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00:00:00to save the brakes and to save his rubber and and just when to attack but for my

00:00:06money it's between these two okay well the cars are in position now and in just

00:00:12a moment everything should be in readiness for the 1982 Belgian Grand

00:00:17Prix from Zolder I would imagine one man who certainly won't be worrying about

00:00:23the accident will be Nicky Lauder he seems to have the temperament to handle

00:00:27those sort of things particularly having gone through such a a nasty accident

00:00:31himself yes I'll be the furthest thing from their mind that's for sure okay

00:00:35the cars are off let's join Murray Walker and James Hunt

00:00:42and one of the Alfa Romeo's Giacomelli it's Giacomelli in the Alfa Romeo and Salazar

00:00:48out at the beginning of the Belton Grand Prix and Nigel Mansell is stuck getting a

00:00:54push start yes that's most unfortunate for those those two cars it's so narrow

00:00:59the track there at Zolder at the start that really where one car stalls like

00:01:04that there goes Derek Warwick just getting away a bit of a late starter both

00:01:07drivers all right cars probably not damaged very much it was just a little

00:01:10bumper of things but it's so narrow when one car stops on the grid it's almost

00:01:14inevitable that contact will be made and we've had some a lot of start line

00:01:17accidents it's old and I really think that they should widen that track there for the

00:01:21start lap one then and soon we will see we hope well it's one of the Renaults that's for

00:01:27sure and behind him is Rosberg and I can't identify which of the Renaults is in the

00:01:33lead at the moment but certainly it is Renaults first and third with the very

00:01:37determined finish driver Kiki Rosberg it looks like René Arnoux and it is René Arnoux who has had such

00:01:45terrible luck this season and up behind Alain Prost is Nicky Lauda in the

00:01:50Barbara McCarran and tires as ever going to count in this race so Rosberg second

00:01:57then Prost goes through then Lauda there's Alvareto there are Patrese and Piquet and through they go and you will have noticed that Derek Warwick had a bad start at the beginning

00:02:08so one lap has now been completed there is the spread out as they go down to the

00:02:15canal turn with the enormous canal you will see in the background as they turn there it is and

00:02:23René Arnoux is as he has done so many times before leading from the start with

00:02:28Rosberg crossed, Lauda, Di Cesaris, Alvareto, Patrese, Piquet and there is Elio De Angelis in about ninth position

00:02:40now this is the second lap up to the chicane

00:02:42I see some yellow flags waving up at the chicane at the top of the picture just in the background there but we didn't get a chance to see what the incident was

00:02:50well René Arnoux will be praying I'm sure even this early in the race that he has car reliability this time

00:03:02you will recall at San Marino he had the most appalling luck there is the very talented Alvareto still ahead in the candy

00:03:11of the two turbo BMW Brabham cars of Patrese and Piquet as the leader goes through

00:03:19as Alvareto has certainly come on a lot and it looks now as if Ken Tyrrell has put together a much better car than he has had for the last couple of years

00:03:27Alvareto impressed a great deal at Imola in the last Grand Prix but it was difficult to make comparisons then because it wasn't a full field there

00:03:35and there weren't of course all the Foka teams but he impressed there and he's certainly confirming it here he's qualified very well indeed

00:03:42he was very quick in qualifying and he's at the moment doing a very competent job in the race

00:03:47well let's watch carefully Keki Rosberg I remind you that in second place he is in the new FW08 Williams car

00:03:55he is on Goodyear tyres and the leader René Arnoux is on Michelin tyres are going to be very very critical in this race

00:04:03and as the fuel loads light we expect to see them go a lot quicker and now you look down and you can see the gap

00:04:10when I took it on the stopwatch it was four-fifths of a second between the yellow and white turbo Renault

00:04:18in the lead of René Arnoux and the white and green Williams of Keki Rosberg

00:04:23and Rosberg closing right up at the very very tight right-hander

00:04:28and then it crossed and already Lauda and Watson are starting to chase him

00:04:34yes it looks as if Lauda's trying to find a way around Alan Frost

00:04:38I think it was interesting that helicopter shot that we had

00:04:42you see how the Williams closes up in the corners

00:04:43the car at the chassis obviously doing a lot better in the corners

00:04:46and now the turbo goes away on the straights

00:04:48the old story that we get every Grand Prix these days

00:04:51brawn against brains as far as chassis performance is concerned

00:04:56with the strong powerful turbo engines that they've got

00:04:59and they can't get quite as well around corners

00:05:01there he goes closing up again

00:05:03now they're on the power and he starts to fall back

00:05:05look at that Renault accelerate

00:05:06that a small difference in invisible acceleration means a really huge difference in power output of the engines

00:05:13now they come off to the main straight

00:05:16we'll see if we get a shot down there that the Renault really stretches his lead

00:05:19Lauda climbing all over the back of Frost

00:05:22but of course stuck when he gets to the straights

00:05:24and behind Nicky Lauda is Andrea de Cesaris

00:05:27and see now how Keki Rosberg seems to be getting the measure of the leader Arnoux

00:05:33but Arnoux pulls away on sheer power there

00:05:37as does Frost behind him in third place

00:05:40but it's a terrific race at the opening of this 70 lap Belgian Grand Prix

00:05:45I remind you

00:05:46René Arnoux leads

00:05:48Keki Rosberg second

00:05:49there they are

00:05:49and Lauda's going through and taking Frost

00:05:51up into third position

00:05:53goes the determined Austrian Nicky Lauda

00:05:55with Frost behind him

00:05:57and then de Cesaris

00:05:58yes excellent piece of driving by Lauda

00:06:00he was looking at the manoeuvre of the previous lap

00:06:03practising it possibly

00:06:04working out how he's going to do it

00:06:05here we see it again

00:06:06he's obviously come through the two previous corners

00:06:09he does very well to get that post to the Renault

00:06:11and he's been able to out break the heavier Renault

00:06:13into the corner

00:06:14and I think he'll now go away and chase Rosberg

00:06:18but of course I think Rosberg looks to me

00:06:20as if he's going to go a lot quicker

00:06:22than he is at the moment

00:06:23if he can get past Arnoux

00:06:24he's going to have the same problem

00:06:26that he'd be well advised

00:06:27to have been looking in his mirrors there

00:06:28although he probably couldn't have seen what Lauda did

00:06:30and picked that as probably the only real passing spot

00:06:33on the circuit for him

00:06:35and Keki Rosberg of course

00:06:37has got a score to pay off

00:06:40because he had his second place cancelled from Brazil

00:06:44De Cesaris is through as well

00:06:46right so Alain Prost

00:06:48as he did in the previous race at San Marino

00:06:51looks as though he has struck trouble

00:06:53and that is the world championship leader Alain Prost

00:06:56six points ahead of Nicky Lauda

00:06:58and now look at the gaff battle between Arnoux

00:07:02and Keki Rosberg is going

00:07:03and he's through

00:07:04into the lead goes Keki Rosberg

00:07:06and this is lap five in this 70 lap race

00:07:10incredible place to do it

00:07:12between the two right handers

00:07:13that's the most extraordinary piece of opportunist driving

00:07:16but he succeeded with the manoeuvre

00:07:18so full marks to Keki Rosberg

00:07:21of course having to take every opportunity with these runners

00:07:23if they present one you've got to pass

00:07:25that's Prost

00:07:26it looked to me as though Prost put his hand up

00:07:28and is out of the race

00:07:29let's check

00:07:30there goes Nicky Lauda

00:07:33well we'll have to take another check

00:07:36because Nicky Lauda goes through

00:07:37and could it have been Arnoux

00:07:39where is Arnoux in relation to Keki Rosberg

00:07:42it must have been René Arnoux

00:07:44I saw a Renault and I saw that it is

00:07:47Nicky Lauda is in second place

00:07:49and on lap six then

00:07:51we have the sensational situation

00:07:53that it would appear this early

00:07:55as though René Arnoux

00:07:57the race leader

00:07:58is once again with his bad luck jeep striking

00:08:01out of the race

00:08:03Alain Prost is down

00:08:05and there is the Renault pit

00:08:06and that must be

00:08:07we'll get a close look hopefully in a minute

00:08:09René Arnoux

00:08:11two world championship Grand Prix's

00:08:13to his credit in the past

00:08:14but today is not going to be another one

00:08:17and now it looks as though we're going to have

00:08:19the wonderful sight of the Williams

00:08:23there it is with Keki Rosberg

00:08:25and I remind you

00:08:26particularly our viewers in Australia

00:08:29but last year

00:08:30Alan Jones was in this commanding position

00:08:33having fought his way up into the lead

00:08:35ahead of his teammate Carlos Reutemann

00:08:37and Jones went off

00:08:39badly scored at his leg

00:08:41and now we have another Williams in the lead

00:08:44this year a new car Keki Rosberg

00:08:47with the ex world champion Nicky Lauda in second place

00:08:49there is Rosberg

00:08:51that is Lauda

00:08:52third is De Cesaris

00:08:54fourth is Arnoux

00:08:56and then Petrezia

00:08:58the thing that Keki has to do now of course

00:09:01is just settle back and get into a nice steady groove

00:09:04I don't think he has to worry about Lauda at this stage

00:09:07although Lauda is on Michelin tyres

00:09:09and Keki is on Goodyear

00:09:10so it'll be really a case of seeing which tyre holds up the best

00:09:13as the race progresses

00:09:15the marbles will build up on the outside

00:09:17and so therefore both drivers will have to take it extremely cautious

00:09:21but Lauda I think is in a very good position

00:09:24he can pace himself off Rosberg

00:09:26and Rosberg is the one who has to set the pace

00:09:28so it's going to develop into quite an interesting situation

00:09:30they are undoubtedly going to have a very gruelling race physically

00:09:55and it's important then therefore for anybody who can get in front to get away a bit

00:09:59in order to have a cushion

00:10:01against which to relax the driving a little bit later in the race

00:10:05well now watch Andrea De Cesaris in the Alfa Romeo

00:10:09because it looks to me with Rosberg going through

00:10:12and there is Lauda

00:10:14as though De Cesaris is closing up

00:10:16there is De Cesaris

00:10:17there is crossed fourth

00:10:19Patrese fifth

00:10:20Albaretto sixth

00:10:21and John Watson it looked like in seventh position

00:10:24Keki Rosberg

00:10:26and he is on lap eight in this 70 lap race

00:10:34lap eight then

00:10:36Keki Rosberg in the Saudia Williams

00:10:40leads that man that we are looking at now

00:10:43number eight

00:10:44Niki Lauda winner at Long Beach

00:10:46back after two years of absence from the sport

00:10:52and there disappearing down towards the chicane

00:10:54the red car of Andrea De Cesaris

00:10:56through the chicane goes Rosberg

00:10:59down towards the long left handed Sterewacht

00:11:02which is a third gear corner

00:11:04change up into four

00:11:06and where is Niki Lauda

00:11:10we should see the red and white Marlborough car

00:11:12there it goes there is De Cesaris

00:11:14so the first three are quite spread out

00:11:16and you are looking at number six Keki Rosberg

00:11:20fifth in South Africa

00:11:22disqualified from his second place

00:11:24and Brazil as Alain Prost number 15 in the Renault

00:11:28has got a turbo car behind him

00:11:30it is not however a turbo Renault

00:11:34it is the turbo of Riccardo Patrese

00:11:36who like his teammate Nelson Piquet

00:11:38had endless trouble in practice

00:11:40Rosberg completes a lap

00:11:42Lauda

00:11:44Well we rejoined Zolder

00:11:46and the positions haven't changed

00:11:48if anything Rosberg has increased his lead just fractionally

00:11:50Lauda seems to have settled in

00:11:52and so indeed does De Cesaris

00:11:55Patrese is doing very well

00:11:57and the BMW engine Braddon

00:11:58he is up into fourth place

00:11:59so it looks like just for the time being

00:12:01they are all playing a bit of a waiting game

00:12:03and sorting each other out

00:12:04and in the meantime

00:12:05we will switch back to Murray Walker

00:12:06and James Hunt at Zolder

00:12:11Very very unhappy

00:12:12because Nigel Mansell was a brilliant third

00:12:15and last year was the first Englishman

00:12:19to be up on the victory podium

00:12:21since James Hunt

00:12:23and away goes Keke Rosberg now

00:12:26now

00:12:28he will be attempting of course

00:12:30to build himself that cushion

00:12:31between himself and Nicky Lauda

00:12:33Nicky who is a very experienced

00:12:36and wily tactician

00:12:37may well be biding his time

00:12:39it is still early in the race

00:12:41this is lap 11

00:12:43and you can see the lead

00:12:45that Rosberg has got over Lauda

00:12:47and there is De Cesaris going through

00:12:49in the Alfa Romeo

00:12:51in third position

00:12:52followed by Patrese and Watson

00:12:54and it is very clear

00:12:56that the MP4 McLaren cars

00:12:59are very well suited to this circuit

00:13:02Lauda in second position

00:13:04Watson climbing up all the time

00:13:05and there is confirmation

00:13:06fastest lap

00:13:08fastest lap so far

00:13:09Nicky Lauda

00:13:101 minute 21.3

00:13:11slower than the lap record

00:13:13Yes the Marlborough McLarenty

00:13:15must really be applauded

00:13:16for bringing the car on

00:13:18I think Nicky's helped a lot

00:13:19with the development

00:13:20but since they built the car last year

00:13:22it has steadily improved

00:13:23they've done obviously

00:13:24an effective development program

00:13:26I think it made its biggest strides

00:13:28when Nicky joined the team

00:13:29whether that was coincidence

00:13:30or whether it was his help

00:13:31but undoubtedly Nicky's a very experienced test driver

00:13:34and the car is now

00:13:35I would say fully competitive

00:13:37amongst certainly amongst the Cosworth engine cars

00:13:43Cross dropping back

00:13:44and Michele Albaretto catching him

00:13:46Nelson Piquet goes through

00:13:48there is Derek Daly

00:13:49and De Cesaris

00:13:50and Jean-Pierre Jarrier

00:13:53in the Ocella

00:13:54is in about 10th position

00:13:55there is Jacques Lafitte

00:13:56well down in the Torbott

00:13:59which wasn't going at all well in practice

00:14:02and both Jacques Lafitte

00:14:04and Eddie Cheever

00:14:05despondently said

00:14:06that their cars were now too old

00:14:08they're desperately waiting

00:14:09for the new JS19

00:14:11which is definitely going to appear

00:14:14Guy Ligier says

00:14:15at Monaco

00:14:16which is the next Grand Prix

00:14:18coming up to the start of lap 13

00:14:36in this 70 lap race

00:14:39and the question is

00:14:41can Nicky Lauda do anything about the gap

00:14:43between himself and Nicky Rosberg

00:14:45Patrese goes through

00:14:47there's the turbo

00:14:49BMW powered car

00:14:50it is said

00:14:52that the Brabham team

00:14:53were not particularly anxious

00:14:55to run this car

00:14:56at Belgium

00:14:57and that they had an ultimatum

00:14:59from the BMW outfit

00:15:00to say that they would withdraw

00:15:02the engines

00:15:03and all the facilities

00:15:04that they had been given

00:15:05if Brabham did not run the turbos

00:15:08and they have done so

00:15:09John Watson's having a good race

00:15:11by the look of things

00:15:12that's him just following Patrese

00:15:14there in the Brabham

00:15:15and from what I can see

00:15:17they don't really appear

00:15:18to be losing much ground

00:15:19to the leaders

00:15:20and with the length of this race

00:15:22to go in a few dropouts

00:15:23it looks as if Watson

00:15:24could well be up there

00:15:26supporting Nicky Lauda

00:15:27or even possibly having a go to race him

00:15:30lap 13 out of 70

00:15:33and in the lead

00:15:35Keke Rosberg

00:15:36from second place

00:15:37Nicky Lauda

00:15:38third

00:15:39De Cesaris

00:15:40in fourth position

00:15:42behind De Cesaris

00:15:44and coming up well

00:15:46is Ricciardo Patrese

00:15:47then behind Patrese

00:15:49John Watson

00:15:50and we look down now

00:15:53on the Brabham BMW

00:15:55Patrese

00:15:56and Watson

00:15:57Patrese

00:15:58Patrese has extended the gap

00:16:00this is the man

00:16:02Ricciardo Patrese

00:16:03who spent four years

00:16:05with the Arrows team

00:16:06there he goes

00:16:09until this year

00:16:11so at the end of the 12th lap

00:16:14on lap 13

00:16:15with still a long long way to go

00:16:18Keke Rosberg

00:16:19is very much in command

00:16:21from Nicky Lauda

00:16:22with in third place

00:16:24Andrea De Cesaris

00:16:25then behind De Cesaris

00:16:27it is Patrese

00:16:29Patrese

00:16:30and Watson

00:16:31and Alain Prost

00:16:33flipping down the field

00:16:34all the time

00:16:48well they're still locked very much

00:16:50in the same position

00:16:51Rosberg still trying to get away

00:16:53Lauda

00:16:54as Murray said earlier

00:16:55with all his experience

00:16:56will be probably

00:16:58whilst trying to conserve

00:16:59both his own energy and strength

00:17:01and his tyres

00:17:02I feel sure

00:17:03we'll still be

00:17:04desperately trying to keep

00:17:05that gap

00:17:06from getting any larger

00:17:07and preferably

00:17:08trying to close it a bit

00:17:09no doubt that Rosberg

00:17:10will be charging

00:17:11full out at the moment

00:17:13it is easy to complain

00:17:17but whilst we're watching

00:17:18Rosberg

00:17:19and Lauda

00:17:20go through

00:17:21and with the knowledge

00:17:22that De Cesaris

00:17:23will be coming up

00:17:24in third position

00:17:25I hope the producer

00:17:26will take us down the field

00:17:27a bit

00:17:28because Alain Prost

00:17:29is now having a terrific scrap

00:17:31with Michele Alvareto

00:17:33and that is for sixth position

00:17:37and if Alvareto

00:17:38could get ahead of Prost

00:17:40it will push the Frenchman

00:17:42out of the World Championship

00:17:43points situation

00:17:44because sixth place

00:17:46is the lowest place

00:17:47you can finish in

00:17:49and score a single point

00:17:51and it will put

00:17:52the redoubtable Michele Alvareto

00:17:54who has made a terrific name

00:17:55for himself this season

00:17:56up into that desirable situation

00:17:59and we're looking now

00:18:01down from the helicopter

00:18:03at the race leader

00:18:04Keke Rosberg

00:18:06and if he keeps going

00:18:08as he has been going

00:18:10for the whole of this race

00:18:12it will be a wonderful victory

00:18:14first time out

00:18:16there it goes into the chicane

00:18:18now you see the gap

00:18:19as they accelerate away

00:18:20up the hill

00:18:21and then down towards the

00:18:23Te Alhman

00:18:26between Rosberg and Lauda

00:18:28well I know that there are

00:18:34a lot of viewers watching Channel 9

00:18:37out there in Australia

00:18:38I hope the weather is as good for you

00:18:40as it is here in Belgium

00:18:42bright, clear and dry

00:18:43after a very wet practice period

00:18:45you're watching Andrea de Cesaris

00:18:47on lap 15 in this 70 lap race

00:18:50this is the young star

00:18:53who was in pole position at Long Beach

00:18:56there goes Patrese through

00:18:58now leader goes through

00:18:59that's Rosberg

00:19:00second is Lauda

00:19:02third coming towards you is de Cesaris

00:19:04now look back

00:19:06and you see nothing

00:19:07because we go with him

00:19:08down the straight

00:19:10into the Sterebach

00:19:11that's the left-hander

00:19:13which leads down to the right-hand

00:19:15third gear canal turn

00:19:17yes it's a very important race for Andrea de Cesaris

00:19:21here because he's still got to prove himself

00:19:24after his basically good performance at Long Beach

00:19:28until he did do unfortunately

00:19:30what was predicted of him

00:19:31but admittedly a lot later

00:19:33and that was to put it into the wall

00:19:34when he got pole position there

00:19:35and led the race for the best part of half this

00:19:38up until about half distance

00:19:39before he assaulted the wall

00:19:42well he led some of that

00:19:44and Lauda passed him

00:19:45but he's crashed in almost

00:19:49at almost every meeting last year

00:19:51in one way or another

00:19:52and this of course will not

00:19:54further his career

00:19:55unless he can keep it on the island

00:19:56but at the moment

00:19:57he's having a good race

00:19:58he's up the field

00:19:59and so he's very much under the microscope

00:20:02to see if his performance is going to be worthwhile

00:20:04he's old enough now

00:20:06he's a young driver

00:20:07but he's old enough

00:20:08to stop crashing

00:20:09if he's going to do well in the future

00:20:13well John Watson in fifth position

00:20:15that's interesting

00:20:17now we can establish

00:20:19Les goes louder through in second place

00:20:21De Cesaris

00:20:22the next one up

00:20:23should be Riccardo Patrese

00:20:25but now on lap 17

00:20:29we are looking again at De Cesaris

00:20:32having seen Rosberg and Lauda through

00:20:35and this is the battle for fourth place

00:20:37Patrese in the Brabham BMW

00:20:39Watson in the McLaren

00:20:42and there is Alboreto

00:20:48who has got ahead of Alain Prost

00:20:51and Nick and Nelson Piquet

00:20:54there he is

00:20:56the second of those two cars

00:20:58the world champion

00:20:59who is having a thoroughly miserable year

00:21:01he has yet to score a world championship point in 1982

00:21:06and I can't think of a year in which the world champion

00:21:10is into the fifth race without a single point

00:21:13his turbo BMW car went off the course at Kyle Army in South Africa

00:21:19that was the first time it had been used

00:21:21after which

00:21:22the Brabham team switched to the Cosworth engine

00:21:25and this is only the second time it's been

00:21:27the BMW's been used

00:21:29now there is Alboreto

00:21:32there is Prost

00:21:34and Prost I think is going to be taken soon by Nelson Piquet

00:21:39seventh position Alain Prost

00:21:42eighth position therefore Piquet

00:21:44there's the Renault

00:21:46there is Piquet

00:21:48and a hard charger coming up behind Piquet

00:21:51it's Daley

00:21:53Derek Daley

00:21:54in the second of the two Williams cars

00:21:56the FW08

00:22:01and off

00:22:02I saw somebody

00:22:03I think he's headed for the pit

00:22:04oh no

00:22:05well look at the dust

00:22:06maybe he wasn't

00:22:07that was Prost

00:22:08yes the pit entrance is around there

00:22:10but it's hard to say whether that was a mistake

00:22:12Prost I was just going to say

00:22:14he's been developing a queue behind him

00:22:16yes it appears that he has gone into the pits

00:22:18yes there goes Prost

00:22:19into the pits

00:22:20he must have been in trouble

00:22:21because he was building up a big queue behind him

00:22:22which is a sure sign of course

00:22:23that the cars

00:22:24are slowing down

00:22:25going backwards through the field

00:22:26let's see what they're doing to it

00:22:27well they're giving him some fresh tyres

00:22:29that is routine of course

00:22:31in the pit stop

00:22:32to change the tyres

00:22:34we don't seem to have a very clear view of what's going on

00:22:37well the interesting thing is that once again

00:22:40we've had the situation

00:22:41and this is lap 18

00:22:43we have had the situation

00:22:45where the Renaults have been tremendously fast and impressive in practice

00:22:49whole and second fastest positions

00:22:52only to falter during the race

00:22:55now Prost had this situation in South Africa

00:22:58he came into the pits and took on tyres

00:23:01and it looked to me from the shortness of that pit stop

00:23:05that that was all he did here in Belgium

00:23:07and after he had taken on fresh tyres in Kaolami

00:23:11he drove an absolutely classic race

00:23:14on fresh rubber

00:23:15drove right through the field

00:23:17and finished in first place

00:23:20a quite incredible achievement

00:23:22yeah of course you have to remember in South Africa

00:23:24he had the great advantage of having much much more power than everybody else

00:23:29because of the altitude of the circuit

00:23:31with the turbocharged engine

00:23:32they could push through the normal

00:23:34inlet pressure that they want

00:23:37just by turning the wick up a bit

00:23:39whereas there's somebody making a mess

00:23:41I couldn't see whose back view that was

00:23:43but it appears without any damage or suffering

00:23:46so of course Prost in South Africa

00:23:48the turbo cars were just way faster than the others

00:23:50and it was a bit of a processional thing

00:23:53it was a bit of a ballgong conclusion

00:23:55it only made the race slightly interesting

00:23:57by going into the pits

00:23:59now Rosberg is closing up on a tail ender

00:24:03and Lauda looks closer to me than he did before

00:24:05and the tail ender is Raoul Vercel

00:24:07and Lauda is very definitely less than 3 seconds behind kicking Rosberg now

00:24:11and this will be his opportunity to close right up on the pin

00:24:16let us hope he is not balked by Raoul Vercel

00:24:19this is lap 19 in this 70 lap race

00:24:22so Rosberg is past Vercel

00:24:25and De Chetris is closing up on Lauda

00:24:27yes it's nice

00:24:28we've got our leading three

00:24:30are now concertina-ing together a little bit

00:24:32but unfortunately for our own excitement

00:24:35but very fortunate for Rosberg

00:24:37he's managed to get through past Vercel

00:24:39who I imagine must have moved over and let him through

00:24:41Lauda goes through successfully

00:24:47but Lauda had been inching closer

00:24:49for the last five laps or so

00:24:51let's see if now that he's

00:24:53in sort of striking distance

00:24:55whether he can get right up to his tail

00:24:58lap 20 out of 70

00:25:00and Keke Rosberg needs leads Nicky Lauda

00:25:03by the gap that you have seen

00:25:05in third position it is still

00:25:07Andrew De Cheseris in the Alfa Romeo

00:25:09and there are the first three

00:25:11and behind De Cheseris in fourth place

00:25:13it is Patrese

00:25:15then in fifth position it is Watson

00:25:17sixth is Alvaretto

00:25:19seventh is Daley

00:25:21and Elio De Angelis into the pits

00:25:23so that's both Lotuses

00:25:25both John Clare special cars into the pits

00:25:27Mansell out

00:25:29and this is very significant

00:25:31tyres are being changed

00:25:33yes it appears to be only tyres

00:25:35so that's one Goodyear user

00:25:37one Michelin user

00:25:39who have both been changed tyres

00:25:41whether that we are in a marginal tyre situation

00:25:45or not will remain to be seen

00:25:47but there go the leaders they look quite happy and healthy

00:25:49at the moment but of course

00:25:51as Murray says the significance of that is

00:25:53if some are having trouble with their tyres

00:25:55then it is quite possible that many others will

00:25:57and they are usually running

00:25:59most of the teams will be running a similar sort of compound

00:26:01the turbo cars of course are headier

00:26:03so they work their tyres a bit harder

00:26:05in Prost's case

00:26:07his car would be harder on tyres

00:26:09than the normally aspirated cars

00:26:11with their extra power and extra weight

00:26:13we join Zolder in pretty much the position that we left it

00:26:27the first three placings are

00:26:29Rosberg, Lauda, De Cesaris

00:26:31Watson very hard on the hills of Patrese

00:26:33I think it's only a matter of time before we see

00:26:35a change in position there

00:26:37I think the cars seem to be very equally balanced at the moment

00:26:41I think that Rosberg

00:26:43I noticed was sliding a little bit more than what he was

00:26:45at the beginning of the race

00:26:46now whether this is the tyres starting to go off or not

00:26:48time will tell

00:26:50but I reiterate what I said earlier on

00:26:52I think Lauda is in a perfect position

00:26:53he's pacing himself very well

00:26:55he's allowing the gap to be static

00:26:57keeping Rosberg on his toes

00:26:59and I think that we could see him make an attack

00:27:02very very shortly

00:27:03of course De Cesaris is in there as well

00:27:05so Lauda will have to be very careful

00:27:07that he doesn't hang back or relax too much

00:27:09otherwise you'll have young De Cesaris on his tail

00:27:11which is not a very good situation for any driver

00:27:13and now we rejoin back to Zolda to Murray Walker and James Hunt

00:27:16by thinking that he would go a lot quicker on new rubber

00:27:19seems to have been arrived

00:27:21Rosberg leads, there he goes

00:27:23there is Lauda

00:27:25this is De Cesaris

00:27:27there is Prost

00:27:29number 15

00:27:31Alain Prost

00:27:33rapidly seeing his chance of adding to his world championship points disappear

00:27:38and Nicky Lauda on the other hand

00:27:40now on lap 23

00:27:42has got the prospect of at least 6 points

00:27:46for this race

00:27:47if he can keep going

00:27:48and let's see where he is

00:27:50that was Rosberg through

00:27:51and Lauda scrambles past

00:27:54the arrows of Mark Surer

00:27:56and laps him in the process

00:27:58and if Lauda gets those 6 points

00:28:01it would make him equal

00:28:02with Alain Prost

00:28:03in the world championship at the head of it

00:28:05provided of course

00:28:06that Prost doesn't keep going

00:28:08and get a point or two himself

00:28:10so Surer there in the loop

00:28:14lap 24

00:28:15Keke Rosberg leads

00:28:17Nicky Lauda in 2nd position

00:28:19De Cesaris 3rd

00:28:20Patrese in 4th position

00:28:22Watson in 5th position

00:28:24and in the last world championship score point position

00:28:27Michele Alboreto

00:28:287th Daly

00:28:308th is Nelson Piquet

00:28:32and in 9th position

00:28:33Eddie Chiva

00:28:34Alain Prost in the pits again

00:28:37and Alain Prost out of the pits again

00:28:47it looks as though

00:28:48he's got absolutely fresh tyres on

00:28:50in which case

00:28:51he's going through them

00:28:52at an incredible rate

00:28:53yes

00:28:54maybe he's just doing a test session now

00:28:56I mean sometimes

00:28:57when one is out of the running for a race

00:29:00it would be not unknown

00:29:01for some teams

00:29:02to sort of start doing

00:29:03in and out of the pit stop

00:29:04just like in a testing session

00:29:05where you're changing things

00:29:06on the car

00:29:07and trying to get it right

00:29:08but I

00:29:09I got the impression

00:29:10that there was something more

00:29:11than just the tyres wrong

00:29:12with Prost's car

00:29:13I know he changed them

00:29:14when he went into the pits

00:29:15but that's

00:29:16fairly routine

00:29:17but he seemed to be

00:29:18generally slow

00:29:19and that's unlikely to be

00:29:20the tyres that would do that

00:29:21if you

00:29:22one would have expected

00:29:23if something was going wrong

00:29:24with the tyres

00:29:25he'd go quick

00:29:26quickly to start off with

00:29:27and then of course

00:29:28slow down

00:29:29in due course

00:29:30when the tyres started to wear

00:29:31or went off

00:29:32as they say

00:29:33but

00:29:34didn't seem to be that

00:29:350.8 seconds

00:29:36between Andrea de Cesaris

00:29:37in third place

00:29:38and Nicky Lauda

00:29:39who is second

00:29:40and about the same gap

00:29:42between Keke Rosberg

00:29:43the race leader

00:29:44and Lauda

00:29:45so

00:29:46there is

00:29:47in round figures

00:29:48five to six seconds

00:29:50covering the first three cars

00:29:52on lap 25

00:29:54in this 70 lap Belgian Grand Prix

00:29:56with

00:29:57I remind you

00:29:58Nigel Mansell

00:29:59Nigel Mansell

00:30:00out of the race

00:30:01René Arnoux

00:30:02who led at the beginning

00:30:04out of the race

00:30:05in the Renault

00:30:06Alain Prost

00:30:07out of the world championship

00:30:08points position

00:30:09Keke Rosberg

00:30:10leading

00:30:11in the first drive

00:30:12of the new Williams

00:30:14another Patrick headcar

00:30:16and there's a big big crowd in Belgium

00:30:26as we look at Andrea de Cesaris in third position

00:30:30this very young driver who is a very introverted man

00:30:35very very shy

00:30:36not at all anxious to speak to people or to be interviewed

00:30:39and he's out of the car and disappears

00:30:41as soon as it stops in practice

00:30:43there goes Lauda

00:30:44here comes de Cesaris

00:30:46they complete another lap

00:30:48and are therefore into their 26th lap

00:30:57they're lapping of course well outside the lap record now

00:31:02and that's Alboreto

00:31:03or Henton

00:31:04it's certainly one of the Tyrells

00:31:06it's Henton

00:31:07Brian Henton

00:31:08who got the second Tyrell drive

00:31:11after Slim Borgud

00:31:12has left the Tyrell team

00:31:14Henton drove for the Tyrell team at San Marino

00:31:18had trouble

00:31:19failed to complete even a single lap

00:31:21and he's done a lot better in this race

00:31:23in fact he was very well up in practice

00:31:26now look down

00:31:27there is the gap

00:31:28between the first and second place men

00:31:30and they are lapping in about

00:31:321 minute 22 seconds

00:31:35compared with the lap record

00:31:37of Jacques Lafitte

00:31:39which he put up in 1980

00:31:41that's just under 118 miles an hour

00:31:45so in today's terms

00:31:46it is a comparatively leisurely pace

00:31:49although let us not forget

00:31:51that with a long way in the race to go

00:31:54the fuel load is still pretty heavy

00:31:56and Keke Rosberg is extending his lead

00:31:59as Derek Warwick goes through in the Tolman

00:32:01there is Lauda second

00:32:03De Cesare is third

00:32:05and as an aside

00:32:07it's heartening that both the Tolman cars

00:32:11got through and into the race

00:32:15Derek Warwick and his team mate Teo Farby

00:32:18and here are Patrese and Watson

00:32:20now Patrese number two is in fourth position

00:32:23Watson is in fifth place therefore

00:32:25there is Elio De Angelis in the JPS

00:32:27and Michele Alboreto

00:32:29and behind that is Derek Daly

00:32:33so the order now

00:32:34lap 27

00:32:36it is still

00:32:37Rosberg leading

00:32:38Lauda second

00:32:39De Cesare is third

00:32:40Patrese fourth

00:32:41Watson fifth

00:32:42Alboreto sixth

00:32:43and Daly in seventh position

00:32:49Jack Lafitte

00:32:50and Eni Cheever

00:32:51both in Torban

00:32:52and Jack Lafitte goes through

00:32:54and takes his American team mate

00:32:58but his American team mate

00:33:00doesn't seem to like him very much

00:33:01yes he'd be battling away like Goodens don't they?

00:33:10this is the battle for ninth position actually

00:33:12with Jack Lafitte holding it at the present moment

00:33:15and a good old traffic jam going down to the chicane

00:33:19this left right left

00:33:21very very quick chicane

00:33:23which they go through in second gear

00:33:26change up into third

00:33:27Rosberg leads them

00:33:30after 27 laps that is

00:33:32and we are now on lap 28

00:33:35this is the best disorder

00:33:37of course the TV people in their infinite wisdom

00:33:38don't appear to put a camera down at the chicane

00:33:40the only shots we've had of it so far

00:33:42are from the helicopter

00:33:43and that's a place

00:33:45where there's traditionally plenty of action

00:33:47it's a good corner

00:33:48so one wonders what's come over them

00:33:50well we see them accelerating away to the chicane

00:33:57now what are we going to see next

00:33:59we see Brian Hinton

00:34:01and Piquet goes through

00:34:06there's the turbo

00:34:07Jack Lafitte is coming up

00:34:08then

00:34:09so we've got the prospect now

00:34:10of jolly Jack Lafitte

00:34:11number 25 in the Talbot

00:34:13with the wind in his sail

00:34:15catching the world champion

00:34:16in his only his second drive

00:34:18in the Brabham BMW Turbo

00:34:20and it looks as though Lafitte is shaping up

00:34:23to try and take the Brazilian

00:34:26as they come down towards the Boulderburg

00:34:28and that is where Alan Jones went off in 1981

00:34:33and convincingly lost the race

00:34:35fortunately they had a crane to get the car out of the way

00:34:38and a very one-legged Alan hopped over the Armco

00:34:41with a scalded leg

00:34:44there's the chicane

00:34:50that's the aerial shot

00:34:51over the brow of the hill

00:34:53onto the tail arm

00:34:57and that's Brian Hinton

00:34:59getting in the way of Nelson Piquet

00:35:02from Piquet's point of view

00:35:04with Lafitte and Cheever 9th and 10th

00:35:06so this is the 8th, 9th, 10th battle

00:35:08and Lafitte is through

00:35:09yes Hinton managed to get completely in everybody's way

00:35:13there as far as I can see

00:35:15and I don't think that Piquet will be a happy man about that

00:35:19because it cost him potentially the place

00:35:22there you are

00:35:23and he's got a bit boxed by Hinton

00:35:25who should have let them through earlier

00:35:27and really didn't drive in a very intelligent fashion at all

00:35:31not using his mirrors intelligently

00:35:32considering that he's been in the pits

00:35:34is therefore not part of that battle

00:35:36this is the order then

00:35:38as we watch the battle for 8th position

00:35:40between Piquet, Lafitte and Cheever

00:35:42and Piquet seems to have repassed

00:35:44Lafitte who's putting

00:35:46they're really battling away those three

00:35:48Lafitte putting a wheel on the grass

00:35:49I would think that Piquet probably got past on the straight

00:35:51with the power of his turbo

00:35:53going away from that hairpin

00:35:55lap 29 out of 70

00:35:59Keke Rosberg leads

00:36:01second Lauda

00:36:02third De Cesaris

00:36:04fourth Patrese

00:36:05fifth Watson

00:36:07sixth Albaretto

00:36:09seventh is Daly

00:36:11in eighth position is Nelson Piquet

00:36:13and let us now very quickly consider the world championship situation

00:36:17as that good old scrap goes down towards the chicane

00:36:20Alain Prost who leads the world championship is not in the points position at the moment

00:36:24Nikki Lauda who is second in the championship is second in the race

00:36:28Michele Albaretto

00:36:30third in the championship

00:36:31sixth in the race

00:36:32and Didier Pironi who is equal in the championship didn't start

00:36:37and Keke Rosberg who is fifth is in the lead

00:36:41there he goes

00:36:42fifth in the world championship in the lead in the race

00:36:45and he is on lap 30 out of 70

00:36:57Welcome back to the Belgium Grand Prix

00:36:59Rosberg still leading but a change in second place

00:37:02De Cesaris has passed Nikki Lauda and seems to be pulling away

00:37:05Lauda seems to be slowing slightly

00:37:07so whether it's tires or mechanical problems

00:37:09we yet don't know

00:37:10Patrese is still in there in fourth place

00:37:12with Watson

00:37:13still very close behind

00:37:15and I still maintain it will be a matter of time

00:37:17before Watson will get past Patrese

00:37:19the retirements up to date have been

00:37:21Giacomelli, Salazar, Arnu and Mansell

00:37:24so with that we return back to Zolder

00:37:26to Murray Walker and James Hunt

00:37:28and this could be a symptom of the tires getting a little bit worn

00:37:31or getting a little bit too hot

00:37:33or something like that

00:37:35John Watson has moved up into fourth place

00:37:37behind his team mate Lauda

00:37:40which means that Michele Alboreto has slipped down the field

00:37:46attrition is taking its toll now

00:37:50there is the second place man

00:37:52new second place man

00:37:54in the V12 Alfa Romeo

00:37:57having left last year's team

00:38:00Andrea De Cesaris

00:38:02was with the McLaren team last year

00:38:05now he's with Alfa

00:38:06there is Nikki Lauda

00:38:08sliding the car through the chicane

00:38:10and it looks rather less than 2.4 seconds

00:38:13indeed it is, it's just 2 seconds now

00:38:17but so Nikki Lauda has gained some of the gap

00:38:20incidentally on the right hand side of your picture

00:38:22you see Salazar's car

00:38:24and Giacomelli's car

00:38:26which you remember way down on the first lap

00:38:28as De Angelis goes through

00:38:30that was Chico Serra in the Fittipaldi car

00:38:33and now we're looking through the chicane

00:38:36at...

00:38:38Mark Shurer went through there

00:38:41and we are...

00:38:42the producer is obviously waiting for

00:38:44and that was Derek Warwick going off

00:38:46he wasn't waiting for that

00:38:48Derek Warwick in the Tolman or Farby

00:38:51going into the pits

00:38:53going...

00:38:54there's three chicanes on this circuit

00:38:56and that is the one at the end of the straight

00:38:58and into the pits

00:38:59and here is Nelson Piquet about to be lapped

00:39:03what ignominy

00:39:04by the Williams

00:39:06as they go through the chicane

00:39:08well the world championship

00:39:11the world champion

00:39:12is really having a very hard 1982

00:39:16he has now been lapped

00:39:18there goes

00:39:19Keke Rosberg through

00:39:21lapped is Nelson Piquet we are

00:39:23now on lap 33

00:39:25coming up to the half distance lap

00:39:27Keke Rosberg goes through

00:39:29now you can get a good look at the new Williams

00:39:31and compare it in your mind's eye

00:39:33those of you who

00:39:35know what the FW07 look like

00:39:38with the new car

00:39:40Keke Rosberg 33 years old

00:39:45very accomplished businessman

00:39:48as well as racing driver

00:39:50flies his own aeroplane

00:39:52has several homes in Europe and America

00:39:54but racing is very much his first love

00:40:01this is lap 34 that we are now on

00:40:07you are looking at Keke Rosberg the race leader

00:40:11if he stays in this position for the rest of this race

00:40:15we are going to have had a new world championship grand prix winner

00:40:19because that would be Rosberg's first win

00:40:22now he is coming up to Jean-Pierre Jarrier in the Ocella

00:40:26to lap him

00:40:28French driver

00:40:29Italian car

00:40:30which hasn't done at all well this season

00:40:33although marginally better than he did last season

00:40:38there goes Jarrier

00:40:39there is Rosberg

00:40:40into the straight

00:40:42another lap completed for Keke Rosberg

00:40:45and on lap 34

00:40:47the order

00:40:48is

00:40:49Rosberg first

00:40:50De Cesare second

00:40:52Lauda third

00:40:53Watson fourth

00:40:54in fifth position it is Patrese

00:40:57in sixth position it is Daley

00:40:59so

00:41:00both the Williams

00:41:01and both the McLaren cars

00:41:03are in the top six

00:41:05Keke Rosberg

00:41:07well

00:41:16Jarrier seems to be determined to keep Rosberg behind him

00:41:19Keke of course has actually got

00:41:22quite a lot of time to get past him

00:41:24although he won't want to waste too much of it

00:41:26because Rosberg has now got a good lead over Andrea de Cesare

00:41:31and he's passed Jarrier

00:41:33so now

00:41:35Jean-Pierre Jarrier

00:41:36is going to have to be passed by Andrea de Cesare

00:41:39and that could be quite exciting too

00:41:42it was about this time

00:41:44in the

00:41:45Long Beach race

00:41:46when Andrea de Cesare

00:41:48lost his concentration

00:41:50and he lost his concentration

00:41:52because he thought he saw the back of a car on fire

00:41:54which is not an unreasonable reason for losing concentration

00:41:57and he went into the wall

00:41:59let's hope nothing like that happens here

00:42:01Rosberg leads

00:42:03Jarrier has been lapped

00:42:05and Rosberg is coming up now to

00:42:09take the march of Raul Basel

00:42:12the Brazilian who has gone from Formula 4 to Formula 1 in two years

00:42:18lap 35

00:42:20just see Rosberg going past

00:42:26Basel again

00:42:28straightforward thing

00:42:29Basel was aware that he was there

00:42:30just let him through

00:42:31moved over quite correctly

00:42:32let him get on with his winning way

00:42:35this is the long long right hander up to the canal turn

00:42:41this gear absolutely flat in today's Grand Prix cars

00:42:45which are going faster and faster

00:42:49now that these skirts are back

00:42:51you will remember that there was an enormous contention last year

00:42:55over these skirts that enabled downforce to be maximised

00:42:59and the cars to get the most fantastic grip on the ground

00:43:03and in 1980 they were sliding skirts

00:43:071981 they were banned

00:43:09and that is Brian Hinton

00:43:11pulling off

00:43:12Brian Hinton in the candy tyrrel number 4

00:43:15the unfortunate Englishman who seems to be as unlucky in his way as Renny Arnoux is

00:43:21and it's a smoky old motor car

00:43:24and let's hope that that's not fire

00:43:26I wasn't vastly impressed with the Belgian marshals when I was watching in practice

00:43:31a lot of marshals, not many flags

00:43:34and a lot of interest in watching the race

00:43:37and not much interest in doing their job

00:43:39they seem to be getting down there now

00:43:41and one of them I see has got a fire extinguisher

00:43:44perhaps I'm aligning them

00:43:46we have missed Andrea Dichiseris on our chart

00:43:54where is it now?

00:43:56let's hope

00:43:57there's confirmation

00:43:59Nicky Lauda is back in second position

00:44:01Watson is up to third

00:44:02Patrasi to fourth

00:44:03Daley to fifth

00:44:04Chiva to sixth

00:44:05that means to say

00:44:06that the two McLaren cars are second and third

00:44:09the Williams cars are first and fifth

00:44:12there is one turbo in the first six

00:44:15and it is that of Riccardo Patrasi

00:44:18and Eddie Chiva for the first time in 1982

00:44:21is in the points in a Talbot

00:44:24unlike the Tyrrell which he drove last year

00:44:28well I wonder what could have happened to Andrea Dichiseris

00:44:31I was hypothesizing a moment ago

00:44:33that he may lose concentration at about this time of the race

00:44:38but that is a rather uncharitable thought

00:44:41and it's because we got so used to Dichiseris going off last year

00:44:44I'm a little mystified as to why we haven't seen him somewhere

00:44:50I imagine that if the producer had spotted him

00:44:53we would have had a shot

00:44:54but for whatever reason

00:44:56Andrea Dichiseris with his teammate Bruno Giacomelli

00:44:59out before the race has hardly even started

00:45:02is definitely out of the first six

00:45:05and the positions I say again

00:45:07on lap 38 out of 70

00:45:11is this man

00:45:13Keke Rosberg

00:45:14leading by a country mile

00:45:16metaphorically speaking now

00:45:17and he really has the problem now

00:45:20only of maintaining his concentration

00:45:24not losing it

00:45:25stroking the car home

00:45:27to win his first Grand Prix

00:45:29but there is almost as far to go as has gone already

00:45:39observe the very very wide track

00:45:42see how far the wheels of the car are set apart

00:45:45very squat and purposeful looking motor car

00:45:49with the very latest of the unbelievably successful

00:45:54Ford Cosworth V8 engines in it

00:45:56and if a car with that engine wins today

00:46:00it will be the 146th Grand Prix win

00:46:04and therefore by far the most successful engine

00:46:07in the history of Grand Prix racing

00:46:09Keke Rosberg completes his 30th lap

00:46:13look down the field to see who the second place man is

00:46:16and it should of course be the red and white McLaren of Nicky Lauda

00:46:20what an enormous lead Rosberg has

00:46:22an empty track

00:46:24that's a march

00:46:25there is Lauda

00:46:27and another march behind him

00:46:30Raoul Bussell is in front

00:46:32and Jochen Maas is behind

00:46:34and that is the second place man

00:46:36Nicky Lauda from Hope

00:46:38near Saltzberg

00:46:43world champion in 1975

00:46:45world champion in 1977

00:46:48both years in a Ferrari

00:46:49then he drove for Brabham

00:46:51became thoroughly disillusioned with racing in 1979

00:46:55calmly stepped out of the then brand new

00:46:59Brabham Ford Cosworth car in Montreal

00:47:02and said that's enough I've finished

00:47:04and was out of racing for two years

00:47:06what a comeback

00:47:08it's really a shame that we've got rather a processional race now

00:47:12the leaders have all spread out

00:47:13there's gaps between each of the first six cars

00:47:17and really nothing very much going on at all

00:47:21other than the four drivers out there

00:47:23all working very hard

00:47:24now of course they'll be starting to get tired

00:47:27it's still a mystery to us what's happened to De Cesaris

00:47:30which is rather a shame

00:47:31we'd like to know

00:47:32but there was no shot of him in the pits

00:47:34which makes me suspect that he's

00:47:36that he would have stopped on the circuit somewhere

00:47:39and we haven't seen him in the pits

00:47:41so I imagine either he's broken down

00:47:43or one hesitates to say it

00:47:45or there's also the strong possibility that he might have gone off the road somewhere

00:47:49as has traditionally been his wont

00:47:51but for his sake

00:47:53we certainly hope that that's not the case

00:47:55well John Watson is now within sight of Nicky Lauda

00:48:00and as he's coming up to take Raoul Bussell

00:48:03that's John Watson number seven

00:48:04last year's British Grand Prix winner

00:48:06that was the first time that the McLaren MP4 car had won

00:48:11and a very welcome return to the top of the roster

00:48:14and for John Watson

00:48:15well he's in third position

00:48:17there's a replay of him going through on the inside

00:48:20at the end of the straight

00:48:22and taking the Brazilian driver

00:48:24now he accelerates the way down to the chicane

00:48:26and there's Lauda disappearing

00:48:28Watson going towards the chicane

00:48:32and it will be very interesting to see

00:48:34what happens if

00:48:36in a few laps time

00:48:38John Watson who is in third position

00:48:40on lap 40 out of 70

00:48:42catches his teammate

00:48:44that man number eight Nicky Lauda

00:48:46Keke Rosberg still leads

00:48:48Lauda is second with De Cesaris missing

00:48:50Watson third

00:48:52Patrese in the turbo Brabham BMW

00:48:54fourth

00:48:55in fifth position number five

00:48:57Derek Daly

00:48:58and in sixth position

00:48:59still Eddie Cheever

00:49:00yes

00:49:01if Watson

00:49:02does catch

00:49:03Lauda

00:49:04which he certainly appears

00:49:05that he's going to do

00:49:06on his present rate of progress

00:49:08we could get an interesting situation

00:49:10I don't know

00:49:11what if any standing orders

00:49:13they have from the team

00:49:14about

00:49:15being in a Lyon-A-Stern situation

00:49:17but of course

00:49:18what the team will have to assess

00:49:20and Watson would have to assess

00:49:22if

00:49:23if for any reason

00:49:24they think

00:49:25he is capable of catching

00:49:26Rosberg

00:49:27then of course

00:49:28they've got to persuade Lauda

00:49:29to let him pass immediately

00:49:30so as not to halt his progress

00:49:31towards Rosberg

00:49:32so what we'll try and do

00:49:33is see if

00:49:34he is in fact

00:49:35closing on Rosberg as well

00:49:37the

00:49:44welcome back to the

00:49:45Belgium Grand Prix

00:49:46placings are

00:49:47Rosberg

00:49:48Lauda

00:49:49Watson

00:49:50Patrese and Daly

00:49:51interesting to note

00:49:52that PK's engine sounds to be running

00:49:54quite rough and I think it will only be

00:49:55a matter of time before he retires

00:49:57Daly's moved up into fifth position

00:50:00as I stated before

00:50:01which is a tremendous indictment

00:50:02for Patrick Head

00:50:03the engineer

00:50:04we have one FWA Williams

00:50:06leading the race

00:50:07and Daly in fifth position

00:50:08it's the first time out

00:50:09for both these new cars

00:50:10and I think they're doing

00:50:11a wonderful job

00:50:12we return you now

00:50:13back to Murray

00:50:14and James Hunt

00:50:15Rosberg's now looking very comfortable

00:50:30out in front

00:50:31he's got a clear track

00:50:34a clear back view

00:50:36with nobody immediately behind him

00:50:38and he must now be

00:50:39thinking of just keeping everything

00:50:40nice and steady

00:50:42his lead's the best

00:50:43getting on for 20 seconds now

00:50:44just to keep everything steady

00:50:46the usual thing

00:50:47shore up the position

00:50:49make no mistakes

00:50:50keep his concentration going

00:50:52and try and preserve

00:50:54both his

00:50:55the wear on himself

00:50:56physically

00:50:57and the wear on the tyres

00:50:58and everything else on the car

00:51:07go for the chicane

00:51:08it's getting a bit

00:51:09ah that is significant

00:51:10John Watson

00:51:11fastest

00:51:121 minute

00:51:1320.56

00:51:14which

00:51:15actually

00:51:16breaks the lap record

00:51:17so

00:51:18we have a new lap record

00:51:19albeit

00:51:20some 5 seconds slower

00:51:22than the fastest lap

00:51:23put up in practice

00:51:24by Alain Prost

00:51:26in the turbocharged Renault

00:51:28and there he is

00:51:29disappearing away from us

00:51:30so

00:51:31John Watson quickest

00:51:33and ah

00:51:34about 2 and a half seconds

00:51:35between

00:51:36Lauda and Watson

00:51:37Watson is the fastest man

00:51:39on the circuit

00:51:40at the present moment

00:51:41er

00:51:42it is possible

00:51:43and I'm

00:51:44I'm

00:51:45conjecturing again

00:51:46that

00:51:47Nicky Lauda

00:51:48is conserving

00:51:49his tyres

00:51:50in which case

00:51:52considering

00:51:53John Watson

00:51:54has the same make of tyre

00:51:55on his car

00:51:56there is

00:51:57er

00:51:58a rather surprising situation

00:51:59there

00:52:00because I can see no reason

00:52:01why Lauda's tyres

00:52:02should have gone off

00:52:03any more than Watson

00:52:04there is Lauda

00:52:05second

00:52:06and you saw Watson

00:52:07behind him

00:52:08er

00:52:09I think with his team mate

00:52:10right behind him

00:52:11he'd have to be very careful

00:52:12that

00:52:13wouldn't be preserving

00:52:14his tyres too hard

00:52:15I just think he'd be really

00:52:16giving it a go

00:52:17and obviously

00:52:18maybe that he didn't preserve

00:52:19them enough at the beginning

00:52:20of the race

00:52:21er

00:52:22and er

00:52:23they've won a little bit harder

00:52:24or faster than Watson's

00:52:25but Watson's looked good

00:52:26in this race throughout

00:52:27remember in the

00:52:28in the opening laps

00:52:29we spotted him

00:52:30er

00:52:31making good progress

00:52:32early on

00:52:33once a while

00:52:34to get through the field

00:52:35and he's always looks

00:52:36a bit sharper

00:52:37you join us on lap 45 of this brightly sunlit drive

00:52:40Belgian Grand Prix

00:52:41where the order is still kicking off

00:52:43you join us on lap 45 of this brightly sunlit drive Belgian Grand Prix where the order is still kicking off

00:52:48you join us on lap 45 of this brightly sunlit drive Belgian Grand Prix where the order is still Keki Rosberg in the lead

00:52:55Nicky Lauda is second John Watson is third Riccardo Patresi is fourth

00:53:02Riccardo Patresi is fourth Derek Daly is fifth and Eddie Cheever is in sixth position

00:53:06but there have been a lot of changes since then Nicky Lauda actually lost his second place to Andrea De Cesaris who was third when you left us on lap 13

00:53:13De Cesaris held that position for a long time but then mysteriously disappeared

00:53:26Riccardo and look at this now John Watson in third place is right up with Nicky Lauda who was third when you left us on lap 13

00:53:32De Cesaris held that position for a long time but then mysteriously disappeared Riccardo and look at this now John Watson in third place is right up with Nicky Lauda who is second

00:53:43yes John Watson is undoubtedly the man of the race at the moment he's come from quite a long way back

00:53:49he's just about towards his teammate Nicky Lauda but more important than that he is in fact closing albeit slowly on Keki Rosberg who is in the lead

00:53:59and this is the important thing because we're into a teammate situation and whatever their standing orders are

00:54:06he's now 19 seconds behind Rosberg but he's come he was 23 seconds behind only about 4 or 5 laps ago so he's catching Rosberg quite fast

00:54:15now Rosberg may not as yet know if his team have been giving him signals only to Lauda and therefore may be taking it easy in the lead

00:54:23so it will we will first of all we've got to make sure that Lauda is informed by his team to let Watson through

00:54:30because of the possibility of Watson winning the race so there could be no question of number 1 or number 2 here I wouldn't have thought

00:54:36and then of course it's a question of whether Rosberg can actually respond to this terrific charge being put on by John Watson

00:54:44and to bring you fully up to date as Watson visibly gains on Nicky Lauda

00:54:50let me quickly establish that Alain Prost who was 6th when you left us has slipped right down the field and is out of the world championship points situation

00:54:58and look at this Watson is now up and coming to try to take Nicky Lauda who is in second position

00:55:05this is the 46 lap race in this 70 lap race John Watson I remind you won the British Grand Prix in this same type of car last year

00:55:16down to the chicane and we could very soon be seen as Watson is now right up into Lauda's slipstream

00:55:21a new second place man

00:55:23I think Watson will have a go now but Lauda didn't help him through previously when he showed him his nose

00:55:27but there he goes does Nicky doesn't fight it and John Watson straight through into second place

00:55:33and now comes the interesting bit here's a bit of a replay

00:55:38which we missed we had a bit of a mess up there

00:55:40Belgian television are really not doing us very proud today with their service

00:55:44but er

00:55:46well Watson through and clearly pulling away from Nicky Lauda

00:55:51now we must watch very carefully to see whether the gap between Kiki Rosberg the race leader

00:55:57who has been in this situation since lap 1 diminishes

00:56:03so lap 47 and Kiki Rosberg in the Williams leads John Watson there he is in second place

00:56:10and Nicky Lauda in third and there's still a long way to go

00:56:14and off there that er

00:56:21never mind who that was because this is where the excitement of the race is

00:56:25and er

00:56:27Nicky Lauda has very clearly decided to give John Watson best

00:56:31so he's obviously in some sort of trouble

00:56:34and that caption of course is now wrong with Watson up into second place

00:56:39Patrese is still fourth, Daley fifth and Cheever sixth

00:56:43and as I have said before

00:56:45this means that both the McLaren cars and both the Williams cars are in the top six

00:56:50John Watson, number seven

00:56:52lives in London and er

00:56:55Bognor won two Grand Prix's in his long career

00:56:59he's one of the most experienced men in this race

00:57:02because this is believe it or not his 126th Grand Prix

00:57:07this Ulster man

00:57:09who's got one of the Arrows cars in front of him to lap

00:57:13down to the chicane

00:57:14now I hope they will let us see

00:57:16Rosberg and then Watson going through

00:57:19so that we can take the gap between them

00:57:21there's the Braven BMW

00:57:2319 seconds is the answer

00:57:27that is the gap that we've got to watch

00:57:29yes it does look as if Rosberg has steadied that gap

00:57:32whereas it was closing before

00:57:34I think he must have got the message from the pits

00:57:37that er

00:57:38Watson was coming through and closing on him

00:57:41and I think as I surmised earlier

00:57:44he's been able to step up the pace

00:57:46he was probably operating his speed

00:57:48to Lauda behind him

00:57:50who wasn't making any impression

00:57:52and er

00:57:53but we'll keep an eye

00:57:54a careful eye on that gap

00:57:55because er

00:57:56it may just be that

00:57:57that Watson can still keep closing

00:57:59Rosberg's looking a little bit twitchy

00:58:01going in

00:58:02into that right-hander there

00:58:03he was

00:58:04he didn't seem to get quite enough

00:58:05as much bite

00:58:06at the front

00:58:07and it may well be that er

00:58:08the tyres are

00:58:09getting a little bit worn now

00:58:11on everybody's cars

00:58:12and are beginning to struggle

00:58:13but er

00:58:14probably not for John Watson

00:58:15because he has recently

00:58:16in the last er

00:58:177 or 8 laps

00:58:18put up the fastest lap

00:58:19of the race so far

00:58:20what an incredible comeback

00:58:23John Watson has made

00:58:24in the last 2 years

00:58:25because there was a danger

00:58:27of him losing his job

00:58:28before last year

00:58:29with the McLaren team

00:58:31and he responded to that

00:58:33as we look at

00:58:34Keke Rosberg in the lead

00:58:35Watson responded

00:58:36by finishing 3rd in spades

00:58:382nd in France

00:58:39he won in Britain

00:58:402nd in Canada

00:58:416th in the World Championship

00:58:43and er

00:58:44this year

00:58:45he's been doing extremely well

00:58:47because in Brazil

00:58:49on the revised positions

00:58:50after the disqualifications

00:58:52John Watson finished in 2nd place

00:58:55and he's 5th equal

00:58:56in the Championship

00:58:57with Derek Daly

00:58:58at the present moment

00:58:59there is the race leader

00:59:00Rossberg

00:59:01now

00:59:02I er

00:59:04we're into

00:59:06lap 49

00:59:08lap 50 now

00:59:10that's er

00:59:115 7ths distance

00:59:12and I'm desperately watching

00:59:15in the hope

00:59:16that we will be able to see

00:59:17Rossberg

00:59:18and

00:59:19then

00:59:20the 2nd place man

00:59:21John Watson

00:59:22going through the same point

00:59:23so that I can give you

00:59:24the gap in time

00:59:25between them

00:59:26and see how it compares

00:59:28with that 19 seconds

00:59:29but

00:59:30on lap 50

00:59:31it is

00:59:32Rossberg leading

00:59:34Watson 2nd

00:59:35Lauda 3rd

00:59:36Patrese 4th

00:59:38Daly in 5th position

00:59:40Cheever in 6th place

00:59:41Jacques Lafitte in 7th place

00:59:43and the leader

00:59:45Keke Rosberg

00:59:46has lapped

00:59:47everybody up to

00:59:48Jacques Lafitte

00:59:49who is 7th

00:59:50followed by

00:59:51the lapped

00:59:52Elio De Angelis

00:59:53in 8th position

00:59:54and in 9th position

00:59:56is

00:59:57Jochen Maas

00:59:58in the march

01:00:01lap 50

01:00:02now

01:00:07there is Lafitte

01:00:08followed by

01:00:09Rossberg

01:00:13Lafitte in 7th place

01:00:14in the V12 Talbot

01:00:16the car which he says

01:00:17is too old

01:00:18too slow

01:00:19too heavy

01:00:21and

01:00:22Rossberg is through

01:00:23we didn't see it

01:00:24but Rossberg

01:00:25has passed him

01:00:26at the

01:00:27chicane entry

01:00:28to the

01:00:29finishing straight

01:00:30the jacket

01:00:31she came

01:00:32and Rossberg

01:00:33is now into

01:00:34his

01:00:3551st lap

01:00:36I look at

01:00:37the tyres

01:00:38they look good

01:00:39Rossberg is

01:00:40taking

01:00:41the same line

01:00:42all the way round

01:00:46this very determined

01:00:47finished driver

01:00:49yes he does seem

01:00:50to be well in command

01:00:51he seems

01:00:52so far

01:00:53from last

01:00:54following of the gap

01:00:55to have responded

01:00:56very much

01:00:57very much to

01:00:58Watson's

01:00:59little charge

01:01:00he came through

01:01:01he's lifted up

01:01:02his own speed a bit

01:01:03and the gap is still

01:01:04hovering around the

01:01:0519 second mark

01:01:06so

01:01:07Rossberg

01:01:08has

01:01:09met the challenge

01:01:10very easily

01:01:11and

01:01:12it looks

01:01:13it doesn't all go

01:01:14well for us to get

01:01:15an exciting

01:01:16grandstand finish

01:01:17I'm afraid

01:01:18Katie Rossberg

01:01:19number 6

01:01:20that we're looking at now

01:01:21is of course

01:01:22the man who took

01:01:23the seat in the wolf team

01:01:24that James Hunt vacated

01:01:25so maybe James you could

01:01:27have been leading the

01:01:28Belgian Grand Prix

01:01:29if you'd stayed on

01:01:30well that's

01:01:31that's

01:01:32that's a fairly abstruse

01:01:33bit of rationale

01:01:34Murray

01:01:35but I'm much happier

01:01:36sitting here

01:01:37sitting here watching it

01:01:38there Keke is a

01:01:39very good driver

01:01:40that was his first break

01:01:41in Formula 1

01:01:42he did an excellent job

01:01:43in an extremely bad car

01:01:44in the wolf team

01:01:45there he's just

01:01:46going past a tail end

01:01:47it was a very poor car

01:01:48indeed

01:01:49which is one reason

01:01:50that I got out halfway

01:01:51through the season

01:01:52he did a competent job

01:01:53very well indeed

01:01:54and thoroughly deserved

01:01:56the break that he got

01:01:57when Alan Jones

01:01:58retired at the end

01:01:59of the last year

01:02:00and he was brought

01:02:01into the Williams team

01:02:03and has surprised nobody

01:02:06that knew a lot

01:02:08about racing

01:02:09in that he's up front

01:02:10and winning

01:02:11he's in probably

01:02:12the best car

01:02:13in the business

01:02:14it was Patrick Head

01:02:15designed car

01:02:16and he's well competent

01:02:19to deliver the best performance

01:02:21from it

01:02:22this is

01:02:23looks like another

01:02:24tour de force

01:02:25for the quite incredible

01:02:26Williams team

01:02:27who produce

01:02:29the most reliable motor cars

01:02:31in Grand Prix racing

01:02:33and there is Frank Williams

01:02:35and Peter Collins

01:02:37with the clipboard

01:02:38the team manager

01:02:39as Riccardo Patrese goes through

01:02:42Reutemann last year

01:02:44actually

01:02:46over a couple of seasons

01:02:48did 15 consecutive races

01:02:51and finished in the world championship points

01:02:54a quite unparalleled achievement

01:02:56in his Williams

01:02:57Alan Jones of course

01:02:59was world champion in 1981

01:03:01won his last race

01:03:03at Caesars Palace

01:03:05at Las Vegas

01:03:06all thanks not only to the

01:03:08driving brilliance of Reutemann and Jones

01:03:10and we're looking by the way

01:03:12at Eddie Cheever

01:03:13who is in sixth position

01:03:14at all

01:03:15but also to the reliability

01:03:16of the Williams

01:03:17which seems to be showing up again

01:03:19with not only

01:03:21Keke Rosberg

01:03:22in the lead

01:03:23but with Derek Daley

01:03:25number five

01:03:26in fifth position

01:03:27Derek Daley

01:03:28in his first race

01:03:29in the Williams

01:03:30so there's

01:03:31three firsts as it were

01:03:32at the present moment

01:03:33two first appearances

01:03:35of the 08 Williams cars

01:03:37and the first appearance

01:03:39of Derek Daley

01:03:40in that car

01:03:41and the Irishman

01:03:42has at last

01:03:43got the break

01:03:44that he has

01:03:45so richly deserved

01:03:46for so long

01:03:47and there he is

01:03:48that is Derek Daley

01:03:49that was Derek Daley

01:03:51Jack Lafitte

01:03:53Eddie Cheever

01:03:54Eddie Cheever

01:04:03well there is Daley

01:04:04pulling away

01:04:05from Mark Surer

01:04:06and from Eddie Cheever

01:04:07well John Watson

01:04:08has now made a bit

01:04:09of an impression

01:04:10on the gap

01:04:11to Keke Rosberg

01:04:12and he's reduced it

01:04:13down to 16 seconds

01:04:15however I suspect

01:04:17that he's not reducing it

01:04:18quite fast enough

01:04:19we've got 17-18 laps to go

01:04:21so he's really got

01:04:22to be hauling

01:04:23Rosberg in

01:04:24at about a second

01:04:25a lap

01:04:26and that he isn't

01:04:27doing yet

01:04:31well it's a long way

01:04:32from being over

01:04:33as far as

01:04:34Keke Rosberg

01:04:35is concerned

01:04:36as Eddie Cheever

01:04:37comes up to take

01:04:38Mark Surer

01:04:40Mark Surer

01:04:41incidentally

01:04:42in the orange car

01:04:43there the Arrows

01:04:44driving his first

01:04:45Grand Prix

01:04:46since South Africa

01:04:47when he broke

01:04:48both his ankles

01:04:49as he did in last

01:04:50year's South African

01:04:51Grand Prix

01:04:52and I would imagine

01:04:53that Mark is dreading

01:04:54next year's Kyle Armie

01:04:55at the rate that he's

01:04:56destroying himself

01:04:57in South Africa

01:04:58but he's quite fit

01:04:59again now

01:05:00finds it easier

01:05:01to drive

01:05:02than to walk

01:05:03and we're looking down

01:05:05on a fairly empty circuit

01:05:07but it gives you a good idea

01:05:08of what Zolder is like

01:05:09and that is a Brabham BMW

01:05:11and it must therefore

01:05:12be Patrese's car

01:05:13I think I saw Patrese walking away

01:05:14yes

01:05:15the white helmet there

01:05:16that looks like it's in the fencing

01:05:18rather than the breakdown

01:05:19it's rather hard to see

01:05:20from this angle

01:05:21but it does look to be

01:05:23well this is lap 54

01:05:25and with Patrese

01:05:27number 2

01:05:28out of the running

01:05:29that means to say

01:05:30somebody else went off then

01:05:31somebody speaking

01:05:32and that was the other Brabham

01:05:33that's Piquet

01:05:34well the Brabham's are really

01:05:35hitting trouble on this lap

01:05:36Piquet not in the World Championship

01:05:37points running of course

01:05:39but with Patrese

01:05:40out of the running

01:05:41that means to say

01:05:42that Derek Daly

01:05:43in his first race

01:05:44in the Williams

01:05:45in the World Championship

01:05:46well thinking about that

01:05:47they can't have been too far

01:05:48from piling into each other

01:05:49Piquet didn't miss

01:05:50Patrese's parked car

01:05:51by very much at all

01:05:52and that would have been

01:05:53a somewhat spectacular way

01:05:55for the two team to finish

01:05:56and separate accidents

01:05:57parked against each other

01:05:58but anyway

01:05:59Piquet just as he was

01:06:00went down the grass

01:06:01made lots of fuss and bother

01:06:02but managed to keep

01:06:03get it going again

01:06:04lap 54

01:06:07Keke Rosberg

01:06:08is leading John Watson

01:06:10by 16 seconds

01:06:11Niki Lauda

01:06:12is in third position

01:06:13Derek Daly

01:06:15comes up to fourth place

01:06:16Eddie Cheever

01:06:17is in fifth position

01:06:28With 13 laps to go

01:06:29we have Rosberg leading

01:06:30Watson moved up into second

01:06:32Lauda third

01:06:33Daly fourth

01:06:34and Eddie Cheever

01:06:35in fifth position

01:06:36for the Talbot Ligier team

01:06:37The retirements up to date

01:06:39have been

01:06:40Giacomelli

01:06:41Salazar

01:06:42Anu

01:06:43Mansell

01:06:44Henton

01:06:45and De Cesaris

01:06:46Patrese has just spun out

01:06:47as you saw

01:06:48and nearly joined by his

01:06:49teammate Piquet

01:06:50who I think was having a good

01:06:51look at Patrese's crash

01:06:52and nearly went off himself

01:06:54I think the situation now

01:06:56is almost a fait accompli

01:06:58I think that barring any

01:06:59mechanical problems

01:07:00Rosberg is going to win

01:07:01his first Grand Prix

01:07:02and I sincerely hope so

01:07:05to be a fantastic debut

01:07:06for the new Williams

01:07:08We now return you back

01:07:09to Murray and James

01:07:10miserable about the motor car

01:07:12extremely unhappy

01:07:13because he has won several

01:07:15Grand Prix's

01:07:16in what was

01:07:17the Ligier

01:07:18and is now the Talbot

01:07:20as we look down

01:07:21the absolutely clear

01:07:22finishing straight

01:07:23with the knowledge

01:07:24that Keke Rosberg

01:07:25the race leader

01:07:26is on lap 57

01:07:28still followed by John Watson

01:07:30in second place

01:07:31with a 16 second gap

01:07:32between them

01:07:33Nicky Lauda

01:07:34is still third

01:07:35Daly is still fourth

01:07:36Cheever is still fifth

01:07:37and there was Cheever

01:07:38and there is Nelson Piquet

01:07:40who has regained the circuit

01:07:42this is Piquet

01:07:43the world champion

01:07:44and he once again

01:07:45is going to score

01:07:46no points

01:07:47in the fifth Grand Prix

01:07:48of 1982

01:07:58Daly

01:08:03and Cheever

01:08:05well this is interesting

01:08:07because

01:08:08now

01:08:09Eddie Cheever

01:08:10in the Talbot

01:08:11is right with

01:08:12Derek Daly

01:08:13and we could be seeing

01:08:14a change for fifth position

01:08:15there it is

01:08:16there's the battle

01:08:17between the Williams

01:08:18and

01:08:19the Talbot

01:08:20the Williams on the right

01:08:21in fifth place

01:08:22driven by Irishman

01:08:23Derek Daly

01:08:24then

01:08:25Italo-American driver

01:08:26in the red and white helmet

01:08:29Eddie Cheever

01:08:30in the Talbot

01:08:31this is the battle

01:08:32for fifth position

01:08:33it is the only battle

01:08:34of any significance

01:08:35on the circuit

01:08:36and they're coming up

01:08:37to lap

01:08:38Chico Serra

01:08:39who just got into the race

01:08:42well

01:08:43the gap

01:08:44between the first

01:08:45and second place

01:08:46is now down to

01:08:4712 seconds

01:08:48with 13 laps to go

01:08:49so Watson

01:08:50is just about

01:08:51on schedule

01:08:52at reducing

01:08:53the gap

01:08:54a second a lap

01:08:55so it very much depends

01:08:56whether this is

01:08:57a ploy

01:08:58as it were

01:08:59by

01:09:00Kiki Rosberg

01:09:01just to slow down

01:09:02and to win

01:09:03by a couple of seconds

01:09:04in the end

01:09:05or whether he's

01:09:06Watson's

01:09:07cars in better conditions

01:09:08towers are working better

01:09:09because he's certainly

01:09:10driven a

01:09:11marvellous race

01:09:12and is quite

01:09:13comfortably

01:09:14the leading

01:09:15protagonist on the circuit

01:09:16and lots of fun

01:09:17and games there

01:09:18as they go past

01:09:19the back marker

01:09:20with Cheever not being able

01:09:21to take advantage

01:09:22of the situation

01:09:23Daly's neck

01:09:24having a go

01:09:25and he's caught

01:09:26Daly up

01:09:27from another way behind

01:09:28and he's getting quicker

01:09:29so he's going to be

01:09:30trying hard to get round him

01:09:33yes

01:09:34V12

01:09:35Talbot

01:09:36versus V8

01:09:37Williams

01:09:38Williams

01:09:39Williams still leads

01:09:40Derrick Daly

01:09:42of course

01:09:43and very naturally

01:09:44determined

01:09:45to exploit

01:09:46this wonderful opportunity

01:09:48that he has been given

01:09:49by Frank Williams

01:09:51to complete the season

01:09:52in the Williams car

01:09:53and hopefully to go on

01:09:54and drive it next year

01:09:55because this has to be

01:09:57the plum drive

01:09:58that Derrick Daly

01:09:59has been trying for

01:10:00in fourth position

01:10:02chased by fifth place man

01:10:03Eddie Cheever

01:10:04in the blue Talbot

01:10:06and the new sixth place man

01:10:08Elio De Angelis

01:10:09has of course

01:10:10been lapped

01:10:11by the race leader

01:10:12Kiki Rosberg

01:10:13and we are on

01:10:14lap 59

01:10:15Daly

01:10:16Cheever

01:10:17and fifth

01:10:18completing the lap

01:10:22eight laps completed

01:10:23by those two

01:10:36Williams leads

01:10:37McLaren second

01:10:38McLaren third

01:10:40Williams in fourth place

01:10:41Talbot in fifth place

01:10:43those of course

01:10:44being the cars

01:10:45the drivers here

01:10:46fourth and fifth

01:10:47still Derrick Daly

01:10:48and Eddie Cheever

01:10:50and Eddie Cheever

01:10:51number 25

01:10:52is

01:10:5325 years old

01:10:55and

01:10:56has

01:10:57no less than

01:10:5850

01:10:59Formula 2 races

01:11:00behind him

01:11:01and I can tell you

01:11:02that there is

01:11:03the prospect

01:11:04of

01:11:05a battle developing

01:11:06for the lead

01:11:07before this race

01:11:08is over

01:11:09because the gap

01:11:10between

01:11:11Kiki Rosberg

01:11:12and John Watson

01:11:13fighting for

01:11:14first position

01:11:15is down to

01:11:16ten seconds

01:11:17and they are on

01:11:18lap 60

01:11:19and it's a 70 lap race

01:11:20so you can draw your own

01:11:21conclusions from that

01:11:22still we look at Derrick Daly

01:11:26followed by Eddie Cheever

01:11:28followed by Eddie Cheever

01:11:29followed by Eddie Cheever

01:11:30followed by Eddie Cheever

01:11:31followed by Eddie Cheever

01:11:33now watch them come through the chicane

01:11:34and then to

01:11:35into the straight

01:11:36to compete another lap

01:11:37and this will be the end of

01:11:39their 60th lap

01:11:40well we are wisely staying with this

01:11:43well we are wisely staying with this

01:11:47but all the time

01:11:48while I talk to you

01:11:49and while you watch this picture

01:11:51remember that John Watson

01:11:54is remorselessly chewing away

01:11:58at the lead that Kiki Rosberg has got

01:12:00theoretically it is at a rate

01:12:03which could enable him just to win the race

01:12:05but who knows how much

01:12:07Rosberg has got in reserve

01:12:09and how much he is sandbagging

01:12:11well certainly for sure

01:12:13neither of these two are

01:12:14no Cheever is a little bit closer this time

01:12:16he's pulled out to have a look

01:12:18as he goes out of sight there

01:12:19but he doesn't seem to be really getting

01:12:22into position

01:12:23and Watson has just gone by

01:12:26now only 8 seconds behind Rosberg

01:12:29so he is catching

01:12:30now as Rosberg is going to respond

01:12:32to this charge

01:12:33he better respond pretty soon

01:12:34otherwise we have got to assume

01:12:35that he is doing the best that he can

01:12:37and that Watson is genuinely catching him

01:12:39but it is going to look very marginal

01:12:41because of course

01:12:42the old problem comes up

01:12:43it is one thing catching him

01:12:44it is another thing to pass

01:12:45and he is only going to have

01:12:47a lap or two to do it in

01:12:48at the present rate of progress

01:12:50meanwhile Cheever has got his hands full

01:12:53trying to get past Daly

01:12:54who is a pretty hard

01:12:56competent driver

01:12:57and won't make it easy for Cheever to pass

01:12:59at the moment

01:13:00Cheever really looks a bit bereft of ideas

01:13:02to find the way round

01:13:04well they have completed their 60th lap

01:13:06which means of course

01:13:08that they and the leaders

01:13:09are on their 61st

01:13:10as we see Derek Warwick

01:13:12in the Tolman

01:13:13come down towards us

01:13:14and there is Nelson Piquet

01:13:16the world champion

01:13:17and that is the

01:13:18down there is Derek Daly

01:13:20so clearly

01:13:21Cheever has harried him off the course

01:13:23I am not suggesting for one moment

01:13:25that he pushed him off

01:13:27but Derek Daly was absolutely at 10 tenths

01:13:30no doubt about that

01:13:31and he has lost the car

01:13:33at a point I can't identify

01:13:35in that close picture

01:13:36as Watson goes through

01:13:37now Watson therefore

01:13:39is on his 62nd lap

01:13:41and we are waiting for the next car

01:13:42which should be Nicky Lauda

01:13:44so there is only one Williams left in the race

01:13:47and it's that one

01:13:48that is Keke Rosberg

01:13:49the race leader on lap 62

01:13:51out of 70

01:13:537 seconds only is the gap

01:13:55and very soon John Watson will be able

01:13:58on some parts of the course

01:14:00to see the man that he's got to catch

01:14:02and there is a bitterly disappointed Derek Daly

01:14:05helmet off

01:14:06walking home

01:14:07to explain to Frank Williams

01:14:09and Patrick Head

01:14:10what went wrong

01:14:12I don't think I would like to be part of that interview very much

01:14:16but there is a man for whom touch wood

01:14:19nothing has gone wrong in this race

01:14:21the race leader

01:14:23and that is Keke Rosberg

01:14:25and that means that

01:14:27up into sixth position now

01:14:29comes Jochen Maas

01:14:31well lapped of course

01:14:33but nevertheless

01:14:34in with a world championship point

01:14:36and he is behind

01:14:37the fifth place man

01:14:38Elio De Angelis

01:14:39the fourth place man

01:14:41Cheever

01:14:42the third place man

01:14:43Lauda

01:14:44the second place man

01:14:45Watson

01:14:46and that man the leader

01:14:47Keke Rosberg

01:14:48who is on his 62nd lap

01:14:50welcome back

01:15:00and there is an interesting situation developing

01:15:02with John Watson

01:15:03slowly catching Keke Rosberg

01:15:04who is still leading the Belgium Grand Prix

01:15:06Lauda is still in third place

01:15:07Chief has moved up to fourth

01:15:09with the demise of Derek Daly

01:15:11and De Angelis is now in fifth place

01:15:13I return you back

01:15:14there are now six laps to go

01:15:27and John Watson is within six seconds of Keke Rosberg

01:15:30who has just gone through

01:15:31now the next man into our shop should be

01:15:33and it is

01:15:34John Watson in second place

01:15:36ahead of his teammate Nicky Lauda

01:15:38and therefore at the rate Watson is catching Rosberg

01:15:42he could still win the Belgian Grand Prix

01:15:46now Rosberg has got to catch and take these tail enders

01:15:49with those six laps to go

01:15:51and the two tail enders include

01:15:54eight seconds is the gap at that point

01:15:58according to that timing

01:16:00but we make it much closer than that

01:16:02six seconds at the end of the lap

01:16:04that'll be a couple of laps

01:16:05although not very quickly

01:16:06flashing that information

01:16:07we just timed it at six

01:16:10and I think Rosberg's responded a little bit

01:16:13in that the gap isn't coming down quite as fast

01:16:16so he may yet fend Watson off

01:16:19it's going to be a very close run thing

01:16:20but Watson's certainly driving an absolutely magnificent race

01:16:23and it's really heartening to see him having such a good Grand Prix

01:16:27because it's been a pretty bad period with McLarens

01:16:30he stuck with them

01:16:31they stuck with him

01:16:32but things were quite miserable in the McLaren team for a couple of years

01:16:35and it's now everything's come back

01:16:38Nicky Lauda's arrival has rejuvenated it

01:16:41and the response has been magnificent in Watson

01:16:43there he goes

01:16:44less than four seconds

01:16:45I timed it there

01:16:46and John Watson is really gaining on Kiki Rosberg

01:16:49Rosberg was undoubtedly held up getting past Chico Serra

01:16:53now he's got to get past Nelson Piquet

01:16:56but by the same token

01:16:57John Watson has got to get past Chico Serra

01:17:00there is Serra

01:17:01there is Watson

01:17:02we are on lap 66 in this 70 lap race

01:17:08Rosberg's looking very tired

01:17:09I think I could see his head lolling about a little bit there

01:17:11which won't help

01:17:12he's got the turbo in front of him

01:17:13he's not letting him through

01:17:14with Piquet or wasn't there

01:17:16so it's all coming to a bit of a fraught finish for Rosberg

01:17:19because I would think he would be very

01:17:21I'd expect him to be very tired by now

01:17:23on this pretty demanding circuit

01:17:26four and a half laps to go

01:17:27there is Watson coming up to Serra

01:17:29is Serra going to let him through?

01:17:31the lucky thing for Watson

01:17:32is that he's got the straight in front of him

01:17:33as he caught Serra

01:17:34so he's gone straight past him anyway

01:17:36so that worked out very well for John

01:17:38John Watson

01:17:39his 126th Grand Prix

01:17:41he has two Grand Prix victories behind him

01:17:43Kiki Rosberg that we are looking at as none

01:17:47now we

01:17:49I won't say we don't need a stopwatch

01:17:51because we certainly do

01:17:52but it is for sure that John Watson can see Kiki Rosberg

01:17:56and that he knows who he is catching

01:17:58and that if he can catch and pass him

01:18:00and look how much closer he is to him now

01:18:02he will win the Belton Grand Prix

01:18:04lap 66

01:18:05yes let's hope

01:18:06he should be alright with Piquet for lapping in

01:18:08because Piquet is a very experienced driver

01:18:10and will therefore understand and know the situation that's going on

01:18:14he will have spotted that he's dealing with the battle for the lead

01:18:16so hopefully he'll get out of the way and let Watson through

01:18:192.92 seconds is the gap and they go into lap 67

01:18:25and John Watson remember has caught and passed his teammate Nicky Lauda

01:18:32and they are equal number one drivers

01:18:35he is now right up with Kiki Rosberg

01:18:38and it was 2.92 seconds when they started this lap

01:18:42we will be able to watch them and give you the gap

01:18:44but for sure it's going to be visual very soon

01:18:47yes I think it's visual already

01:18:49Watson's Piquet is good

01:18:51he let Watson right through

01:18:52there you are that's Rosberg just in front down the straight

01:18:54so it's all down to the last charge for the line

01:18:59lap 67

01:19:00Rosberg leads

01:19:01Watson gaining

01:19:02Lauda is in third position

01:19:04in fourth place it is Eddie Cheever

01:19:06in fifth place it is Elio De Angelis

01:19:08in sixth position Nelson Piquet

01:19:11three laps behind

01:19:13but still in with a world championship point

01:19:15and that would be his first of 1982

01:19:18here's the leader

01:19:20Rosberg

01:19:22Watson

01:19:232.5 seconds

01:19:26Watson has taken nearly half a second out of Rosberg's lead

01:19:30since I last timed them

01:19:32this is lap 67 coming up to the end of it

01:19:3580 lap race

01:19:37the leaders first and second together

01:19:39long way ahead of Nicky Lauda third

01:19:41Eddie Cheever fourth

01:19:42Elio De Angelis fifth

01:19:44Nelson Piquet

01:19:45in sixth position

01:19:46and in seventh place incidentally is Chico Serra

01:19:52the man that they have just lapped

01:19:54I should think four laps behind them

01:19:56that's how quickly the leaders are going in comparison

01:19:59with the men behind them

01:20:01lap 68

01:20:04Rosberg

01:20:09Watson

01:20:11and now Rosberg and Watson are both closing up on somebody that they are going to lap

01:20:18and this could be a problem for one or both of them

01:20:21well of course the problem

01:20:23the disadvantage always rests with the guy in the lead

01:20:25because he's the only person with anything to lose if they do get to trouble with back markers

01:20:28but there goes Rosberg safely round one of them

01:20:31but there's a bit of traffic in front

01:20:33Watson still very close behind but not quite close enough yet

01:20:37he needs a little bit of help to get enough time to pass

01:20:42and Watson has passed

01:20:44Raoul Bursell again

01:20:46that was the man that

01:20:48Keke Rosberg passed

01:20:50and now Watson is tackling Eddie Cheever and he's passed him

01:20:53it's going to be an absolutely terrific

01:20:55terrific

01:20:56last couple

01:20:57last two laps

01:20:58they're coming into lap 69 now

01:21:02the gap is 0.97 seconds

01:21:06less than one second

01:21:09in this unexpectedly tremendously exciting finish to the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix

01:21:15and there is no doubt at all about the fact that Keke Rosberg will now be a worried man

01:21:24but he has a considerable amount of experience

01:21:26on the other hand John Watson has got even more

01:21:28and he's now right up with him

01:21:30yes Watson is now in a position to attempt to overtake

01:21:34and Rosberg you can see is taking the left hand side of the straight

01:21:37to make sure that he has the inside line where they turn into the chicane at the end

01:21:41he's kept that all in one piece but Watson will be looking for ways round

01:21:46but I think Rosberg has the experience and the lack of inhibition

01:21:50to blatantly block for this time

01:21:52I think that it would be a poor effort if he let Watson pass

01:21:56this circuit is not conducive to overtaking

01:21:59two laps to go

01:22:00but this is where Watson should be attacking

01:22:03but he's dropped back a bit

01:22:04he wasn't really in position to attack there for some reason

01:22:07down to the boulder bird

01:22:09and off goes Rosberg and Watson is through

01:22:12change of lead

01:22:13Rosberg goes out

01:22:14hits the kerbing at the side

01:22:17and now as the crowd waves

01:22:19let's have a look at it again

01:22:20Rosberg out

01:22:21let's see where Rosberg stepped out

01:22:23yes well he came in too quick there Murray

01:22:26and that really was I have to say

01:22:27a very very poor piece of driving by Rosberg

01:22:30under pressure

01:22:31as I was saying it was going to be very difficult for him to

01:22:34for Watson to pass if he blocked properly

01:22:37the one thing when you're blocking somebody you don't have to do is to drive fast

01:22:40there was absolutely no reason for Rosberg to arrive fast into the chicane

01:22:44they're on

01:22:45Watson's now on his last lap

01:22:46a formality

01:22:47to compete now it should be

01:22:49and Rosberg must be kicking himself

01:22:51but that was a blatant mistake

01:22:53as a result of implying completely the wrong tactics

01:22:56there was no reason for him to be trying to go fast

01:22:58which is what happened

01:22:59and he should have just been concentrating on keeping a clean line

01:23:02keeping in front of Watson on the streets

01:23:04well

01:23:05Rosberg tapped his helmet for some reason

01:23:07whether it was to say I need my brains testing

01:23:09or whether he's very tired I know not

01:23:12it makes no difference

01:23:13because on the very last lap

01:23:15John Watson is on his way

01:23:18to his third world championship victory

01:23:21in his long career

01:23:23after having won in Britain last year

01:23:26and having won in Austria way back in 1976

01:23:31this is going to be the third Grand Prix victory

01:23:34for the Marlborough MP4 car

01:23:37the McLaren car

01:23:38and there's a disconsolate

01:23:40Rosberg coming through

01:23:42and now John Watson is within sight of that chequered flag

01:23:45he's going down the finishing street

01:23:47and the Belgian Grand Prix has been won by John Watson

01:23:51with where is he

01:23:52Kiki Rosberg

01:23:53yes in second position across the line

01:23:56and then behind him

01:23:58we haven't seen Lauda for a long time

01:24:00should be Lauda in third position

01:24:02with Eddie Cheever fourth

01:24:04Elio De Angelis in fifth place

01:24:06and in sixth position world champion Nelson Piquet

01:24:12but Watson waving to the crowd

01:24:15and he must be delighted

01:24:17yes a marvellous race by John Watson

01:24:19because you have to remember

01:24:20that if he qualified a bit further up the grid

01:24:22he wouldn't have been that far behind in the first place

01:24:24because all that time that he lost

01:24:26and had to come from so far behind

01:24:29was because of course

01:24:30he started well down the grid

01:24:32and terrific stuff

01:24:34he caught he kept pressing on and on and on

01:24:36when his car was undoubtedly going better than anybody else's

01:24:38but he kept stuck in

01:24:39he caught Rosberg right at the end

01:24:42and then he forced the mistake

01:24:43or rather I think Rosberg much more forces on himself

01:24:45but there's no doubt that Rosberg was tired

01:24:47his head appeared to be lolling about beforehand

01:24:49but that's still no excuse

01:24:51because you've got the adrenaline push

01:24:52of another car right behind you

01:24:54and that was a great shame that Rosberg's done that

01:24:57well a win then for John Watson

01:24:59second for Keke Rosberg

01:25:01third Nicky Lauda

01:25:02and subject to official confirmation

01:25:04Alain Prost still leads the world championship

01:25:06the world championship

01:25:13yeah

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F1 1982 - Grand Prix of Belgium

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