, loves driving racing cars, and the Lewis Hamilton

00:04:22that now works for this huge company, a thousand people behind you, and the seriousness of

00:04:27winning a world championship. The balance between those two Lewises.

00:04:32Yeah, I think we saw it in my first year, you know, I was very much living my dream

00:04:38and this was just something I always wanted to do. I love getting in the car and I enjoy

00:04:42it every time and I'm just a kid, just playing with this wicked toy and not really thinking

00:04:49too much about, you know, the future of what's coming up. And so trying to have a balance

00:04:55of the passion and the heart and the drive that you have and being, you know, when you

00:05:01have a huge team like McLaren, you've got a friend with a Mercedes, it's a huge team,

00:05:05I have a thousand people behind me. That's a lot of people for two drivers just to make

00:05:10two cars and then get to the races and, you know, keep all your sponsors happy, all these

00:05:15different things outside of it, which, to be honest, if you just be yourself, then it's easy.

00:05:20So how quickly can you switch off after a disappointing day?

00:05:24I think the more and more disappointing days you have, the more and more you get used to

00:05:29it and the more and more you learn. I think every day you learn something new and whether

00:05:33or not you have a good day, particularly I feel you learn a lot more on a bad day and

00:05:40it's how you cope with it and how you take those positives and move forward. And I really

00:05:46felt this year is one of my strengths, you know. I've had a couple of disappointing races

00:05:51but being able to come back to the next race and people ask you, how do you bounce back?

00:05:56It's not a case of bouncing back. I just stay where I was, you know.

00:06:01You've never been reticent about speaking of your inner strength and your faith, if you like.

00:06:07How has that evolved as you've become a star on the world stage and how does Lewis Hamilton

00:06:13balance with the guy you see on the billboards around the world now?

00:06:17Yeah, I mean, I don't get to see all that stuff. I might see a picture of myself somewhere

00:06:23but, I mean, it's very, very surreal still today for me. It's very, very surreal.

00:06:29But, I don't know, I think I've always had a very strong belief in myself and I think

00:06:34you have to be doing what I'm doing and to go out there and put your life on the line

00:06:40and you drive to succeed and to be the best. So I've always had that.

00:06:44But I think this year my confidence has gone up. I'm a lot closer to my faith this year,

00:06:52to my religion and to my family and to everyone around me.

00:06:57And really just being very thankful for the opportunities I've been given, you know.

00:07:03And, you know, it's a great opportunity I've been given, you know.

00:07:08I'm racing for Formula One. I mean, there's only 20 of us doing it.

00:07:12And if I wasn't thankful and showed that I was thankful every day,

00:07:16then I just, I wouldn't deserve to be here.

00:07:20Well, there's Lewis Hamilton, who's been through so much in recent years.

00:07:26From a simple aspiring racing driver to one of the most famous racing drivers in the world.

00:07:32Missed the World Championship by a single point last year amid all the controversy

00:07:36of his fractious relationship with teammate Fernando Alonso.

00:07:39Now he is the World Championship leader again, but by just two points coming into this weekend

00:07:45over Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

00:07:48What twists and turns will the championship take today

00:07:51in one of the most famous racetracks in the world?

00:07:53We'll find out. Stay with us.

00:07:58Welcome back live to Monza.

00:08:02Waiting for the start of round 14 of the 2008 Formula One season, the Italian Grand Prix.

00:08:07There's McLaren, Mercedes, Ron Dennis speaking with the media.

00:08:12Rubens Barrichello. It's been another difficult weekend for Honda,

00:08:15despite the rain coming into the weekend.

00:08:18They normally do a rain dance, but they got the wet stuff this weekend.

00:08:21Haven't been able to do much with it.

00:08:23Well, we have a moment. We're still struggling with Peter Windsor's camera,

00:08:27but let's get him standing by on the microphone with Red Bull driver Mark Webber.

00:08:33Quick word, Mark?

00:08:35Mark, congratulations on P3.

00:08:37A fantastic grid position, particularly in these conditions.

00:08:40We've just seen Felipe Massa bobble at one of the chicanes.

00:08:42What's it like out there, as Chris Economacki used to say?

00:08:46The grip level is reasonable.

00:08:49Obviously, believe it or not, we've still got to save a little bit of fuel going to the grid,

00:08:53so we can't push too hard.

00:08:54But I obviously felt the grip a little bit in some of the critical areas,

00:08:57to feel the front tyre and also feel how the rear was picking up in grip.

00:09:00So not too bad. I followed Robert, who was on an inter,

00:09:03so I managed to have a look at how that was behaving,

00:09:05and the inter looks quite tricky.

00:09:08Yeah, the spray is going to be the biggest problem for us.

00:09:11I mean, we can't see once the cars get over 150 miles an hour.

00:09:15So when we're doing 200, above 200 miles an hour, it's very hard to see.

00:09:18So it could be on the first lap we might see the cars spread out quite a lot because of the spray.

00:09:22Yeah, I think so, because the guys can't pick up the braking points,

00:09:24so you have to allow margin.

00:09:26Mark, we asked you before Spa what Eau Rouge was going to be like first lap.

00:09:29What's the first corner here going to be like, braking points?

00:09:32I think a lot less exciting.

00:09:35Yeah, I think it's going to be obviously tip-toe stuff.

00:09:37Very, very careful with the downshifts and all the braking.

00:09:40Eau Rouge obviously is a different type of corner,

00:09:43but yeah, the first few laps here are very fast, as we know, in this track.

00:09:48Best of luck.

00:09:50All right, thanks very much, Peter.

00:09:52You saw Jensen Button, who apparently will start his Honda from the pit lane,

00:09:56as will Kaz Nakajima in the Williams Toyota.

00:10:00In qualifying in the wet, it was all about downforce.

00:10:02Who had it, who didn't, how will it hurt them in the race?

00:10:05Here's another edition of RPM Racing Per Match,

00:10:08talking about the subject of downforce.

00:10:18Well, we see day in, day out that modern Formula 1 cars have amazing cornering abilities,

00:10:22and to explain more about that to us, I'm pleased to say we're joined by Jeff Willis,

00:10:26the technical director of Red Bull Racing.

00:10:28Thank you very much for sparing the time in joining us, Jeff.

00:10:31When we look at Formula 1 cars and we talk about downforce on the car,

00:10:34when I look at the front wing here on the Red Bull 3 chassis,

00:10:37to me, it looks like an aircraft that's just about coming in to land.

00:10:40All it is is the wing's been turned upside down.

00:10:42Is that a coincidence, or are you following similar design principles?

00:10:45Well, you're absolutely right.

00:10:47This is a wing, just like an aircraft wing,

00:10:49except upside down, giving us the force down there.

00:10:52And the important thing is we're looking for the max amount of downforce.

00:10:55So the reason the aircraft only uses that at take-off and landing

00:10:58is because then the drag doesn't matter.

00:11:00For us, downforce is everything, so we don't worry about the drag,

00:11:03and that's why we have these what we call multi-element front wings.

00:11:06But not just the wings producing downforce on the car, right?

00:11:09Also, we have the diffuser on the floor also generating downforce on the car?

00:11:14Yes, the Formula 1 cars exploit a thing that we call ground effect.

00:11:19It's when you have a high-speed body moving close to the ground

00:11:22with only a small gap of a few inches,

00:11:25you get extra low pressure underneath the car,

00:11:28and this ground effect is very important,

00:11:30and this is what helps us generate literally tons of downforce on the car.

00:11:34The one thing it does mean, though, we have to control the ride height.

00:11:37That's the gap between the car and the ground very carefully,

00:11:40and that's why you see these very small changes

00:11:42in the suspension and setup all the time.

00:11:44Is there any truth to this story that's been amalgamating for years?

00:11:47And you know what I'm going to talk about now.

00:11:49Driving the car upside down when you reach about 100 mph possible?

00:11:53The numbers certainly say it's possible.

00:11:55At about 9,500 mph, the current Formula 1 car,

00:11:58current regulations would be able to keep itself stuck to, say, the roof of a tunnel.

00:12:03The only challenge would be that, as we said before,

00:12:06the cars are very sensitive to the clearance away from the ground,

00:12:09so if something caused the car to come away from the roof of the tunnel,

00:12:14it would be a little bit exciting, I think.

00:12:16I think I'm going to have a word with our very own David Hobbs

00:12:19and get you two in conversation and see if we can put this to the test.

00:12:25Welcome back to a wet Monza.

00:12:36There's official word that the race, the Italian Grand Prix,

00:12:40will start behind the safety car.

00:12:43It was damp at the start of this race back in 2004.

00:12:46It also rained at some point in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza

00:12:49in 81, 76, and way back in 1956.

00:12:53But rain is rare, yet we've had it all weekend long.

00:12:58This is the Acura pre-race show for our exclusive coverage

00:13:01of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza here on Speed.

00:13:05You see the crews working in the pit lane.

00:13:07That's going to make pit stops interesting.

00:13:10We're still having trouble with Peter Windsor's camera,

00:13:12but the microphone works, so let's join Peter now

00:13:15with David Coulthard from the Red Bull team.

00:13:18David, can I join you as you walk back to the car?

00:13:21I know you're a great man for emotion and all that stuff,

00:13:24but this is your last ever European Grand Prix.

00:13:26Your thoughts?

00:13:28Well, I wish I was doing it in dry conditions,

00:13:30but then again, the other side of that is that this may be

00:13:33a great opportunity as well, so I'm just going to take it

00:13:36like any other Grand Prix, try to do my best.

00:13:38It looks as if the Adrian Newey car performs quite well

00:13:41on the Bridgestone wet.

00:13:42It seems to transform it into a nice, drivable, chuckable race car.

00:13:45Yeah, certainly.

00:13:47Todd Rosser still seems to have a bit of an advantage in that area,

00:13:50but, yeah, as an overall package,

00:13:52we do seem to perform a bit better.

00:13:54Obviously, the counter to that is Ferrari,

00:13:56who really seem to struggle.

00:13:57Jenson in the pit lane right now,

00:13:59because they're going to give him a wet rear wing setting.

00:14:01Not a stupid idea from where he is on the grid.

00:14:03I guess from where you are, though, you're better off

00:14:05just being where you are.

00:14:06Maybe you've got a wet wing anyway. I don't know.

00:14:08No, I'm actually a little bit lighter on downforce than Mark.

00:14:10You know, we figured on it being a bit drier today,

00:14:12which obviously at the moment doesn't look good,

00:14:14but, yeah, for Jenson, it's the right decision.

00:14:16Thanks very much, and very best of luck, David.

00:14:18Thanks for all the memories, too.

00:14:20Yes, indeed.

00:14:21Final visit to Monza for David Coulthard,

00:14:23who won this race back in 1997,

00:14:26very early in his Formula 1 career.

00:14:28There's Bernie Ecclestone leading his entourage off of the grid

00:14:32as officials begin to clear the way.

00:14:34There's the work being done on Jenson Button's Honda.

00:14:39That's happening in the pit lane,

00:14:40so they can do a wider variety of things.

00:14:42Looks like Nico Rosberg getting final touches on his Williams,

00:14:47celebrating their 500th Formula 1 start.

00:14:51We've got another break here on the Acura Pre-Race Show.

00:14:54We apologize for the technical difficulties,

00:14:56but we'll be back shortly, and we do know the race will go on.

00:15:02I think there's raindrops falling.

00:15:03I think so.

00:15:04Certainly around the source.

00:15:05Hamilton much quicker in the middle sector.

00:15:07He's going to try going around.

00:15:09Raikkonen won't have it. You can't do that.

00:15:11Got to give it up, but get right on his gearbox.

00:15:15And he's off.

00:15:19Hamilton's off.

00:15:20And Hamilton's got down to Raikkonen.

00:15:22Another Ferrari spinning. Raikkonen is into the wall.

00:15:25It's done.

00:15:26It's over, boys. It's over.

00:15:28Checkered flag is out,

00:15:30and it will wave over the most improbable finish in years,

00:15:35even at stop.

00:15:37It was Formula 1's most exciting finish in years.

00:15:41It was exalted.

00:15:42It was the lives of people around the world lifted up

00:15:45by two drivers whose battle for a few spellbinding minutes

00:15:49wasn't about money or celebrity or championship points.

00:15:53It was about the unimaginable depths of the human need to win.

00:15:58And then it was gone.

00:16:00This morning, Formula 1 officials took Lewis Hamilton's win away.

00:16:04That memory, which we would have so cherished,

00:16:07erased at the stroke of a steward's pen.

00:16:10The win denied by a trivial but devastating penalty.

00:16:14The fans disenfranchised,

00:16:16told that what they thought they saw

00:16:18wasn't really what had happened after all.

00:16:21And yet, today they race again,

00:16:24and again we watch.

00:16:26The track here is 86 years old,

00:16:28and its rich history reminds us

00:16:30that excitement in Formula 1 is a renewable resource,

00:16:34and more of it is coming our way right now

00:16:37as the Grand Prix of Italy at Monza unfolds next.

00:16:53The Italian city of Milan has La Scala,

00:16:56the renowned opera house,

00:16:58and a nearby suburb of Milan

00:17:00is the site of yet another world-famous Italian facility.

00:17:03The fastest track in the Formula 1

00:17:05World Driving Championship,

00:17:07the Autodromo Nazionale,

00:17:09known around the world simply as Monza.

00:17:12Welcome to Speed's exclusive live coverage

00:17:15of the Italian Grand Prix from Monza.

00:17:17Hi everybody, I'm Bob Barsha with David Hobbs,

00:17:20Steve Matchett and Peter Windsor.

00:17:22Let's get right to our BMW track analysis

00:17:24and ride with Fernando Alonso.

00:17:26Two-time world champion and winner last year,

00:17:28215 miles an hour right there in the dry,

00:17:30down to this, a 40-mile-an-hour corner,

00:17:32tricky wet or dry, very, very tight.

00:17:3440-mile-an-hour chicane,

00:17:36as we saw last week, you can't go cutting that corner.

00:17:39Water standing deep there,

00:17:41you can hear the revs struggling to get up there.

00:17:43Coming into the kerb at Grandi,

00:17:45a long, long, long corner,

00:17:47lots of run-up area on the left-hand side now,

00:17:49didn't ever used to be there

00:17:51because we were heading down for the Lesnos,

00:17:53but before, we had this, the Reggio chicane.

00:17:57We've seen a lot of action here over the years,

00:17:59a lot of run-up area on the inside,

00:18:00water standing deep,

00:18:01and of course it's going to make a huge difference

00:18:03in today's race.

00:18:04Down to the first of the Lesnos,

00:18:06a fast right-hander, medium-speed right-hander,

00:18:08you can see him struggling for grip there,

00:18:10out to the kerb.

00:18:11You've got to use the kerbs here, inside and outside,

00:18:14not so much down here at the Lesnos,

00:18:15you don't want to get too far over that kerb,

00:18:17otherwise you find yourself in the gravel.

00:18:19Now we have the long run down to the Variante Ascari,

00:18:23which is a left, right, left chicane,

00:18:27very high speed,

00:18:28and here they're going to use the kerb big time,

00:18:30especially in the dry.

00:18:31There you see him going up over the kerb,

00:18:33you've got to be so careful in the wet,

00:18:34not to upset it.

00:18:35On the exit here, on the right,

00:18:36you see a big ASGIP sign there in paint,

00:18:39very, very slippery,

00:18:40as Raikkonen and Hamilton found out yesterday.

00:18:42Long run down to Parabolica,

00:18:44it's important here to come off those Variante Ascari,

00:18:46very close behind the guy in front,

00:18:48if you want to try and overtake him into this Parabolica.

00:18:51Long, long right-hander, 180 degree corner,

00:18:53speed up all the way through,

00:18:55and again, you want to be on someone's tail,

00:18:57because the absolute best overtaking spot here

00:18:59is down to the first hairpin,

00:19:01so a lot of slipstreaming,

00:19:03a lot of drafting is going to go on,

00:19:04but of course, difficult in these wet conditions,

00:19:06because of the spray,

00:19:07you just can't see.

00:19:09Crews now clearing the grids,

00:19:10we will have a safety car start,

00:19:13and the laps behind the safety car

00:19:15will count

00:19:17toward the total of 53 laps scheduled.

00:19:21We expect the cars to roll off in a moment,

00:19:23there is so much to talk about,

00:19:24let's start with the starting grid

00:19:26for today's Italian Grand Prix.

00:19:28On row one, one of the biggest headlines of the weekend,

00:19:30Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso Ferrari,

00:19:33Vettel, the youngest pole sitter in Formula 1 history,

00:19:36at 21 years, 73 days,

00:19:38also the first pole for a Ferrari customer team.

00:19:41Next to Vettel, a man with a huge weight on his shoulders,

00:19:44Heikki Kovalainen of Finland for McLaren Mercedes,

00:19:46his fourth front row start of the season,

00:19:48he now looms as a critical ally

00:19:50of his teammate Lewis Hamilton's bid

00:19:52for the World Championship,

00:19:53as well as the team's Constructor Championship hopes.

00:19:56Mark Webber takes third spot in the Red Bull,

00:19:58his second best spot of the year,

00:19:59and way ahead of his average,

00:20:01he's bit by three tenths of a second,

00:20:03the time by Toro Rosso's second driver,

00:20:05Sebastian Bordet, by far his best grid spot of the year,

00:20:08both the Toro Rossos showing really good stuff,

00:20:10but look at that, Bordet has stalled on the grid.

00:20:13Let's move on to row three now,

00:20:15Nico Rosberg with the Williams Toyota,

00:20:17the 500th Grand Prix start for the Williams team,

00:20:20Rosberg tying his best grid spot of 2008

00:20:23in the five spot,

00:20:24next to him, Felipe Massa in the Ferrari,

00:20:27the only title contender to squeeze into the top ten

00:20:30in that rain splash qualifying session,

00:20:33he has a golden opportunity today.

00:20:35Jarno Trulli ran well all through qualifying,

00:20:38Q1, Q2, and Q3,

00:20:39qualifying sixth and lines up next

00:20:42to the first of the runners of two-time world champions,

00:20:45Fernando Alonso, who also had his best

00:20:48with the conditions, winner last year.

00:20:50On row five, Timo Glock in the Toyota,

00:20:53it's an all-German row,

00:20:54Toyota and Toro Rosso,

00:20:55the only teams to quit both cars in the top ten,

00:20:57when was the last time that happened?

00:20:59Next to Glock, Nick Heidfeld for BMW Sauber,

00:21:02outperforming his teammate for the second straight race,

00:21:05but only the third time this season.

00:21:07Yeah, row six, as I was going to say,

00:21:08Robert Kubica just beaten by his teammate,

00:21:10and only the third time in the whole year,

00:21:11next to him, the first of the Force India Ferraris,

00:21:14of Giancarlo Fisichella,

00:21:15I really thought that Sutil would do it,

00:21:17but the Italian rose to the occasion

00:21:18in front of his home crowd.

00:21:20On row seven, David Coulthard

00:21:21in the Red Bull Renault, the 1997 winner,

00:21:24the only Red Bull-sponsored car

00:21:25outside the top ten on the grid.

00:21:27Next to him, Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari,

00:21:30that's the worst starting position

00:21:32for a Ferrari here at Monza,

00:21:34since René Arnoux started 14th back in 1984.

00:21:37Row eight, well, who'd have thought it?

00:21:39The McLaren of championship leader, Lewis Hamilton,

00:21:42he and the team made a serious blunder in tyre choice

00:21:44and missed the best conditions of Q2,

00:21:46not making the Q3 for the first time in his career.

00:21:48Next to him, the best of the Hondas

00:21:50in the hands of two-time winner here,

00:21:52Rubens Barrichello.

00:21:53On row nine, a couple of young drivers,

00:21:55Nelson Piquet in the second Renault.

00:21:57Next to him, Kazuki Nakajima

00:21:59was to have started in the 18th spot,

00:22:01but he has started from the pit lane.

00:22:04And once again, we are underway behind the safety car.

00:22:07And the back row is made up of Jenson Button

00:22:09in the second Honda,

00:22:10who has also chosen to start from the pit lane,

00:22:12makes some adjustments to the car

00:22:13for these wet weather conditions.

00:22:14And next to him is Adrian Sutil,

00:22:16starting dead last yet again.

00:22:19Well, actually, he will have a man behind him.

00:22:21We saw Sebastien Bordet stall on the grid,

00:22:23so he will...

00:22:24Can you believe that Bordet?

00:22:25What?

00:22:26Terrible.

00:22:27Grizzly.

00:22:28Just the beginning of the twists and turns

00:22:30of what should be a very dramatic

00:22:32and eventful Italian Grand Prix.

00:22:35We should point out that the McLaren Mercedes appeal

00:22:37of Lewis Hamilton's 25-second penalty

00:22:40for cutting the chicane at Spa a week ago

00:22:42is on appeal.

00:22:43We understand that appeal will be heard a week from Monday.

00:22:46That's the Monday before the Formula 1 circuit

00:22:48travels halfway around the world

00:22:50for the first ever night race in Formula 1 history

00:22:53in Singapore.

00:22:55Bordet still struggling in the pit lane,

00:22:58a lap down to the field.

00:23:02Boy, oh boy, what a day in Monza.

00:23:04What a day for Sebastien Bordet, too.

00:23:07Great run in qualifying, and then that happens.

00:23:09Gerhard Berger turns away in disgust.

00:23:12But he still has a car in the race,

00:23:14and that car is in first place right now

00:23:17in the hands of Sebastian Vettel,

00:23:19who has led a lap for the Toro Rosso team.

00:23:22Once again, these laps do count.

00:23:24Let's have a look at our Toyota storylines

00:23:26for the Italian Grand Prix.

00:23:27Steve Matchett, get us started.

00:23:29Well, me, it's watch the weather.

00:23:30However, when we come up with this storyline,

00:23:32neither I and I suspect many of the drivers

00:23:34and engineers in the pit lane had no idea

00:23:36it would be this blatant as the race got underway.

00:23:39We need to watch for the track potentially drying

00:23:42and seeing how that will play into tyre strategy

00:23:45as the race develops.

00:23:47Well, there you see the safety cars coming in this lap.

00:23:49And look at this.

00:23:50This is Felipe Massa's absolute golden opportunity.

00:23:53He's only trailed Hamilton by two points

00:23:55for the championship.

00:23:56Hamilton is stuck down there in 15th spot on the grid,

00:23:59or 14th now with Bordet.

00:24:00But nevertheless, a long way down.

00:24:02And as you can see in these conditions,

00:24:03it's going to be very difficult to make up ground,

00:24:06apart from the fact he's got to get past

00:24:07one Kimi Räikkönen first.

00:24:09But a golden opportunity here for Felipe Massa

00:24:11to get the lead in the championship.

00:24:13Making up ground is exactly what's going to be

00:24:15on the minds of several drivers in the field,

00:24:17specifically Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica,

00:24:20and Kimi Räikkönen.

00:24:21Numbers one, three, and four,

00:24:22the drivers' championship with five races to go,

00:24:25including today.

00:24:26But they start outside the top ten.

00:24:29Sebastian Vettel working those tyres hard,

00:24:31almost got into Henke Kovalainen's McLaren.

00:24:35As they come off the corner,

00:24:36the safety car will come in,

00:24:37and we will be green at Monza.

00:24:40Well, Vettel legged it down there,

00:24:41got it breaking away from the group.

00:24:44Here comes Kovalainen.

00:24:46Oh, no visibility, no visibility at all.

00:24:50There's Kovalainen on the outside,

00:24:51staying out there so he can see what's going on.

00:24:53Vettel comes out to take the corner.

00:24:56Mark Webber there, Rosberg,

00:24:57and there's Felipe Massa in the first of the Ferraris.

00:25:00Nico Rosberg started fifth,

00:25:01but he has been a tiger on the first lap

00:25:03in the last seven or eight rounds of the championship,

00:25:06picking up spots on the first green flag lap.

00:25:10So this is his golden opportunity

00:25:13in the 500th Grand Prix start

00:25:15for Williams Grand Prix Engineering,

00:25:17a big day for Sir Frank and Patrick Kent.

00:25:19It is very wet out there

00:25:20and a lot of standing water,

00:25:21which, of course, even these deep groove tyres

00:25:24are not immune to.

00:25:26Lots got past Alonso,

00:25:28and so has Trulli.

00:25:32Just look at the way that spray hangs in the air

00:25:34under the trees that line this incredible track

00:25:37right down to the safety walls.

00:25:39This gives you a perfect idea.

00:25:41If you could see ahead of him,

00:25:42the flashing little red dot up ahead of him

00:25:45is another race car that's caught out ahead.

00:25:48Very difficult,

00:25:49but there's a lot of conservative driving,

00:25:51I thought, going down into that first chicane

00:25:53after the safety car pulled in.

00:25:55I was surprised they all got through.

00:25:56There were some reasonable gaps left by everybody.

00:26:00And I'm sure that the race director,

00:26:03Charlie Whiting, in the driver's briefing,

00:26:04would have had strong words about that,

00:26:06saying, you must pay attention, guys.

00:26:08You must lay back.

00:26:09We want this race to be safe

00:26:10as we start under safety car conditions.

00:26:13Robert Kubica has gotten past his teammate,

00:26:15Nick Heidfeld.

00:26:17We told you about Timo Bloch's pass.

00:26:19Everybody moved up the spot

00:26:20when Bordet had to go to the pit lane.

00:26:22Look at that.

00:26:23I was on board Lewis Hamilton

00:26:24as following Kimi Räikkönen.

00:26:25I mean, you can see absolutely diddly squat.

00:26:28And look at the whole Sebastian Vettel.

00:26:30He's driving very well.

00:26:31Ron Dennis had some unkind words

00:26:33to say about his qualifying.

00:26:34He said, well, he's probably carrying too much wing.

00:26:36It'll hurt him in the dry.

00:26:37Well, luckily for Rob Vettel,

00:26:39it ain't dry and it's not hurting him one bit.

00:26:41No, carrying wing is a very good thing right about now.

00:26:44Here's Fernando Alonso in the middle.

00:26:46He gets back past Timo Bloch.

00:26:48He's got Jarno Trulli and the other Toyota ahead of him.

00:26:52Boy, it's hard to overstate.

00:26:53Here comes Bloch back on the inside

00:26:55of a two-time world champion.

00:26:56In these conditions,

00:26:57it's hard to overstate the difficulty

00:26:59of what these men are doing.

00:27:01Whoa, whoa.

00:27:03Oh!

00:27:04That was too much erosion.

00:27:06The drivers in one of the pre-race briefings

00:27:08were given a lecture by FIA race director Charlie Whiting.

00:27:12They asked for clarification

00:27:13about if you shortcut a chicane and gain position,

00:27:16how do you legitimately make it back?

00:27:18That's the hurdle that Lewis Hamilton fell over in Spa.

00:27:22Whiting told them, go at least one more corner,

00:27:25give back the position,

00:27:26go one more corner,

00:27:27and then you are free to race again.

00:27:29Yeah, well, that's cool,

00:27:30like shutting the door after a horse's balls.

00:27:33I'll tell you what now,

00:27:35Jarno Trulli is catching up,

00:27:37Felipe Massa, I think.

00:27:38Another good wet-weather driver is, of course,

00:27:40Fernando Alonso, who we're looking at there.

00:27:42He's pretty good in the wet.

00:27:43Timo Bloch seems to be good in the wet.

00:27:45Vettel, we know, is good in the wet,

00:27:46and we also know, of course,

00:27:47that Lewis Hamilton is very good in the wet.

00:27:50Räikkönen, I think,

00:27:51is very good in the wet.

00:27:53Lewis Hamilton is very good in the wet.

00:27:55Räikkönen, uh...

00:27:58This is a replay,

00:27:59David Coulthard going by,

00:28:00home favorite.

00:28:01...in the Force India car.

00:28:03Right.

00:28:05And there you see, right behind him,

00:28:06Räikkönen and Hamilton.

00:28:07Look at the view from Hamilton's car.

00:28:09Oh, boy, he's got wheels to his left, too.

00:28:11He went part...

00:28:12Oh, he's...

00:28:14No, Dice is going to have to let him go by again.

00:28:16There they go.

00:28:17There they go.

00:28:18Properly done.

00:28:21Meanwhile...

00:28:22Yeah.

00:28:23Look at Sebastian Vettel,

00:28:24who has perfect conditions,

00:28:26all things considered.

00:28:27Well, he can see.

00:28:28That's the big advantage he's got.

00:28:29And the other big advantage of what we believe

00:28:31is he is very light on fuel.

00:28:33We're on board with Kimi Räikkönen now.

00:28:35Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari.

00:28:36Giorgio Ascanelli,

00:28:37the technical director on Toro Rosso,

00:28:39was very open in saying that Vettel is running light.

00:28:42We're very light.

00:28:43We're very light.

00:28:44Well, he may be light,

00:28:45but that's certainly giving him an advantage right now.

00:28:49He's also got a 3.7 second advantage

00:28:51over second place Heikki Kovalainen,

00:28:53then Mark Webber,

00:28:54Nico Rosberg,

00:28:55Felipe Massa,

00:28:56now fifth,

00:28:57but he hasn't passed anybody.

00:28:59Jarno Trulli, sixth,

00:29:00Fernando Alonso, seventh,

00:29:01Timo Block, eighth,

00:29:02followed by Robert Kubica

00:29:04and Nick Heidfeld

00:29:05of the two BMW Sauers.

00:29:09Steve, as you say,

00:29:10very surprising that Giorgio Ascanelli

00:29:11was so open about that.

00:29:12And, of course,

00:29:13the other side of that story

00:29:14is whether or not he's saying that,

00:29:15because, in fact,

00:29:16Vettel's got quite a lot of fuel on

00:29:17and he just wants to mislead people.

00:29:19And I say that also because

00:29:21Mark Webber was saying yesterday

00:29:22they've done a lot of calculation

00:29:24on Vettel's fuel load

00:29:25and they came to the conclusion,

00:29:26that's the Red Bull engineers,

00:29:28that Vettel has just as much fuel on board

00:29:30as Webber and Kovalainen.

00:29:31But, of course, we'll see.

00:29:33Well, it's interesting you say that, Peter,

00:29:35because I was talking to a Renault engineer

00:29:37earlier on this morning

00:29:38about Vettel's projected stop,

00:29:40and they were suggesting around lap 20.

00:29:42Well, that figure of lap 20

00:29:43is not particularly early.

00:29:46The graphic at the upper left of your screen

00:29:48shows us the change from grid position

00:29:50to the current running order.

00:29:51And you saw that.

00:29:52Basically, fourth place through tenth place.

00:29:54Kimi Raikkonen here.

00:29:55Four days.

00:29:56Getting a real good tow for Fisichella.

00:29:58He'd dearly love to get around Fisichella,

00:30:00because that puts a daylight

00:30:01between himself and Lewis Hamilton.

00:30:03And where are they?

00:30:04They're coming now.

00:30:05He couldn't pull it off.

00:30:09Kimi Raikkonen, of course,

00:30:10a great wet weather driver,

00:30:11but he didn't have much luck

00:30:12last week in Spa.

00:30:14And he had very little luck at Silverson.

00:30:16The wet weather driver of the year

00:30:18at Silverson, by far,

00:30:19was Lewis Hamilton.

00:30:21But both Massa and the Ferrari

00:30:24of Kimi Raikkonen did not do well.

00:30:26Here's the running order

00:30:27across the bottom of your screen.

00:30:28How important is it to be able to see well?

00:30:30Consider the first two laps

00:30:32under green conditions in this race.

00:30:34Sebastian Vettel, who was up there

00:30:37with a clean visor in first place,

00:30:40was nearly nine miles an hour

00:30:42quicker than anybody else

00:30:43in the speed traps

00:30:44on those first two laps.

00:30:45I just illustrated Raikkonen's

00:30:46front wing there, guys.

00:30:47It's a tear-off visor

00:30:48or some plastic bag or something

00:30:50hanging on to the main plane

00:30:52of the Ferrari's wing,

00:30:53which is covering the slot gap

00:30:55between the main plane

00:30:56and the flat behind.

00:30:57You can see it right here, look.

00:30:59Well, you know,

00:31:00you're going to need all the downforce

00:31:01you can get around here.

00:31:02And that gap,

00:31:03keeping the gap maintained on the wing

00:31:06makes a big difference

00:31:07to the aero-efficiency of the car.

00:31:09It may not look much,

00:31:10but it will be affecting

00:31:11the stability of the Ferrari.

00:31:12And it will affect the temperatures

00:31:14if it gets into the radiator

00:31:15and lets up those side pipes.

00:31:16I'm surprised that Vettel

00:31:17is pulling out so much on Kovalainen.

00:31:19Kovalainen's pretty good in the wet,

00:31:20and of course, he's only got

00:31:21that one car spray in front of him,

00:31:23unlike the rest of the field,

00:31:24who's got the whole,

00:31:26the whole, you know,

00:31:28spray in front of him.

00:31:30Yeah.

00:31:31On to the front stretch.

00:31:32Now, if you're wondering

00:31:33whether someone might gamble

00:31:34with an intermediate tire,

00:31:35you should know that this was

00:31:36a mandatory full wet tire.

00:31:38Thibaut Glock spins the Toyota

00:31:40in the first chicane.

00:31:42L'Ariante del Retofilio.

00:31:47And the Kubica goes by.

00:31:50Everyone

00:31:52started on the extreme wet tires.

00:31:54Now, if the rain stops

00:31:55and the line begins to dry out,

00:31:58all bets are off.

00:32:00Yeah, it's very difficult

00:32:02to try and gauge a strategy

00:32:03in this race,

00:32:04because look at this water.

00:32:05What do you do here?

00:32:06There's certainly no question

00:32:07of the track drying out

00:32:08to become intermediate tires

00:32:09right now.

00:32:10But...

00:32:12Peter?

00:32:14Well, Bob,

00:32:15the rain actually did stop

00:32:16as the safety car set off.

00:32:17Ironically,

00:32:18that's been that sort of weekend

00:32:19here at Monza.

00:32:20It's not raining now.

00:32:21And had that rule not been in place,

00:32:23I would suspect

00:32:24that somebody at the back

00:32:25might even have taken the gamble

00:32:26of running intermediates

00:32:27at that point,

00:32:28with the Bridgestone wet,

00:32:29as we are supposed to call it.

00:32:30Because the rain has stopped

00:32:31and it looks as if,

00:32:32dare I say it,

00:32:33it is clearing up a little bit.

00:32:36But still a lot of water

00:32:37on the track,

00:32:38and it's going to take a long time

00:32:39to clear.

00:32:40But, of course,

00:32:41these tires,

00:32:42these heavily grooved tires,

00:32:43they're like a gear pump.

00:32:44They actually pump

00:32:45hundreds of gallons a minute.

00:32:47Wow!

00:32:48Oh, the race leader...

00:32:49Oh, don't run over

00:32:50those sleeping policemen

00:32:51in the chicane.

00:32:52They won't do the bottom

00:32:53of the car any good.

00:32:54But Sebastian Vettel

00:32:55at the moment

00:32:56got a nice,

00:32:57nearly six-second lead

00:32:58over Heikki Kovalainen.

00:33:00You see the gaps.

00:33:02Now, if the race leader

00:33:03runs over the chicane,

00:33:04he doesn't interfere

00:33:05with anybody else's race,

00:33:06cannot drop back

00:33:07and concede a corner

00:33:08and give an advantage

00:33:09to anybody else.

00:33:10But he still made

00:33:11some time on track.

00:33:12How did race control

00:33:13deal with that?

00:33:14Don't ask awkward questions.

00:33:15Well, there was

00:33:16an interesting situation.

00:33:17I'm glad you brought

00:33:18that up, Steve.

00:33:19David Coulthard said,

00:33:20at Spa last week,

00:33:22I was just flat-passed

00:33:23by...

00:33:24I can't remember

00:33:25who the malefactor was.

00:33:26Maybe I shouldn't say.

00:33:27By a driver

00:33:28going through the chicane.

00:33:30But he was running

00:33:31deep in the pack.

00:33:32He said,

00:33:33I called it in.

00:33:34The team went to

00:33:35Charlie Whiting.

00:33:36Charlie said,

00:33:37there's no video evidence,

00:33:38so they did nothing.

00:33:39I mean,

00:33:40what are the corner marshals

00:33:41there for?

00:33:42But to Raikkonen,

00:33:43Raikkonen,

00:33:44no.

00:33:45Fischer-Geller

00:33:46holding him off again.

00:33:47Boy, I thought,

00:33:48I thought Raikkonen

00:33:49had got in there.

00:33:50Here comes Hamilton.

00:33:51Here comes Hamilton,

00:33:52trying to go down the inside

00:33:53as they come to Lesmos.

00:33:54Oh!

00:33:56Wow, that was close.

00:33:59Boy, I thought

00:34:00he got in there.

00:34:02Now, is he going to be able

00:34:03to get a draft down

00:34:04to the Variante Ascari?

00:34:06And get a bit of a toe-by.

00:34:08Meanwhile,

00:34:09that Indian horse,

00:34:10Indy Car,

00:34:11Fischer-Geller,

00:34:12keeps hammering along there.

00:34:14In 11th spot.

00:34:18You can see that dry line

00:34:19forming slightly,

00:34:20but a little bit early,

00:34:21I'd think,

00:34:22yet to put intermediates on.

00:34:23Yeah.

00:34:24But it's still

00:34:25very, very wet.

00:34:26Anywhere

00:34:27slightly off that line.

00:34:31Giancarlo Fischer-Geller

00:34:32ties Andrea de Cesaris

00:34:34in the 208th start

00:34:36this weekend.

00:34:38Was I right?

00:34:39209th.

00:34:40Looking for a contract

00:34:42for next year.

00:34:43Apparently,

00:34:44the Force India team

00:34:45will stay with the drivers

00:34:46they've got.

00:34:47Giancarlo Fischer-Geller

00:34:48and Adrian Sutil.

00:34:50On board with

00:34:51Nico Rosberg.

00:34:55So desperate,

00:34:56the conditions here.

00:34:57Looks like Raikkonen

00:34:58will get by Fischer-Geller.

00:34:59We'll take a break

00:35:00and return

00:35:01to Wet Monza.

00:35:05Back live to Monza.

00:35:06The Italian Grand Prix

00:35:07live here on Speed.

00:35:09Let's listen to

00:35:10Sebastian Vettel's radio.

00:35:19The engineer asking

00:35:20for a balance report

00:35:21on the car.

00:35:22Sebastian Vettel

00:35:23leads for

00:35:24Toro Rosso Ferrari.

00:35:26We expect

00:35:27he's light on fuel

00:35:28and will be among

00:35:29the first to make

00:35:30a pit stop.

00:35:31But as you can see,

00:35:32very little spray

00:35:33in parts of the track

00:35:34off of those

00:35:35treaded wet weather tires.

00:35:36So the conditions

00:35:37appear to be improving.

00:35:39Until you see

00:35:40this picture.

00:35:41Oh yeah?

00:35:42Thank you very much,

00:35:43Mr. Director.

00:35:44I'm glad you think

00:35:45they're improving.

00:35:46That's right.

00:35:47Periscope.

00:35:48I guess everything's

00:35:49relative.

00:35:50Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

00:35:51whoa, whoa.

00:35:53Oh, well, they get

00:35:54that sorted out.

00:35:55The puddles of water

00:35:56and the wheels

00:35:57are trying to

00:35:58slow the car down.

00:35:59They hit a puddle of water.

00:36:00I mean, they just lock

00:36:01instantly.

00:36:03Force India

00:36:05car of Giancarlo

00:36:06Fisichella.

00:36:07That left Lewis Hamilton

00:36:08behind.

00:36:09And this was the run down

00:36:10to the Parabolica

00:36:11as Fisichella

00:36:12blocked Hamilton's

00:36:13McLaren

00:36:15as much as he could.

00:36:16Blocked big time.

00:36:17I'm sure the

00:36:18FIA officials

00:36:19will be looking at

00:36:21because that is

00:36:22strictly a no-no.

00:36:23But

00:36:24Hamilton came off

00:36:25the Parabolica quicker.

00:36:26Got in the toe.

00:36:27Pulled out.

00:36:28And now here's

00:36:29Hamilton making the

00:36:30pass on the Ferrari

00:36:31of Kimi Räikkönen.

00:36:34Well, the Tifosi

00:36:35won't like that.

00:36:36This is for 11th.

00:36:39They'll have to

00:36:40black flag him for something now.

00:36:41Steady on, lads.

00:36:45So the order is now

00:36:46Vettel, Kovalainen,

00:36:47Weber,

00:36:48Rosberg,

00:36:49Massa,

00:36:50Trulli, Alonso

00:36:51and Kubica

00:36:52in the points.

00:36:53Then Timo Glock,

00:36:54Nick Heidfeld

00:36:55and now

00:36:56Lewis Hamilton

00:36:57in 11th.

00:36:58Well, the Ferraris

00:36:59for some reason

00:37:00this year, Steve,

00:37:01you'd know more about this

00:37:02than we would.

00:37:03They just don't seem

00:37:04to be very good

00:37:05in the wet.

00:37:06They somehow can't get

00:37:07the heat in the tyres

00:37:08or whatever it is

00:37:09they need.

00:37:11Yeah, you're right.

00:37:12They seem to be struggling.

00:37:13Well, it just highlights again

00:37:14the difference

00:37:15in the chassis.

00:37:17Boy, I'll tell you what.

00:37:18That was a brave pass

00:37:19coming out of that

00:37:20De La Rosa chicane there.

00:37:21It goes down the inside.

00:37:22Wheels spinning everywhere.

00:37:23It goes down the inside

00:37:24into that first

00:37:26Lesmo curve.

00:37:28This is the other Ferrari

00:37:29Felipe Massa

00:37:30running 5th.

00:37:31Ahead of him is

00:37:32Nico Rosberg

00:37:33in the Williams Toyota

00:37:34in 4th.

00:37:37You know, Steve,

00:37:38there's another element here.

00:37:39We talked on Friday

00:37:40about how Ferrari

00:37:41had come to this circuit

00:37:42with their

00:37:43heavy brake

00:37:44carbon industry setup

00:37:45as distinct from

00:37:46their normal Brembos.

00:37:47This will have been

00:37:48the first time

00:37:49they've run those

00:37:50carbon industry brakes

00:37:51in the wet in anger.

00:37:52And...

00:37:57Go ahead, Peter.

00:38:00Hello, radio transmission there

00:38:01for Nico Rosberg.

00:38:02No, I'm just going to say

00:38:03just finishing that

00:38:04that, you know,

00:38:05it is the first time

00:38:06Ferrari will have run

00:38:07those carbon industry

00:38:08and everybody who runs them

00:38:09says they are difficult brakes

00:38:10to get to work in the wet

00:38:11so that could be

00:38:12one of the factors

00:38:13that Ferrari are looking at today.

00:38:15Yeah, and as we've said

00:38:16in Friday's practice

00:38:17and in qualifying

00:38:18in the wet,

00:38:19keeping these brakes

00:38:20although you don't use the brakes

00:38:21an awful lot around here

00:38:22a vast majority of the time

00:38:24you're on full throttle

00:38:25or could be

00:38:26if you get sufficient traction

00:38:27you must keep

00:38:28the core temperature

00:38:29of those brakes

00:38:30up to temperature

00:38:31so that when you do

00:38:32stamp on them

00:38:33the initial bite is right there.

00:38:34Well...

00:38:36Here's another replay

00:38:37of Hamilton passing Raikkonen.

00:38:38Boy, I'll tell you what

00:38:39he was on the wet side

00:38:40of the track.

00:38:41Raikkonen there

00:38:42nice pass

00:38:43couple of really professional

00:38:44drivers there

00:38:45keeping out of each other's way.

00:38:46Here comes Massa

00:38:47going to go around

00:38:48the outside

00:38:49big toe from

00:38:50Rosberg

00:38:51as he goes around the outside

00:38:52into the chicane.

00:38:53He'd better have brakes now.

00:38:55Exactly, yeah.

00:38:56Wheel to wheel

00:38:57well done.

00:38:59It's not over.

00:39:00Here comes Rosberg.

00:39:02Wow!

00:39:03Terrific!

00:39:04Beautiful driving

00:39:05by both guys.

00:39:06I'm sure Massa

00:39:07will be thinking

00:39:08where's my traction control?

00:39:09He's on the inside now

00:39:10coming down to the

00:39:11corner of the grande.

00:39:15Williams moves over

00:39:16to seize the line

00:39:17we have a local yellow flag

00:39:18for some reason.

00:39:19Sidewise!

00:39:20The Ferrari attacks

00:39:21and Rosberg

00:39:22alertly avoided contact.

00:39:25You see the sign

00:39:26where the local yellow is

00:39:27down in the Parabolica.

00:39:28We understand it's

00:39:29Giancarlo Fisichella

00:39:30in the Force India Ferrari.

00:39:34Rosberg comes under attack

00:39:36from Jarno Trulli

00:39:37in one of the factory.

00:39:38That was a terrific bit of driving

00:39:39by both guys

00:39:40Massa and Rosberg

00:39:41and now of course

00:39:42that's let Rosberg

00:39:43fall back into the clutches

00:39:44of Jarno Trulli.

00:39:46While we're watching this

00:39:47while we're watching

00:39:48Massa and the Ferrari

00:39:49I'll just tell you

00:39:50the gap to Vettel

00:39:51and Kovalainen

00:39:52is now 7.6 seconds.

00:39:54Kovalainen is trying

00:39:55to respond

00:39:56he just went purple

00:39:57posted the fastest

00:39:58first sector time.

00:39:59Oh!

00:40:00Oh!

00:40:01Got his front wing

00:40:02Fisichella's front wing

00:40:03on the back of the Red Bull.

00:40:04Oh!

00:40:05And then it came off

00:40:06entirely at the other end.

00:40:07Yeah.

00:40:08It tells you something

00:40:09about the aero force

00:40:10on those bits.

00:40:11Wow!

00:40:12David Coulthard

00:40:13I tell you what

00:40:14he got in front of him

00:40:15it almost looked to me

00:40:16like he brake checked him.

00:40:17Anyway let's go back down

00:40:18this is this incredible pass

00:40:19by Massa over Rosberg

00:40:20which he just really

00:40:21crunched over the kerb there

00:40:23but it worked

00:40:24he pulled it off

00:40:25and I'm sure

00:40:26he'll pull away now.

00:40:27It wasn't very elegant

00:40:28but it did work.

00:40:29It wasn't elegant at all

00:40:30but it did work.

00:40:32I'm worried about

00:40:33all that debris

00:40:34left on the track

00:40:35by Fisichella's

00:40:36front wing disintegrating

00:40:37Sebastian Bourdais

00:40:38in the Toro Rosso

00:40:40was the first man

00:40:41on the scene.

00:40:42I like that

00:40:43he should have mounted

00:40:44flex on the side plates

00:40:45on the end plates

00:40:46of the rear wing.

00:40:47This is Hamilton

00:40:48coming up the back

00:40:49of Nick Hyde's belt.

00:40:54Sebastian Bourdais

00:40:55showing his one lap down

00:40:56in 19th.

00:41:06That's right

00:41:07Lewis Hamilton

00:41:08just goes right under.

00:41:11Tell you what

00:41:12Lewis Hamilton on the brakes

00:41:13is really quite extraordinary

00:41:15I know that people

00:41:16keep on about

00:41:17me being pro-Hamilton

00:41:18and all that sort of thing

00:41:19but on the braking

00:41:20wet or dry

00:41:21I mean he is

00:41:22absolutely

00:41:23the monster.

00:41:25On board with

00:41:26Massa.

00:41:29Oh no.

00:41:31Is that coming by?

00:41:32It's Rosberg going by.

00:41:35Wow.

00:41:36Did they rule that

00:41:37he missed the chicane

00:41:38on that pass

00:41:39that we just admired

00:41:40so much?

00:41:42And so the Ferrari

00:41:43gives the position back.

00:41:44Meanwhile this is Hamilton

00:41:47taking Nick Hyde's belt

00:41:49for 10th.

00:41:53Now there's Robert Kubica

00:41:55and look at that debris

00:41:56all those shards of

00:41:57Giancarlo Fisichello's

00:41:58front wing on the

00:41:59racetrack right there

00:42:00at the entrance

00:42:01to the Parabolica.

00:42:03This is Massa

00:42:04now re-attacking

00:42:06Rosberg and the Williams

00:42:07for 4th.

00:42:08Boy look at the

00:42:09straight line speed

00:42:10on the Ferrari there

00:42:11just absolutely

00:42:12ate him alive.

00:42:14Big wing difference

00:42:15between the Ferrari

00:42:16and the Williams

00:42:17if you look at that

00:42:18look at the rear

00:42:19main plate on the car.

00:42:20Very significant

00:42:22increase in wing

00:42:24on the Williams

00:42:25which is giving him

00:42:26a little bit more stability

00:42:27through the slow speed

00:42:28corners through the chicanes

00:42:29but right there where

00:42:30you need it coming down

00:42:31the straight

00:42:32you do.

00:42:33Here comes Jarno Trulli

00:42:34in the second Toyota

00:42:35with Fernando Alonso

00:42:36in the Renault

00:42:37just behind him.

00:42:38Meanwhile up front

00:42:39Sebastian Vettel

00:42:40one and a half seconds

00:42:41quicker than the McLaren

00:42:42of Henke Kovalainen

00:42:43in 2nd.

00:42:44The gap almost

00:42:4510 seconds now

00:42:461st to 2nd.

00:42:48Welcome back live

00:42:49to Monza

00:42:50there's Robert Kubica's

00:42:51BMW Sauber

00:42:52with Lewis Hamilton's

00:42:54McLaren just behind him

00:42:55that's for 8th place

00:42:57and Hamilton

00:42:58the championship leader

00:42:59by 2 coming in

00:43:00could hoist himself

00:43:01back into the points

00:43:02from his 15th

00:43:03starting position.

00:43:04Behind him

00:43:05you see Timo Glock

00:43:06in the Toyota

00:43:07Hamilton got Glock

00:43:08while we were in break

00:43:09and then edged

00:43:10the Toyota over

00:43:11in fact Glock

00:43:12had his left side wheels

00:43:13on the grass

00:43:14in the Curva Grande.

00:43:16I think Lewis Hamilton

00:43:17might be looking

00:43:18for some wet tracky

00:43:19you know to warm

00:43:20cool down those tyres.

00:43:21Watch this.

00:43:24Well Hamilton

00:43:25didn't move

00:43:26Glock really just tried

00:43:27to go around the outside

00:43:28and there wasn't

00:43:29any room there.

00:43:31I suspect

00:43:32those guys probably

00:43:33have a different opinion.

00:43:35The Toyota crew

00:43:36having a coronary.

00:43:37Well I tell you what guys

00:43:38to me

00:43:39the track looks like

00:43:40it's beginning to dry

00:43:41in certain places

00:43:42and a few cars

00:43:43trying to find

00:43:44the wet on the track

00:43:45to keep these wet

00:43:46weather tyres damp.

00:43:48Now we're on lap 16

00:43:49expect that pit stop

00:43:50when it's open.

00:43:51Oh Hamilton

00:43:52around the outside

00:43:53on the inside

00:43:54for the

00:43:56Variante.

00:43:58Yeah there again

00:43:59that braking thing

00:44:00and he and Kubic

00:44:01big pals

00:44:02race a lot

00:44:03in go-karts together

00:44:04and in the lesser former

00:44:05on the way up through

00:44:06so those who know

00:44:07each other well

00:44:08and they're very friendly

00:44:09that was a terrific pass.

00:44:11Michael Schumacher

00:44:12looking on

00:44:14now while we were

00:44:15talking about that

00:44:16Rubens Vatikello

00:44:17has brought the Honda

00:44:18to the pit lane

00:44:19from 16th.

00:44:21More rain expected

00:44:22in 5 minutes

00:44:23and it will be

00:44:24for a long time

00:44:25more rain in 5 minutes

00:44:26for a long time.

00:44:28Well if that's the case

00:44:29that will answer

00:44:30the question I was about

00:44:31to pose

00:44:32when you make that decision

00:44:33to come in for inters

00:44:34if they're looking

00:44:35for a wet light now

00:44:36I guess they're not

00:44:37going to do that.

00:44:38Oh and there was a replay there

00:44:39that was just a

00:44:40beautifully judged pass.

00:44:41Obviously Lewis Hamilton

00:44:42being very careful

00:44:43not to go off the track.

00:44:44And this McLaren David

00:44:45it just works so well

00:44:46over the kerbs as well

00:44:47I mean it's terrific.

00:44:49It's incredible

00:44:50over the kerb

00:44:51and it breaks

00:44:52and it stops so well

00:44:53and of course

00:44:54what Peter said

00:44:55maybe the Ferrari

00:44:56who put those

00:44:57different brakes on

00:44:58are finding that

00:44:59they're just not

00:45:00getting up to temperature

00:45:01because the temperature

00:45:02dropped today a lot

00:45:03it's a lot cooler

00:45:04than it's been

00:45:05apart from the fact

00:45:06that it's raining as well

00:45:07which is not helping

00:45:08that temperature.

00:45:09But here's the man

00:45:10at the moment

00:45:11I don't, you know

00:45:12really irrespective

00:45:13of how much fuel

00:45:14this guy's got on board now

00:45:15he and the team

00:45:16are just doing

00:45:17stellar work.

00:45:19Well Lewis Hamilton's

00:45:20last lap was a 35.2

00:45:22Vettel's last lap

00:45:23was a 35.6

00:45:25and Kovalainen's last lap

00:45:26was a 35.8

00:45:28So old Phil Massa here

00:45:29has got the hammer down

00:45:30trying to catch up

00:45:31with Mark Webber

00:45:32who is 11 seconds

00:45:33in front of him.

00:45:34Yeah but he's taken

00:45:35a couple of seconds off

00:45:36in the last two laps

00:45:37so Massa is going to

00:45:38close up on Mark Webber.

00:45:39I was just thinking

00:45:40of Rubens Barrichello

00:45:41I hope they saw

00:45:42the same weather report

00:45:43and they didn't send

00:45:44the Honda back out

00:45:45on intermediate.

00:45:46Well funny enough Bob

00:45:47I was just wondering

00:45:48whether or not all the teams

00:45:49are in agreement with Renault.

00:45:50There's nothing to say

00:45:51that some of these teams

00:45:52up and down the pit lane

00:45:53may have a different

00:45:54weather forecast.

00:45:55Well Vettel's guys

00:45:56Vettel's guys said

00:45:57a few moments ago

00:45:58that it was going

00:45:59to rain again.

00:46:00Race leader is in

00:46:01Sebastian Vettel

00:46:02pits on lap 19.

00:46:03We'll see what tyres

00:46:04he puts on.

00:46:05Well he's the first two pit

00:46:06on lap 18

00:46:07he wasn't that light

00:46:08was he?

00:46:09No.

00:46:10We saw the team

00:46:11playing with

00:46:12full wet.

00:46:13Extreme wet.

00:46:14Yeah we can see it

00:46:15later on the tyre wall.

00:46:16They fully expect

00:46:17it to rain again.

00:46:18Nice stop boys.

00:46:19Very good stop.

00:46:20Nice job all round.

00:46:21There goes Felipe Massa.

00:46:22Based on the available

00:46:23evidence they can play

00:46:24it conservatively

00:46:25because they seem

00:46:26to have the speed.

00:46:27Felipe Massa's just set

00:46:28the fastest lap

00:46:29of the race

00:46:30at 34.789.

00:46:31Vettel rejoins

00:46:32in fourth.

00:46:33He's got to be careful

00:46:34getting those tyres

00:46:35to work.

00:46:36Here comes

00:46:37Hamilton.

00:46:38Oh!

00:46:39That was close.

00:46:40They touched

00:46:41surely didn't they?

00:46:42I think they did.

00:46:43That was for seven.

00:46:46Oh and Hamilton

00:46:47got the line

00:46:48he didn't want.

00:46:49Alonso's going to try

00:46:50him off the corner

00:46:51but he hasn't got

00:46:52the horsepower.

00:46:53I blinked

00:46:54at the perfect

00:46:55wrong moment there

00:46:56but I'm sure

00:46:57I saw contact

00:46:58on those two cars.

00:47:01It certainly

00:47:02looked like it

00:47:03didn't it?

00:47:08One of the Toyotas

00:47:09this is the team

00:47:10of luck.

00:47:12Somebody going

00:47:13across the chicane

00:47:14that must be

00:47:15must be Kubica.

00:47:16So he gives

00:47:17the spot back.

00:47:23So Hamilton's

00:47:24now up to seven.

00:47:28After Pitstop

00:47:29Massa

00:47:30Kovalainen

00:47:31must be leading

00:47:32from Webber

00:47:33and Massa

00:47:34who's third.

00:47:38That was so seriously

00:47:39late braking there.

00:47:43I hope that's not

00:47:44what he's seeing

00:47:45through there

00:47:46Weiser.

00:47:47I'm sure it's not.

00:47:48Don't forget

00:47:49the camera's up higher

00:47:50the windscreen

00:47:51will be helping him

00:47:52a little bit.

00:47:53Here you see that

00:47:54uh

00:47:55Oh well

00:47:56maybe not touched.

00:47:57When we said

00:47:58touched

00:47:59we meant

00:48:00did not touch.

00:48:02No we didn't

00:48:03we just didn't say it.

00:48:04Here's what it

00:48:05looked like from

00:48:06our perspective.

00:48:11Yeah

00:48:12but very

00:48:13very close.

00:48:14That's what you call

00:48:15a ruthless bit of

00:48:16overtaking.

00:48:17I wish they'd let that

00:48:18video play because

00:48:19I think Hamilton

00:48:20found himself

00:48:21on the line he didn't want

00:48:23to recover as well

00:48:24as he'd like.

00:48:26Still down there

00:48:27in

00:48:28in P11

00:48:29or 12.

00:48:30I mean he just can't

00:48:31seem to make the

00:48:32headway through the

00:48:33field that Lewis

00:48:34Hamilton's making

00:48:35Lewis got stuck

00:48:36behind uh

00:48:37Heidfeldt there.

00:48:38Here's the order

00:48:39across the bottom of

00:48:40your screen.

00:48:41For the line in

00:48:42Weber, Massa,

00:48:43Vettel, Rosberg,

00:48:44Trulli, Hamilton,

00:48:45Alonso, Brock and

00:48:46Kubica in the top 10.

00:48:47Then Heidfeldt

00:48:48and Raikkonen

00:48:49as you mentioned David

00:48:50not able to make

00:48:51much headway.

00:48:57Kubica

00:48:58just leading his

00:48:59teammate Nick

00:49:00Heidfeldt

00:49:01which is what he

00:49:02usually does

00:49:03but boy

00:49:04was I thought he

00:49:05was in these wet

00:49:06conditions.

00:49:07It certainly is

00:49:08drying out and

00:49:09it certainly is

00:49:10obviously they get

00:49:11the weather forecast

00:49:12we're not.

00:49:13It's still pretty

00:49:14wet in places

00:49:15and all the teams

00:49:16are talking about

00:49:17it's going to rain

00:49:18again in the next

00:49:19few minutes.

00:49:20And we're just

00:49:21hearing now

00:49:22yeah it's starting

00:49:23to rain harder.

00:49:24Well this has

00:49:25made the decision

00:49:26clear you have to

00:49:27stay on these

00:49:28extreme wets

00:49:29but it would have

00:49:30been nice from a

00:49:31strategic point of

00:49:32view just to

00:49:33slip his old

00:49:34neck because they

00:49:35get covered in

00:49:36paint.

00:49:37And that's the

00:49:38Ascari corner.

00:49:39That's where for

00:49:40two years now

00:49:41you go back to

00:49:42his heavy crash

00:49:43there in practice

00:49:44for last year's

00:49:45race.

00:49:46Raikkonen

00:49:47spun there in

00:49:48qualifying yesterday.

00:49:49I'll tell you what

00:49:50though guys

00:49:51we're expecting

00:49:52rain and just

00:49:53hearing it's

00:49:54beginning to rain

00:49:55in the pit lane

00:49:56but prior to that

00:49:57Massa just says

00:49:58fastest lap

00:49:5935.4.

00:50:00A whole string

00:50:01of personal best

00:50:02by our should say

00:50:03was beginning to

00:50:04dry.

00:50:05Massa's timing

00:50:06Massa's lap there

00:50:07was significantly

00:50:08quicker than

00:50:09anybody else

00:50:10over a second

00:50:11quicker than

00:50:12Weber or

00:50:13Kovalainen who

00:50:14are in front of him.

00:50:15But behind Massa

00:50:16Vettel did a

00:50:1735.4.

00:50:18It's about a

00:50:19second slower than

00:50:20Massa but a second

00:50:21quicker than the

00:50:22two guys ahead of

00:50:23Massa.

00:50:24There's Glock and

00:50:25Fernando Alonso.

00:50:26Fernando Alonso

00:50:27let him go through

00:50:28there.

00:50:29He wasn't going to

00:50:30argue with that.

00:50:31On the inside of

00:50:32Alonso and Alonso

00:50:33could do nothing

00:50:34about it.

00:50:35Alonso's out of

00:50:36the points.

00:50:38He's fallen out of

00:50:39the points.

00:50:40Perhaps his tyres

00:50:41are completely

00:50:42shot.

00:50:44Yeah he's just a

00:50:45sitting duck there

00:50:46for that pass.

00:50:50Well we expect

00:50:51a lot of action

00:50:52in the pit lane.

00:50:53We'll take a quick

00:50:54break and return live

00:50:55for more from

00:50:56Magic Monza.

00:50:57The Italian Grand Prix

00:50:58continues here on

00:50:59Speed.

00:51:02Welcome back to

00:51:03Monza.

00:51:04Heikki Kovalainen

00:51:05is in the pits and

00:51:06he's leading a parade.

00:51:07Mark Webber has the

00:51:08Red Bull from second.

00:51:09Felipe Massa's Ferrari

00:51:10from third.

00:51:11And Sebastian Bordet

00:51:12hits the pit lane

00:51:13in the Toro Rosso

00:51:14from 19th.

00:51:15Extreme wets going

00:51:16on all these cars.

00:51:17A lot of fuel going

00:51:18into Massa's car

00:51:19at the top of the

00:51:20screen there.

00:51:22Good time at the

00:51:23one stop.

00:51:24They do use

00:51:25less fuel around

00:51:26here.

00:51:27Now here comes

00:51:28Hamilton past

00:51:29Trulli again.

00:51:30Pulls up on

00:51:31Rosberg.

00:51:32Just as all those

00:51:33cars pile out of

00:51:34the pit lane.

00:51:36Kovalainen comes out

00:51:37behind Glock.

00:51:38Massa last of that

00:51:39group.

00:51:40So he's going to

00:51:41have traffic ahead of

00:51:42him.

00:51:43Beginning with his

00:51:44teammate,

00:51:45T.B.

00:51:46Raikkonen.

00:51:47Mark Webber there

00:51:48behind one of the

00:51:49BMWs that come out

00:51:50of the chicane.

00:51:51Yeah in these wet

00:51:52conditions you can

00:51:53take about 10%

00:51:54off the fuel

00:51:55consumption.

00:51:56Typically around

00:51:57here it's about 2.7

00:51:58kilos.

00:52:00Jenson Button

00:52:01hits the pit lane

00:52:02from 17th in the

00:52:03Honda.

00:52:04Lewis Hamilton

00:52:05eating about 2

00:52:06seconds on that

00:52:07one lap.

00:52:08Half a second on

00:52:09that.

00:52:10Lost a tenth on

00:52:11the third.

00:52:12So basically

00:52:13catching up big

00:52:14time on

00:52:15Rosberg.

00:52:23No we haven't

00:52:24seen anyone

00:52:25fit into

00:52:26yet.

00:52:27No one fitted

00:52:29in.

00:52:32Fernando Alonso

00:52:33was wondering about

00:52:34enters in the

00:52:35second round of

00:52:36qualifying yesterday

00:52:37too.

00:52:38And when he saw

00:52:39what happened to

00:52:40Lewis Hamilton

00:52:41he was glad he

00:52:42didn't go out on

00:52:43them.

00:52:44Well Lewis Hamilton's

00:52:45tires must be

00:52:46getting a bit

00:52:47shot by now.

00:52:48Up to second

00:52:49spot.

00:52:50This is not too

00:52:51shabby for 15th on

00:52:52the grid.

00:52:53No.

00:52:54Considering that

00:52:55T.B.

00:52:56Raikkonen who

00:52:58has been here

00:52:59recently.

00:53:03Nick Heidfeld

00:53:04and T.B.

00:53:05Raikkonen battling.

00:53:06It's like Raikkonen

00:53:07will go down the

00:53:08inside.

00:53:09He's going to get

00:53:10him down the

00:53:11inside then.

00:53:12Of course he's in

00:53:13hot pursuit now.

00:53:14Mark Webber who's

00:53:15just made his

00:53:16stop.

00:53:17That shot of

00:53:18Raikkonen coming

00:53:19over the kerbs

00:53:20right there just

00:53:21illustrated the

00:53:22difference between

00:53:23the McLaren chassis

00:53:24and the Ferrari

00:53:25chassis.

00:53:26You can't forget

00:53:27the traction down.

00:53:28That's the key of

00:53:29coming off the

00:53:30kerbs here.

00:53:31The McLaren

00:53:32rides it so

00:53:33smoothly and

00:53:34instantly gets

00:53:35back on the

00:53:36power.

00:53:37The Ferrari

00:53:38chassis just

00:53:39can't make the

00:53:40transition.

00:53:41Boy Sebastian

00:53:42Vettel.

00:53:43I just noticed

00:53:44the stat that

00:53:45Sebastian Vettel's

00:53:46going to love in

00:53:47the post race

00:53:48debrief.

00:53:49All things being

00:53:50equal on his

00:53:51out lap.

00:53:52Three seconds

00:53:53quicker on those

00:53:54cold wet weather

00:53:55conditions.

00:53:56The fastest

00:53:57lap of a

00:53:581.34.4

00:53:59which compares to

00:54:00Massa's fastest

00:54:01lap of the race

00:54:02of a 1.34.4

00:54:03so we're down to

00:54:04the hundreds.

00:54:05Massa's

00:54:06with a

00:54:071.34.457

00:54:08Hamilton's

00:54:094.69.

00:54:10Now of course

00:54:11Massa is bottled

00:54:12up in his

00:54:13traffic.

00:54:14Not what he

00:54:15wants at all on

00:54:16his out lap.

00:54:17Just sort of

00:54:18the lock of the

00:54:19door so we've

00:54:20got Alonso

00:54:21leaving his

00:54:22train of cars

00:54:23here and Massa

00:54:24Rossberg

00:54:25going right.

00:54:26Nice pass

00:54:27again.

00:54:28The car seems to

00:54:29be unbelievably

00:54:30straight and fast

00:54:31down those

00:54:32straight laps at

00:54:33Raid.

00:54:34On that last

00:54:35lap Hamilton

00:54:36was 2.6

00:54:37seconds faster

00:54:38than Vettel on

00:54:39that last lap

00:54:40alone as you're

00:54:41right you're

00:54:42running now

00:54:43Vettel and

00:54:44Hamilton

00:54:45having got

00:54:46around

00:54:47Rossberg.

00:54:48Boy oh boy

00:54:49we have to

00:54:50keep very very

00:54:51close tabs on

00:54:52what's happening

00:54:53absolutely

00:54:54flying.

00:54:55Yeah he could

00:54:56win this race

00:54:57for 15th.

00:54:58Oh boy.

00:54:59And the weather

00:55:00could be his

00:55:01biggest ally

00:55:02after it was his

00:55:03biggest enemy

00:55:04in qualifying.

00:55:05Well they were

00:55:06their own biggest

00:55:07enemy in qualifying

00:55:08they made that

00:55:09ridiculous decision

00:55:10to do

00:55:11to go on to

00:55:12the intermediates

00:55:13and of course

00:55:14they lost the

00:55:15sweet spot

00:55:16the one

00:55:17the driest time

00:55:18of Q2

00:55:19and never got

00:55:20into Q3.

00:55:21Well we didn't

00:55:22expect that

00:55:23to rain harder.

00:55:24Maybe they did.

00:55:25Let's listen.

00:55:26I think that

00:55:27Hamilton is

00:55:28stopping in

00:55:29free laps.

00:55:30Hamilton is

00:55:31stopping in

00:55:32free laps.

00:55:33So the Toro Rosso

00:55:34team obviously

00:55:35thinks Hamilton

00:55:36is the guy

00:55:37they're racing.

00:55:38Here comes

00:55:39Timo Glock.

00:55:40Yeah they're

00:55:41thinking exactly

00:55:42what we're

00:55:43thinking.

00:55:44Be aware

00:55:45of Hamilton's

00:55:46face.

00:55:47Hamilton sets

00:55:48fastest lap guys

00:55:49as we're

00:55:50watching Glock

00:55:52We take a lot of

00:55:53flack sometimes

00:55:54in the chat room

00:55:55about pointing

00:55:56out

00:55:57Lewis Hamilton's

00:55:58strengths

00:55:59and his successes

00:56:00but when a guy

00:56:01does things like

00:56:02this how can you

00:56:03not?

00:56:04Absolutely.

00:56:05Talking about

00:56:06people or cars

00:56:07or engineers

00:56:08that are doing

00:56:09things that

00:56:10others aren't

00:56:11well that's worth

00:56:12talking about

00:56:13in my opinion.

00:56:14If Hamilton

00:56:15does stop

00:56:16when the STR

00:56:17crew predicted

00:56:18in three laps

00:56:19that will be

00:56:20halfway we have

00:56:21to be careful

00:56:22of how much fuel

00:56:23I hope we see how

00:56:24much fuel goes

00:56:25into Hamilton's

00:56:26chassis.

00:56:27He could do this

00:56:28on a one-stop

00:56:29strategy.

00:56:30Remember Vettel

00:56:31has to stop again

00:56:32he has to come

00:56:33back in.

00:56:34Seven seconds

00:56:35of fuel delivery

00:56:36will get Hamilton

00:56:37the rest of the race

00:56:38distance so this

00:56:39pit stop from

00:56:40McLaren will

00:56:41be key.

00:56:44Alonso

00:56:45Kubica

00:56:46trying to get

00:56:47around Alonso

00:56:48I mean that

00:56:49driver in the

00:56:50BMW and Robert

00:56:51Kubica

00:56:52Alonso of course

00:56:53a very canny

00:56:54very tough driver

00:56:55and Felipe

00:56:56Massa

00:56:57still stuck

00:56:58there behind

00:56:59Heidfeld.

00:57:03In fact they're all

00:57:04stuck behind

00:57:05a lot of them

00:57:06Mark Webber

00:57:07and Raikkonen

00:57:08and Raikkonen

00:57:09Jarno Trulli

00:57:10has peeled

00:57:11off from B4

00:57:12but Kovalainen

00:57:13that puts Kovalainen

00:57:14back up to B4.

00:57:15One of the

00:57:16Ferraris coming in

00:57:17behind him

00:57:18from B7

00:57:25Tell you what

00:57:26those full wet tyres

00:57:27must be getting a bit

00:57:28shot with these long

00:57:29runs because it's not

00:57:30Uh oh, what's going on

00:57:31here?

00:57:32One of the crewmen

00:57:33went for his belt

00:57:36Toyota get away

00:57:38These fellas are

00:57:39good to go

00:57:40enough fuel on board

00:57:41to get them the rest

00:57:42of the race distance

00:57:45There comes

00:57:46Trulli

00:57:49Here comes

00:57:50Kimi Raikkonen

00:57:55Less than a second

00:57:56boys, less than

00:57:57one second

00:57:58That is gloomy

00:57:59I tell you what

00:58:00Vettel and the

00:58:01engineers at

00:58:02Toro Rosso

00:58:03had surely no clue

00:58:04coming into this

00:58:05weekend they will be

00:58:06discussing fuel

00:58:07tactics and strategy

00:58:08versus McLaren

00:58:09and Lewis Hamilton

00:58:10I'm sure they were

00:58:11worried about Kovalainen

00:58:12but I don't suppose

00:58:13they gave Hamilton

00:58:14another thought

00:58:15Absolutely

00:58:16Look at that gap

00:58:17come down from

00:58:18two and a half to two

00:58:19to point six

00:58:20seconds

00:58:21second to first

00:58:23He must be about

00:58:24to hit a shore

00:58:25It's gotta be dry

00:58:31As he goes

00:58:32Here we go

00:58:33Here he comes

00:58:39Okay gentlemen

00:58:41If any team knows

00:58:42how to do a perfect

00:58:43pit stop

00:58:44it is McLaren

00:58:45International

00:58:46And these boys

00:58:47right here

00:58:48less than seven seconds

00:58:49will get him

00:58:50the rest of the race

00:58:51distance

00:58:52Full wets on the car

00:58:53clean the visor

00:58:54clean the mirrors

00:58:55now a nice clean

00:58:56release

00:58:57and away

00:58:59Struggling for traction

00:59:00coming off that

00:59:01concrete

00:59:02but he's back

00:59:03into the pit lane

00:59:04Didn't see any

00:59:05raindrops in the

00:59:06pit lane

00:59:07in the puddles

00:59:08No

00:59:10Oh he's got

00:59:11clear traffic

00:59:12Oh boy

00:59:13Now that is a

00:59:14obviously

00:59:15very well orchestrated

00:59:16by the pit crew

00:59:17to try and get him

00:59:18in at the right time

00:59:19but sometimes it just

00:59:20doesn't always happen

00:59:21how you want it to

00:59:22happen but he's

00:59:23come out in

00:59:24absolutely clear

00:59:25traffic

00:59:26a clear road

00:59:27In tenth place

00:59:28behind David

00:59:29Coulthard is

00:59:30Lewis Hamilton

00:59:31as we watch

00:59:32some nice pictures

00:59:33from

00:59:34Is that left rear

00:59:35wheel on the

00:59:36Williams

00:59:37shuddering?

00:59:38I think it was

00:59:39going over the

00:59:40curving

00:59:41it was doing

00:59:42Yeah

00:59:43exactly

00:59:45On overrun

00:59:46Yeah

00:59:48Pretty cool though

00:59:49Absolutely

00:59:50Oh you

00:59:51see those super

00:59:52slow-mo's

00:59:53any of the wheels

00:59:54front to the rears

00:59:55go over those

00:59:56serrated curves

00:59:57you just can't

00:59:58believe how much

00:59:59the wheel wobbles

01:00:00about

01:00:01So among the

01:00:02runners on one

01:00:03stop

01:00:04Hamilton leads

01:00:05the way

01:00:06meaning every

01:00:07driver ahead of

01:00:08him has another

01:00:09stop to make

01:00:10so once again

01:00:11it's incumbent on

01:00:12Lewis Hamilton

01:00:13to stay there and

01:00:14then wait for

01:00:15everybody else to

01:00:16take themselves out of

01:00:17his way on their

01:00:18second stop

01:00:19Sebastian Vettel

01:00:20leads

01:00:21we'll be back

01:00:23Welcome back

01:00:24live to Monza

01:00:2524 laps to go

01:00:26we've had some

01:00:27interesting pit action

01:00:28Nico Rosberg came

01:00:29in in the

01:00:30Williams Toyota

01:00:31so he's obviously

01:00:32on a one-stop

01:00:33strategy which

01:00:34means he did a

01:00:35terrific job to

01:00:36qualify fifth with

01:00:37all that fuel on

01:00:38board in the

01:00:39Williams

01:00:40He did it

01:00:41and especially

01:00:42when Raikkonen

01:00:43nearly spun in front

01:00:44when Hamilton spun

01:00:45in front of him

01:00:46down at the

01:00:47Rosia at the

01:00:48Ascari rather

01:00:49and said that he

01:00:50lost at least two or

01:00:51three tenths

01:00:52You just saw

01:00:53Vettel go out the

01:00:54bottom of your

01:00:55picture

01:00:56Here comes Heikki

01:00:57Kovalainen

01:00:58These drivers will

01:00:59have a second

01:01:00stop to make

01:01:01and so what's on

01:01:02their mind right

01:01:03now I suspect

01:01:04Peter Windsor

01:01:05is the weather

01:01:06Well that's right

01:01:07Bob and we did

01:01:08hear that transmission

01:01:09to Fernando Alonso

01:01:10saying more rain

01:01:11but at least it's

01:01:12barely raining and

01:01:13it's much brighter

01:01:14now than it's been

01:01:15all afternoon and

01:01:16if you are expecting

01:01:17another pit stop

01:01:18you'd be thinking

01:01:19quite seriously about

01:01:20switching to

01:01:21intermediates

01:01:22Yes absolutely

01:01:23we see Alonso

01:01:24dive into the

01:01:25pits now it'll be

01:01:26interesting to see

01:01:27what Renault's

01:01:28strategy is here

01:01:29Now they're taking

01:01:30a wing adjustment

01:01:31and Inter's going

01:01:32on the car

01:01:33well this is key

01:01:34guys right here

01:01:35we're talking about

01:01:36the weather and

01:01:37following up from

01:01:38what you were

01:01:39saying Peter

01:01:40as the line begins

01:01:41to dry Inter's

01:01:42will be the way

01:01:43to go

01:01:44now thinking back

01:01:45to Hamilton's

01:01:46situation versus

01:01:47Vettel

01:01:48Vettel has another

01:01:49stop to do

01:01:50so he can change

01:01:51to Inter's

01:01:52and there's no

01:01:53question if the

01:01:54track dries

01:01:55Inter's will be

01:01:56faster

01:01:57if it starts to

01:01:58rain and

01:01:59Hamilton will be

01:02:00praying it does

01:02:01so there's no

01:02:02question that the

01:02:03full wets will be

01:02:04the way to go

01:02:05be very interested

01:02:06in the next few

01:02:07laps to see how

01:02:08this pays out

01:02:09wet tyres

01:02:10yeah already

01:02:11just only 3 or 4

01:02:12laps into a long

01:02:13stint and if it stays

01:02:14dry like this the

01:02:15guys on full wets

01:02:16are going to have

01:02:17an awful job

01:02:18keeping those tyres

01:02:19cool

01:02:20also during the

01:02:21break we saw

01:02:22David Coulthard

01:02:23and the Red Bull

01:02:24Renault out there

01:02:25on Inter's

01:02:26and he straight

01:02:27lined the chicane

01:02:28down in the

01:02:29Variante del

01:02:30Retofilo

01:02:31the first chicane

01:02:32now we've seen

01:02:33Sebastian Bordet

01:02:34well excuse me

01:02:35I've said we haven't

01:02:36I've seen it on

01:02:37timing and scoring

01:02:38which tyres

01:02:39have fitted

01:02:40which tyres

01:02:41whether they've

01:02:42gone on to the

01:02:43Inter's or the

01:02:44full wets

01:02:45because the

01:02:46information of

01:02:47Bordet's car will

01:02:48be critical

01:02:49to the pit stop

01:02:50for Vettel

01:02:51if Bordet says

01:02:52yes the Inter's

01:02:53are the way to

01:02:54go guys

01:02:55you can put our

01:02:56team mate

01:02:57put Vettel on

01:02:58them

01:02:59well that's

01:03:00terrific information

01:03:01for the team

01:03:02they're going to

01:03:03want to keep

01:03:04an eye

01:03:05as I mentioned

01:03:06David Coulthard

01:03:07is the

01:03:08tenth

01:03:09of this case

01:03:10you may have

01:03:11heard me talk

01:03:12about

01:03:13Giorgio

01:03:14Ascanelli

01:03:15who's now

01:03:16running the

01:03:17technical department

01:03:18of Toro Rosso

01:03:19he is one of

01:03:20the most

01:03:21experienced

01:03:22engineers in

01:03:23Formula 1

01:03:24today

01:03:25he has been

01:03:26Ayrton

01:03:27Senna's

01:03:28engineer

01:03:29at McLaren

01:03:30he has

01:03:31worked with

01:03:32Gerhard

01:03:33Berger

01:03:34at Ferrari

01:03:35he has

01:03:36been

01:03:37working with

01:03:38Gerhard

01:03:39Berger

01:03:40at Ferrari

01:03:41he has

01:03:42been

01:03:43working with

01:03:44Gerhard

01:03:45Berger

01:03:46at Ferrari

01:03:47he has

01:03:48been

01:03:49working with

01:03:50Gerhard

01:03:51Berger

01:03:52at Ferrari

01:03:53he has

01:03:54been

01:03:55working with

01:03:56Gerhard

01:03:57Berger

01:03:58at Ferrari

01:03:59he has

01:04:00been

01:04:01working with

01:04:02Gerhard

01:04:03Berger

01:04:04at Ferrari

01:04:05he has

01:04:06been

01:04:07working with

01:04:08Gerhard

01:04:09Berger

01:04:10at Ferrari

01:04:11he has

01:04:12been

01:04:13working with

01:04:14Gerhard

01:04:15Berger

01:04:16at Ferrari

01:04:17he has

01:04:18been

01:04:19working with

01:04:20Gerhard

01:04:21Berger

01:04:22at Ferrari

01:04:23he has

01:04:24been

01:04:25working with

01:04:26Gerhard

01:04:27Berger

01:04:28at Ferrari

01:04:29he has

01:04:30been

01:04:31working with

01:04:32Gerhard

01:04:33Berger

01:04:34at Ferrari

01:04:35he has

01:04:36been

01:04:37working with

01:04:38Gerhard

01:04:39Berger

01:04:40at Ferrari

01:04:41he has

01:04:42been

01:04:43working with

01:04:44Gerhard

01:04:45Berger

01:04:46at Ferrari

01:04:47he has

01:04:48been

01:04:49working with

01:04:50Gerhard

01:04:51Berger

01:04:52at Ferrari

01:04:53he has

01:04:54been

01:04:55working with

01:04:56Gerhard

01:04:57Berger

01:04:58at Ferrari

01:04:59he has

01:05:00been

01:05:01working with

01:05:02Gerhard

01:05:03Berger

01:05:04at Ferrari

01:05:05he has

01:05:06been

01:05:07working with

01:05:08Gerhard

01:05:09Berger

01:05:10at Ferrari

01:05:11he has

01:05:12been

01:05:13working with

01:05:14Gerhard

01:05:15Berger

01:05:16at Ferrari

01:05:17he has

01:05:18been

01:05:19working with

01:05:20Gerhard

01:05:21Berger

01:05:22at Ferrari

01:05:23he has

01:05:24been

01:05:25working with

01:05:26Gerhard

01:05:27Berger

01:05:28at Ferrari

01:05:29he has

01:05:30been

01:05:31working with

01:05:32Gerhard

01:05:33Berger

01:05:34at Ferrari

01:05:35he has

01:05:36been

01:05:37working with

01:05:38Gerhard

01:05:39Berger

01:05:40at Ferrari

01:05:41he has

01:05:42been

01:05:43working with

01:05:44Gerhard

01:05:45Berger

01:05:46at Ferrari

01:05:47he has

01:05:48been

01:05:49working with

01:05:50Gerhard

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01:19:05oh boy

01:19:06well, we've just heard the

01:19:07Toro Rosso

01:19:08team

01:19:09telling Sebastian Vettel

01:19:10that rain drops

01:19:11are on the way

01:19:12Steve, would you

01:19:13venture a guess

01:19:14that somebody

01:19:15might think about

01:19:16dry tires

01:19:17before we're

01:19:18done?

01:19:19I think it's

01:19:20I think it's

01:19:21too late for it

01:19:22ok, yeah

01:19:23I recall in78

01:19:24Spa

01:19:25a week ago

01:19:26when it

01:19:27started to

01:19:28rain

01:19:29and Nick

01:19:30Heidfeld

01:19:31jumped into

01:19:32the pits

01:19:33back live at Monza watching Robert Kubica got a piece of racetrack all to

01:19:40himself now we go on board with Felipe Massa's Ferrari running in sixth place

01:19:44Lewis Hamilton just ate up Felipe Massa to get right to his gearbox that hasn't

01:19:50been able to do anything with him since he got there. No, he's strained he's

01:19:54dropping back if anything and he had him right lined up in his sights

01:19:59because he needs to get by because he's got a two-point lead going to this race

01:20:02but if Massa gets around Heidfeld in front of him there, it'll become one-point

01:20:07No, it'll become two if Massa makes the pass. There's Jenson Button, his teammate Rubens

01:20:14Vatikello has also made a late pit stop. Is he on dry tires? Well, it seems very

01:20:23late for a pit stop for Honda. I wonder whether or not Bob that Honda have been

01:20:27listening to what what you were just asking me is it too late to go on to

01:20:31dry tires? Well, we haven't really got an awful lot to lose quite frankly let's see

01:20:34but I don't know I didn't see what tires went on the car. Also while we were in

01:20:41break, Kimi Räikkönen set fast lap of the race at 1.32.595

01:20:47but he remains mired in tenth place. Well, I can tell you I've just had a look at

01:20:54that pit stop from Honda. They had dry weather tires ready to go but they did

01:20:58put the car on inters. They chose to keep him on inters. There's Nick Heidfeld, his

01:21:04teammate Robert Kubica last lap, last time under set fast lap. Now it's

01:21:09taken away by Mark Webber. The track continues to pick up speed.

01:21:16Bertl Stilden announced beyond outstanding job quite frankly. We're

01:21:21watching, we're on board with Glock here but the gap now to Kovalainen in the

01:21:26McLaren. 13.8 seconds between the Toro Rosso chassis and the McLaren MP4-23.

01:21:34It's quite remarkable. There's Kimi Räikkönen, the bright red Ferrari. He has

01:21:38just taken back fast lap. As we came out of break I told you he had done a 32.5.

01:21:42He's just done a 31.6. That's how quickly this track is picking up speed. It's

01:21:48really weird that Lewis Hamill doesn't seem to be able to pick up speed with it.

01:21:53The track is obviously getting faster and faster. His laps are remaining

01:21:56steadfastly in the 33 range. Maybe the McLaren doesn't like the intermediate

01:22:01tire as much as it does the full wet.

01:22:06Nelson Piquet is firmly in the crosshairs of the world champion. Kimi Räikkönen

01:22:12with a huge crowd of Ferrari fans willing him on. We'll take a break. Final

01:22:17one before the checkers.

01:22:20Welcome back. Five laps to go. Oh Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. Touch wheels.

01:22:27Webber will take the chicane.

01:22:32Now does he have to give up that? Well Hamilton's just gonna go right by. Yeah

01:22:37because Hamilton really really did a nasty bit of blocking there on Webber.

01:22:40But I don't know what's wrong with him. Here we see it again.

01:22:46Hamilton just hasn't had the speed and that could have been a disaster. Yeah the last

01:22:51few laps Hamilton's pace has dropped off significantly. I wonder whether or not

01:22:55probably problems with that second set of tires on the Inters. Oh wow rubber to

01:23:00rubber. Wow that would have done the carbon fiber suspension much good on the

01:23:03McLaren. I wonder whether or not Hamilton's trying to mask a little

01:23:06problem on the car. What that would be? Well it seems to be slow in a straight

01:23:10line now. So has he knocked something off some aerodynamic piece gone? Or is his

01:23:16engine going? Well I wonder whether or not he's out to just throttle back a

01:23:19little bit. Now Massa's ahead on the road. If Webber gets by

01:23:24Hamilton Massa becomes the world championship leader. And while this is

01:23:28going on Kimi Raikkonen as has become his trademark this year is setting down

01:23:33fast lap after fast lap. He did it six races in a row I believe. He set the fast

01:23:39lap of the race in the closing laps and it looks like he might do it again today

01:23:42in Monza. He's down to a 1.30.130. Talk about setting fastest laps. Oh Vettel's

01:23:49not hanging around either. His last time through the speed trap to 31.6 and he is

01:23:53now fastest through sector one. 29.1 with just four laps to go. Vettel and the STR

01:23:59chassis are just flying around here. Absolutely now he's 14 seconds in front

01:24:04of the Hakiko Valainen.

01:24:11Kimi Raikkonen. Fastest lap again. You're right. You're talking about Raikkonen's pace in

01:24:16the closing stages. 29.844. Another fast lap for Raikkonen. If he gets it it'll be

01:24:22his ninth of the year. That's just one short of the all-time record for a

01:24:26single season. Back in 1985 this team came into being as minority. In 2006 they

01:24:33became Toro Rosso using Ferrari power. Wouldn't you love to hear from Adrian

01:24:38Newey who designed the Red Bull chassis which became the Toro Rosso chassis

01:24:42about why these guys are so much more effective than the Red Bull Renaults.

01:24:47Well effectively it is exactly the same chassis. What Toro Rosso are using here

01:24:51is the same chassis what Red Bull are using. The biggest difference as you

01:24:56rightly say Bob there is the Ferrari engine.

01:25:00He's got to keep it together. Three more laps. I think it was okay. I wonder whether or not we just heard a wrong shift there or something just on that on-board.

01:25:19I heard the microphone breaking up. The engine is a new engine. It's only one race distance on the on the Ferrari lump in the back of the Toro Rosso.

01:25:30Kaz Nakajima touched by David Coulthard. Another incident for David Coulthard.

01:25:38Oh my. Boy that was a bit unfair. Now we've got debris in the Parabolica

01:25:47corner and we've still got two laps to go when Sebastian Vettel goes by. Wow this

01:25:52caught Red Bull on the hop. You can see that the guys dash out. They do have a

01:25:56wing ready. It's like Kaz Nakajima will not get back to the Williams pit. He may be

01:26:01beached in the gravel. I'd like to see a replay of that. There you go.

01:26:08Kaz Nakajima. I thought he turned in fairly early and pow. Oh boy. I think Kaz

01:26:17Nakajima came down on David Coulthard really. David Coulthard was pretty much

01:26:21on the inside of the road. David Coulthard did not seem to change direction and Kaz

01:26:26came down and rather prematurely. Now this is the scene of the crime with that

01:26:30debris in the road. There's Massa.

01:26:43Oh if Massa gets a puncture now or Vettel or Hamilton.

01:26:49The whole story line could change. On board with Vettel. Here comes the warning I bet.

01:26:55Update on the weather. A few drops possible. A few drops possible. Possible debris. Possible debris in the last corner.

01:27:07I'm amazed at the engineers at Toro Rosso remaining so calm. So controlled because this is just wow that was a big

01:27:17incident right there. That's not possible debris. I would have thought they would have told him to keep it

01:27:22tight on the tight line through the last corner there. Yeah. Well that's the kind of thing. Not worried about the fact that it might

01:27:27rain. The injury of the driver coming behind too.

01:27:32Hamilton seems to have come to life again now. He's right up with, he's pulled away from Mark Webber who pulled him up hand over foot.

01:27:40The gap now Vettel to Kovalainen first to second 13.7

01:27:48This is quite remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. Final lap for Sebastian Vettel. In qualifying the unseated Fernando Alonso is the

01:27:58youngest ever Formula One pole winner and he can do the same on this Sunday in September by becoming the youngest ever winner of a

01:28:07Formula One World Championship points race. I bet in the pits right now you could hear a pin drop in the Toro Rosso garage as they look

01:28:16in the telemetry, looking at the suspension, the brakes, the oil temperature of the engine, anything. This car just has to do one lap.

01:28:24That's all that's required of it and it will be the most famous car in Toro Rosso history. The last non-manufacturer based team in

01:28:31Formula One to win a race was back in 2003 when Giancarlo Fisichella got a belated victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix in a

01:28:39Jordan Ford. Boy oh boy they are taking the fight to McLaren International. They are taking the fight to Ferrari in their own

01:28:48backyard. The tiny junior red bull team. They ought to have given money that once it dried out this much that McLaren would have just

01:28:56eaten him alive. McLaren and Kovalainen and they just couldn't make it down to the Parabolica for the last time. Where that debris is.

01:29:04This track has seen so much history over the years. Today began with a tribute to Ronnie Peterson, a three-time winner of the Italian

01:29:11Grand Prix and now a new page is written as 21-year-old Sebastian Vettel wins his first Formula One victory and the first for his team.

01:29:24Thank you Kovalainen. A dutiful second but I think the Finn expected more today and the team expected more of him. And Robert Kubica who

01:29:36took his first career podium here at Monza will finish third. Nick Heidfeld finishes in the points. That will help BMW Sauber consolidate

01:29:47third place in that championship. Fernando Alonso fourth unofficially. This ought to be good.

01:29:54You have won the Italian Grand Prix. You have won the Italian Grand Prix. I'm proud of you. Bravissimo. Impressionante.

01:30:05I don't know what to say. I miss the words. Grazie mille. Grazie mille. Ungara. Perfetto. Thanks. Wonderful race. Great job. Yes!

01:30:18You knew that was coming. Oh man. The guy I just telestrated there was the engineer I was talking about, Giorgio Ascanelli, which has come to this

01:30:27team, taken control of it and turned things around. But boy, driver, chassis, engineer combination. You've just done a fantastic job.

01:30:35And that radio transmission to Vettel hit it right on the head. Now we're not talking about with all due respect to Bahrain or someplace like that.

01:30:43You're taking your first Formula One victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Absolutely. One of the hallowed grounds of all racetracks around the world.

01:30:53Just an amazing feat. Something he will never forget. Nor perhaps will we. And a final note, Kimi Raikkonen gets fast lap of the race on the very last lap.

01:31:04His ninth. We'll be back. Speed's coming.

01:31:09There is an historic moment as we welcome you back live to Monza. The Italian Grand Prix is now over and it has yet another historic winner in Sebastian Vettel and the Toro Rosso Ferrari team.

01:31:24Look how diligently he's putting the padding back and the steering wheel on the car, treating it with such respect.

01:31:31Well, you know, was there ever any doubt when this kid climbed into an unfamiliar BMW Sauber car at the U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis, replacing Robert Kubica, who was injured?

01:31:41And all he did was go out and score points as the youngest driver to do that in Formula One.

01:31:46There's two of the first time winners this year, Robert Kubica in Canada, now Sebastian Vettel here in Italy.

01:32:00And don't forget Heikki Kovalainen. Three first time winners this year.

01:32:07Well, you know, when Michael Schumacher retired a couple of years ago, we thought, well, that's the end of Formula One as we know it, you know.

01:32:14But I mean, Lewis Hamilton coming on the scene last year and this year and Vettel and Kovalainen and these guys, Robert Kubica, who's just an amazing driver.

01:32:24Well, they took the fight to the best in the world and the best in the world were found wanting.

01:32:29Unbelievable result for Toro Rosso at Monza.

01:32:33The first Italian constructor, Arturo Rosso, the first Italian constructor to win a Grand Prix other than Ferrari since the 1957 German Grand Prix when Maserati won at the hands of Juan Manuel Fanchio.

01:32:53Oh, boy, oh, boy. There's the championship standings.

01:32:57One point separates Lewis Hamilton from Felipe Massa pending the results of that International Court of Appeals decision coming up a week from tomorrow.

01:33:09But for now, this story is all about Sebastian Vettel.

01:33:15Back at Monza. What a moment for Sebastian Vettel.

01:33:21And one further historical note.

01:33:23Take a look at this podium.

01:33:24Not only three first time winners this year, but the youngest in Formula One history.

01:34:14Sebastian Vettel.

01:34:44Sebastian Vettel.

01:35:15German driver, Italian constructor winning at Monza.

01:35:32Where have we heard that one before?

01:35:33But this isn't Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, but Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso.

01:35:40I mean, what a day.

01:35:41I mean, the kid looks so composed at 21 years old.

01:35:44The National Anthem being played for you at this most hallowed ground of Monza Autogromo.

01:35:50Just an incredible day.

01:35:51I just he did that fantastic job in the rain yesterday to get that pole position.

01:35:56But I just never thought he'd be able to hold off Heike Kovalainen today.

01:35:59I really didn't.

01:36:00There's Gerhard Berger for a long moment there.

01:36:03There was no representative of the Toro Rosso team up there on the podium.

01:36:06Oh, Steve, you must be happy to see your old pal Gerhard Berger receive that trophy.

01:36:11I'm happy for what he's achieved with that team.

01:36:13There's no question about that.

01:36:14He deserves to have a good day today.

01:36:21I'll tell you what, Kovalainen looking pretty somber there, because he knows that he should have won that race.

01:36:26Really.

01:36:28McLaren needed him to win it.

01:36:29Well, they needed him to win it.

01:36:31And I think he should have done.

01:36:33And then, of course, Robert Kubica, their strategy just worked like a charm.

01:36:37Great when a plan comes together.

01:36:39Absolutely.

01:36:40But, I mean, all the strength of McLaren.

01:36:44And as we're talking with Peter and Hamilton at the Top of the Shop, a thousand personnel producing the McLaren chassis

01:36:51just had no response whatsoever for Vettel and the tiny little STR chassis.

01:36:56I mean, it's just incredible.

01:36:58Talk about giant killers.

01:37:00Time for the champagne.

01:37:01And look at that shot.

01:37:03That is uniquely Monza.

01:37:06Welcome back live to Monza.

01:37:08Look at all of those happy fans, Ferrari fans, Vins, people from all over the world,

01:37:14who cannot be happy with this moment for Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso taking victory.

01:37:19Well, of course, just outside Milan, as you said earlier on, I mean, it's a great place to have a race.

01:37:23Very easy to get to.

01:37:24Here's Peter.

01:37:25Sensational Santander Italian Grand Prix.

01:37:27Third for the BMW Saab team, Robert Kubica.

01:37:29Second for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, Heikki Kovalainen,

01:37:32and scoring his first ever Grand Prix win, youngest driver ever to do so,

01:37:36and the first win for Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel.

01:37:41Well, Sebastian, all I can say is over to you.

01:37:44Your emotions, your feelings as you looked at that crowd and you just won your first Grand Prix.

01:37:50Unbelievable.

01:37:51I mean, the whole race we had no problems.

01:37:53The car was working really fine.

01:37:55I had a fantastic race, a very good strategy.

01:37:58But, you know, all that was gone when I crossed the chequered flag, the finish line.

01:38:03And then the lap back to the pits and then the whole podium ceremony was just unbelievable.

01:38:11I mean, the people, I think, is for sure the best day of my life.

01:38:15I mean, these pictures, these emotions, I will never forget.

01:38:19I mean, it's unbelievable.

01:38:20It's so much better than you might think it is.

01:38:24It's great.

01:38:25I mean, again, I can just say a big, big thank you to all the guys working in the team.

01:38:32They did a fantastic job.

01:38:33I mean, who might have thought about that in the beginning of the season?

01:38:37We had a poor start, let's say.

01:38:39Then we got better and better.

01:38:41I mean, in these conditions, we can make a bit of our gap by a bit more effort

01:38:47or staying a bit longer full throttle.

01:38:49But, I mean, it's great.

01:38:51It's fantastic.

01:38:52I'm speechless.

01:38:53Well, let's try to fill in some of the details.

01:38:55A safety car start, pretty wet, slippery, miserable conditions,

01:38:59but fabulous for you right at the front, no visibility problems.

01:39:03Pulled out almost a second a lap, something like 12 kilometers now,

01:39:06quicker than anybody in a straight line in those early phases of the race.

01:39:10Talk us through that.

01:39:11Well, I mean, for the speed trap, I think there is an explanation.

01:39:14I mean, we didn't go on more downforce configuration.

01:39:17We were thinking it might be dry today, so we stick to the dry level and didn't touch it.

01:39:22So on the straight lines, we were very bloody fast compared to all the others.

01:39:26Obviously, being first, I mean, the safety car start helped me,

01:39:29but being first, having no visibility problems at all, I think was the key.

01:39:34And I could make a quite good gap, solid gap, about six, seven seconds to Heikki straight away.

01:39:41I mean, and then I was pushing very hard, sometimes went a bit over the limit,

01:39:45nearly lost the car.

01:39:46It was so difficult in the beginning.

01:39:48There was a lot of water, but I think it got more tricky

01:39:51when we were in the middle of the race and there was no standing water anymore.

01:39:56I mean, I think all the people went left and right and looking for some water to cool down the tyres.

01:40:02It was very, very slippery.

01:40:05Then in the last stint, I mean, I was in a very good position.

01:40:08Obviously, I stayed a bit longer than Heikki and he put the intermediate tyre.

01:40:12So I was on the radio with my team talking to my engineer and he said,

01:40:15yeah, it's fine for Inter, let's go on Inter.

01:40:18And then I think it was the right choice.

01:40:20So overall, I mean, what a weekend, perfect weekend.

01:40:24I mean, pole position, race win, unbelievable.

01:40:28I mean, I don't know what to say really.

01:40:31Well, your first podium and you win, and it's for a win.

01:40:35How did you control the race in terms of concentration?

01:40:38What was going through your mind?

01:40:39Tell us about that in the closing stages.

01:40:42Yeah, sometimes I was thinking, you know, there's still P1 on my board.

01:40:48How can it be?

01:40:49I mean, then I'm few to finish.

01:40:50There's nothing, no trouble anymore, no pit stops, nothing.

01:40:54So just keep it together.

01:40:56But then I have to say, I was extremely focused, focused every lap.

01:40:59I didn't lift and try to save the engine or save the tyres or anything.

01:41:03Of course, I was looking after my car, but I was trying to keep attention

01:41:08because obviously being, especially towards the end,

01:41:11when there was kind of a dry line throughout some corners,

01:41:15it was very, very crucial to stick on that dry line.

01:41:18Just half a metre too late or too wide, you can be off.

01:41:21So it was extremely difficult to keep up concentration.

01:41:24But in the end, I was just always trying to push

01:41:26and trying to increase the gap to the guys behind.

01:41:32Unbelievable.

01:41:34Sebastian, congratulations.

01:41:35We'll come back to you in a second for further thoughts.

01:41:38Moving on to you, Eki, congratulations.

01:41:40A strong podium finish, a good second place,

01:41:42potentially a win out there for you today.

01:41:44Talk us through the early laps and how your car was.

01:41:49Well, clearly not possible to win today.

01:41:52Sebastian and Toro have been strong here all weekend.

01:41:57I had a little bit of a problem earlier on in the race,

01:42:00in the first couple of stints, especially with the extreme wet tyre.

01:42:05And some problems also to warm up my brakes.

01:42:08So I was just struggling to find any more time and trying to go faster.

01:42:15But we kept pushing and then towards the end it got a little bit better.

01:42:22But I think it was the maximum we could do today.

01:42:24And we still got some good points.

01:42:27And we can just look forward to the next round now.

01:42:30The brake problem to which you've heard and the tyre problem

01:42:32related to the ambient and the weather conditions today

01:42:35or are we talking a mechanical issue here?

01:42:37No, I think it's related to the ambient temperature

01:42:40and how to get them working.

01:42:43And it was just a little bit difficult today.

01:42:46But it wasn't easy for anyone out there.

01:42:50I'm sure everybody had some problems with them.

01:42:53But I felt that that's where the performance was today.

01:42:57And I couldn't find it earlier on in the race.

01:43:01And just to finish that point, did this materialise at all

01:43:04during the wet practice or qualifying sessions yesterday?

01:43:08A little bit.

01:43:09But to me it felt it was a bit of a surprise

01:43:14to have that kind of problem in the race.

01:43:16Especially after a few laps.

01:43:18Normally the first few laps it might be a bit of a problem

01:43:20but then it should go away.

01:43:22And it felt more difficult for longer.

01:43:25So that was a bit of a surprise.

01:43:27Did the safety car start make that situation worse or perhaps help it?

01:43:30No, I think it helped it a little bit

01:43:33to get the temperatures up a little bit better for the first lap.

01:43:39But it's difficult to say whether it made a big difference or not.

01:43:42I think it was still going to be difficult

01:43:44whatever the start was going to be.

01:43:46Well, congratulations to you anyway.

01:43:47Very strong points finish for you today.

01:43:50And Robert, congratulations to you.

01:43:52Your helmet says it all.

01:43:53This is the circuit in which you scored your first podium finish two years ago.

01:43:56And you're celebrating that with another podium here at Monza.

01:43:59I mean, quite a good weekend.

01:44:01After yesterday's qualifying, which didn't go like we were expecting,

01:44:05we were the first car out of Qualy 3.

01:44:08So the only positive thing was that we could choose our strategy

01:44:13looking for how we would be the weather in the race

01:44:16and the condition on the track.

01:44:18I think we did the right choice.

01:44:20I stayed as long as possible until my pit stop.

01:44:24And then we were a bit lucky that the condition allowed us

01:44:27to put intermediate tyres.

01:44:29We were able to make up quite a good pace,

01:44:33closing up to Heikki, but he was too far away.

01:44:37And the last laps were just cruising, bringing the car home.

01:44:42But the start of the race was very difficult.

01:44:45I mean, I overtook Nick without seeing him.

01:44:49Suddenly I realised I was in front of him on the straight line,

01:44:52but I didn't see him at all.

01:44:54So it's not easy starting in the middle of the pack,

01:44:58in this condition, but I kept the car on the track.

01:45:01We did face some problems on the pressures on the tyres

01:45:04when the track was drying up.

01:45:07We were, I think, with Fernando struggling a lot.

01:45:10Luis kept by easy, he was much quicker,

01:45:13but I think then we were a bit lucky that we stayed longer

01:45:16so we were able to put intermediate straight away.

01:45:19Robert, talk a little bit about that helmet design,

01:45:22what it means to you, what it means to be on the podium again here in Italy,

01:45:25after which you've done so much racing in your career.

01:45:27Well, yeah, I mean, there's no secret that I have grown up as a driver and as a kid,

01:45:32most of the time in Italy, from my age, from 13 to 18 years old.

01:45:37A special place for me, Monza, after the Hungarian Grand Prix,

01:45:42where there are a lot of Polish fans, which are coming, supporting me,

01:45:46which I thank them.

01:45:48Here in Monza, there are massive Polish fans,

01:45:50but also Italians, which are cheering for me.

01:45:53That's why I just want to thank them for support,

01:45:57to thank all the people who have supported me in my career in Italy,

01:46:01all the teams, everybody who I met on my way to Formula 1.

01:46:05That's why we divided the helmet into two pieces.

01:46:08One was Italian colours, one was Polish colours.

01:46:12Yeah, that's all.

01:46:14Thank you, Robert. Congratulations.

01:46:16Sebastian, as you say, returning to you,

01:46:18if I could suggest that this is a poignant moment,

01:46:20in terms of Toro Rosso being an Italian team

01:46:23and the history of that team,

01:46:24and perhaps we could think a little bit about Minardi

01:46:26and how that team started in 1985,

01:46:28and indeed, since the first Italian, non-Ferrari Italian team

01:46:32to win a Grand Prix since 1957.

01:46:35Yeah, I think that says it all.

01:46:37I mean, you know, all the people,

01:46:39they might be used to hear the Italian national anthem,

01:46:43but for Scuderia Ferrari, as you said, it's a long time ago,

01:46:47and I think it's very, very special,

01:46:49very unique for all the team.

01:46:51I think they will never forget this day,

01:46:53as well as I won't, so incredible.

01:46:56I mean, you know, it has been so much fun

01:46:59working together with them.

01:47:01Obviously, it was difficult last year.

01:47:03I did my debut for BMW Sauber,

01:47:05and then, you know, thanks to Franz Toost, Gerhard Berger,

01:47:09and all the team and Red Bull,

01:47:12they gave me their trust and said,

01:47:14OK, we have a seat for you, take it.

01:47:16Obviously, when I started, you know,

01:47:18I've seen quite every possible angle of the grid now,

01:47:22and it's difficult when you always start from the back

01:47:25and you have to fight your way.

01:47:27You might finish a race in P15 without anyone noticing,

01:47:32but you still might have done a very good job,

01:47:35so you can still be happy, walk out of the paddock

01:47:38and be proud of yourself and your team.

01:47:40Obviously, now we can be proud of ourselves,

01:47:43celebrating a victory.

01:47:45It's great to put these words together.

01:47:48It sounds just unbelievable.

01:47:51As I said, where we started last year,

01:47:54I mean, the team, the mentality has changed so much.

01:47:57The atmosphere is fantastic.

01:47:59Everybody's extremely motivated.

01:48:01When I jumped in the car in front before the race,

01:48:04everybody said, OK, now destroy them,

01:48:07or just push like hell or whatever.

01:48:09All the guys, they were joking,

01:48:11and they were happy and looking forward.

01:48:14In that sense, you could say we had the balls to do it today.

01:48:19Obviously, then a trouble-free race, perfect pit stops,

01:48:22you may not forget.

01:48:24Compared to BMW or McLaren, Mercedes or Ferrari,

01:48:28we have not that amount of manpower at home in the factory.

01:48:33Obviously, we get a lot of help from Red Bull Technology,

01:48:36but still we have about 160 people working in Firenze,

01:48:40and I think every single one today feels very special

01:48:43and can feel very special.

01:48:45I mean, I'm one of them, so we are a big team,

01:48:49and I feel extremely happy.

01:48:51Congratulations again, and thank you very much.

01:48:54Well, for a guy who went out on lap one

01:48:56in three of the first four Grand Prix of the 2008 season,

01:49:00it's been a long and interesting road

01:49:02for Sebastian Vettel to the top of the podium.

01:49:05Welcome back to Monza, one victory down, just 90 to go,

01:49:09and Sebastian Vettel will be right there with Michael Schumacher.

01:49:12Final results of the Italian Grand Prix.

01:49:14Well, it was an amazing result for Sebastian Vettel there,

01:49:17leading from the pole.

01:49:18Who would have thought he would have won it?

01:49:20Eike Kovalainen somehow being 12 seconds off at the end.

01:49:22Kubica doing a great strategy there,

01:49:24coming out to third from 11th for Lonzo,

01:49:26his usual gritty drive into fourth.

01:49:28Nick Heidfeld hanging in there in the second BMW.

01:49:31Felipe Massa not taking that golden opportunity,

01:49:33in fact, only finishing one spot in front of Lewis Hamilton

01:49:36and two spots in front of Webber.

01:49:38Two to 14th, Kimi Räikkönen and the other Ferrari at Monza,

01:49:41out of the points in P9.

01:49:43Nelson Piquet, Jr., Pireno down there in 10th,

01:49:45Nico Rosberg, Pireno down there.

01:49:47Then Jenson Button for Honda,

01:49:49David Coulthard for Red Bull right down the bottom.

01:49:51Giancarlo Fittich-Keller with that wing problem, P20.

01:49:54And now there are four to go.

01:49:56There you see the points.

01:49:57Look at that, one point between Hamilton and Massa.

01:49:59Robert Kubica keeps himself right in the fight there.

01:50:02Kimi Räikkönen scored no points again.

01:50:04Heidfeld got points there.

01:50:05Kovalainen got a lot of points.

01:50:07Alonso got points.

01:50:08Jarno Trulli got points.

01:50:09And look at that, in 9th in the championship standings now,

01:50:12Sebastian Vettel, only three points behind Jarno Trulli.

01:50:15Timo Glock there with 15.

01:50:17Nelson Piquet still on 13.

01:50:18Rubens Barrichello.

01:50:20There you see the rest of the runners.

01:50:21Sebastian Bordet, the unluckiest guy on the grid today.

01:50:24And in the Constructors' Championship,

01:50:26well, Ferrari out there in front, 134.

01:50:28But boy, is it getting close.

01:50:30McLaren Mercedes, 129.

01:50:32BMW Saab, 117.

01:50:34Solid there in 3rd.

01:50:36Then Toyota and Renault.

01:50:37Look at those fellows.

01:50:38Locked on 41.

01:50:39And Toro Rosso jumped from 8th to 6th

01:50:42over Red Bull Renault in 26th.

01:50:44Right down the bottom, Force India yet to score.

01:50:47And now the teams will pack up

01:50:49and head to the second new circuit on this year's calendar.

01:50:52Singapore.

01:50:53Our coverage of the Grand Prix of Singapore weekend

01:50:55begins in just two weeks.

01:50:57Join us Friday, September 26th at 9.30 a.m. Eastern

01:51:01for the second Friday practice.

01:51:02Saturday, the 27th at 10 a.m. Eastern.

01:51:05We'll have coverage of knockout qualifying,

01:51:07which will take place under the lights in Singapore.

01:51:10Finally, on Sunday, the 28th,

01:51:12the first-ever Formula 1 race under artificial light

01:51:15along the harbourfront in Singapore.

01:51:17We'll start things off at 7.30 a.m. time

01:51:19with the Acura Pre-Race Show.

01:51:21For David Hobbs, Steve Matchett, and Peter Windsor,

01:51:23I'm Bob Farsha.

01:51:24We'll see you in two weeks from the Pacific Rim.

01:51:27Until then, so long, everybody.

2008 Italian GP Race

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