2000 German GP

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Round 11 of the 2000 F1 season at Hockenheim.

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00:00:00In Germany, as in many European countries, young drivers grow up on go-karts, dreaming

00:00:06of having 800 more horsepower behind them.

00:00:11A youngster named Michael and his younger brother, Ralph, honed their skills on this

00:00:15go-kart track.

00:00:18Now, Michael Schumacher is in quest of his third Formula One World Championship, and

00:00:25his younger brother, Ralph, is a rising star.

00:00:27Today, they compete in their home Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of Germany.

00:00:57Welcome to Hockenheim for round 11 of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

00:01:01Today, the Grand Prix of Germany.

00:01:03Hi, everyone.

00:01:04I'm Mike Joy, alongside five-time Le Mans winner, Derek Bell, former Williams and Ferrari

00:01:09team manager, Peter Windsor, will join us from the paddock area in Pit Lane.

00:01:13Here's a look at what's coming up on our Mercedes-Benz pre-race today.

00:01:17Well, a lot of drivers swapping in the news and a breaking story there.

00:01:22The controversy over the computer on board Mika Hockenheim's car in the last race, and

00:01:28a very variable weather and qualifying session.

00:01:31And we'll go one-on-one with the president, no, the president of the FIA, Max Mosley.

00:01:39So, you can see the car park is full, and there's the stadium area, and then the track

00:01:43runs off into the forest.

00:01:46This beautiful course that's the second longest in all of Formula One.

00:01:50As Michael Schumacher is out for one of his reconnaissance laps, you see the countdown

00:01:54clock in the upper left as we close in on the start of the German Grand Prix.

00:01:59Schumacher is the points leader in the World Drivers' Championship, but he has scored no

00:02:04points the last two races.

00:02:05David Coulthard, just six back.

00:02:07Mika Hockenheim, two back of his McLaren teammate.

00:02:10And Barrichello, Fisichella, and Ralf Schumacher.

00:02:13And in the constructors, it's Ferrari on 92, McLaren on 88, Williams and Benetton, 19 and 18.

00:02:19Bayer on 112, and Georgian Mutant Honda on 11.

00:02:24So, is this the race where Michael gets his championship hopes back on track, or here

00:02:28is Mika Hockenheim, who has scored points in all but the first two races of the season,

00:02:34trying to defend his World Championship.

00:02:39Well, there's lots of news in the paddock area, and most of it surrounds what we call

00:02:42Tilly's season, the swapping of drivers and rides.

00:02:45And here's a world exclusive from Peter.

00:02:50Sensational news in the paddock, and you heard it first on Fox Sports Net, is that the deal

00:02:53is in place for Jenson Button to join Benetton-Renault for the next two years as teammate to Giancarlo

00:02:59Fisichella.

00:03:00Now, Williams will retain their contract with Button, and he's effectively on lease in much

00:03:05the same way that Jarno Trulli is on lease.

00:03:07He's a Benetton driver on lease to Jordan.

00:03:09But Jenson will be paid a retainer for the next two years.

00:03:12He'll also be paid by Benetton.

00:03:13He'll be a Benetton driver, and that is going to be officially announced, we believe, sometime

00:03:17in the next two weeks.

00:03:18That also means, of course, that Juan Pablo Montoya is going to be released from his Ganassi

00:03:22contract to join Williams alongside Ralf Schumacher.

00:03:25Other driver moves?

00:03:26Well, Jacques Villeneuve has decided to stay at BAR Honda for at least the next two years.

00:03:31Big commitment there from Jacques.

00:03:32It's likely that Riccardo Zonta will also stay there, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen has

00:03:36confirmed that he will be staying for another two years at Jordan Honda.

00:03:40Eddie Irvine, of course, missed the Austrian Grand Prix.

00:03:42Severe stomach pains there.

00:03:44He's OK.

00:03:45He's back.

00:03:46He's blonde.

00:03:47He's got a new image.

00:03:48He's looking very cool.

00:03:49Jaguar, of course, not quite up to par at the moment, but Eddie refreshed after that

00:03:52sojourn back to England.

00:03:54Well, of course, Luciano Berti did an excellent job there, standing in for Eddie Irvine.

00:03:58But, of course, he's back to test driver now, Mike.

00:04:00Well, there may be an F1 ride in his future, though.

00:04:02He was impressive.

00:04:03He certainly was.

00:04:04Well, the points for the constructors are different than when we left you in Austria.

00:04:09There's Michael Schumacher, there's a look, and here's Rubens Barrichello coming back

00:04:12onto the starting grid and to pit lane.

00:04:15After one of his recon laps, he'll start deep in the field.

00:04:17We'll explain that a little later on.

00:04:19But McLaren had their constructor points taken away in Austria because the engine management

00:04:23computer removed from Mika Hakkinen's car did not have one of the FIA seals on it,

00:04:29indicating the possibility of tampering.

00:04:32Peter will explain later in detail just what that involves.

00:04:35But first, we wanted to give you Ron Dennis' take on the $50,000 fine

00:04:41and the loss of the constructor points.

00:04:45I'm a little disappointed.

00:04:47There's no question that there was a sticker missing,

00:04:51but there is no formal process of its application.

00:04:55It's a responsibility set between the FIA, the team, and the electronic supplier.

00:05:01After one and a half days of the most detailed electronic forensic process,

00:05:06not only is the system declared completely legal,

00:05:09but it's also identified as being exactly the same as that registered to the FIA beforehand.

00:05:16So to take the points from the team is somewhat severe.

00:05:20Most people would say, well, why didn't you appeal?

00:05:24The problem is that there's not many teams in this pit lane that have ever succeeded in appeal.

00:05:32And I think coming to the Grand Prix with two drivers motivated,

00:05:36with their points intact, and a team motivated by having lost points,

00:05:43is a more constructive way for us to proceed.

00:05:47I don't think it will damage our efforts on the Constructors' Championship,

00:05:51because I think we have a better car.

00:05:54So we just took a pragmatic view on it.

00:05:57So McLaren lost their points from Austria.

00:05:59A little later on, we'll explain why the podium result from that race did not change.

00:06:05No Constructor points, but the drivers who stood on the podium in Austria retained their points.

00:06:10It's a little confusing, but we'll explain after this.

00:06:15So a Mercedes-Benz pre-race for the Grand Prix of Germany,

00:06:18and an interesting combination, Hockenheim, between the stadium portion of the circuit

00:06:22and the beautiful German countryside, Derek.

00:06:25The second longest circuit in Grand Prix racing.

00:06:27Yes, it's a 4.24 miles long, Mike.

00:06:31A long circuit, 45 laps to race, 14 turns, the top speed 218 or so miles an hour.

00:06:37So let's get out there and do the lap with Rubens Barrichello.

00:06:42As we go by the pits, we come up to the fastest corner on the circuit, in fact,

00:06:45of 110 mile an hour right-hander, which leads us out onto the long, long drive

00:06:51out through the forest, as we call it.

00:06:53You want to be absolutely on song as you come out of there,

00:06:55because it's such a long way.

00:06:5617 seconds at full throttle as he gets up into 6th gear

00:07:00and works his way up into the Jim Clark chicane.

00:07:02215 miles an hour as he brakes.

00:07:04Of course, this lap was done in the damp just yesterday.

00:07:07You have to be very, very cautious going through the Jim Clark chicane

00:07:10that used to be a flat-out right-hander in days gone by

00:07:13until the tragedy with Jim Clark.

00:07:15Here he is working his way down towards the east curve.

00:07:19A long, long section.

00:07:2013 seconds.

00:07:21Full revs in 6th gear as he drives down again through the forest.

00:07:25Beautiful part of the track.

00:07:26This used to be a flat-out right-hander.

00:07:28Very, very dodgy corner.

00:07:30Careful on those bumps.

00:07:31A bit of adverse camber as he turns into them,

00:07:33so it does upset the balance of the car as he goes through.

00:07:36It is a smooth surface and a high grip level.

00:07:39He's working his way down this little, slightly bumpy bit of the track.

00:07:42Remember, it is quite an old circuit.

00:07:44Works his way down.

00:07:45215 miles an hour in 6th or 7th gear.

00:07:48Braking down to 2nd gear for the Senna chicane.

00:07:51Runs over a lot of curve there.

00:07:53Touches the curve on the left.

00:07:55Accelerates out onto this, again, another fast section.

00:07:58Four very heavy braking sections in this circuit.

00:08:02This is the most amazing feeling as the driver coming into the stadium.

00:08:05Down as he goes, down into 3rd gear, into the stadium.

00:08:09200,000 people sitting there watching the roar you can hear

00:08:12amongst the noise of your car.

00:08:14Turns into the Sachs curve.

00:08:16Very, very careful as he puts the power.

00:08:17Doesn't want too much understeer.

00:08:19Push as he comes out of there.

00:08:20Dropping downhill very slightly.

00:08:22Down in gear.

00:08:23Through this corner to where Michael Schumacher lost it

00:08:25just before qualifying yesterday morning.

00:08:27Onto the pit straight.

00:08:28Back up again to 190 miles an hour.

00:08:31That was a long lap with Rubens Barrichello.

00:08:35Well, there you have track surface was smooth.

00:08:37Grip level high.

00:08:38Tire compound is medium.

00:08:39Tire wear is medium.

00:08:41Brake wear is very high, as I mentioned.

00:08:43Braxton Trottle, 72% of the lap.

00:08:45And fuel consumption is high as we look at Eddie O...

00:08:48Eddie Irvine there, drinking some stuff to keep his hair blonde.

00:08:51When Eddie was in the hospital, he thought,

00:08:53well, geez, you know, if I go from this stomach ailment,

00:08:55what haven't I done in my life?

00:08:57And about all he could think of was,

00:08:58well, he hadn't yet dyed his hair.

00:09:00He considered blue, but settled for blonde.

00:09:02What a wonderful way to be.

00:09:03The only thing you haven't done is go blonde.

00:09:05I'd say.

00:09:07Well, let's go back to Peter and get further detail

00:09:10on what happened to Mika Hakkinen's McLaren in Austria

00:09:12that caused McLaren to lose their constructor points

00:09:15for lack of a seal on the engine computer.

00:09:19So this black box here is what the Mika Hakkinen drama

00:09:22after Austria was all about.

00:09:23As you can see, relatively small.

00:09:25This is a ECU, electronic control unit.

00:09:28Typically, a Grand Prix car will have two or three of these.

00:09:31This one controls the engine, the gearbox,

00:09:34and the power steering, as it happens.

00:09:36Now, we see here a locked Hockenheim sticker here

00:09:38and two FIA seals.

00:09:40Now, it was one of these two seals

00:09:42that was not on the McLaren ECU,

00:09:45and which caused the drama.

00:09:46But McLaren were able to prove,

00:09:47when they uploaded their data into the FIA computer,

00:09:50that nothing had changed since these seals were applied.

00:09:53And that is why there was that strange ruling.

00:09:56The team lost their points, the driver didn't.

00:09:58There's a bit of vague area there.

00:10:00But basically, the FIA very, very closely monitored

00:10:03the sort of software that the teams run.

00:10:06And if the teams are going to do something dodgy, of course,

00:10:08it is going to be through the software.

00:10:10Looks like the FIA are right on top of the problem,

00:10:13and it looks as if McLaren were completely innocent as charged.

00:10:19Well, any time you have computers involved in auto racing,

00:10:23certainly there are ways to skirt the rules very easily,

00:10:26as Peter says, through software or through a hardware change.

00:10:29It's a very difficult area to regulate.

00:10:32But something that has to be regulated, Mike.

00:10:34Oh, and I agree. I don't think the FIA erred.

00:10:36I think the penalty was fair.

00:10:38The seal has to be there if it's there to prevent tampering.

00:10:41And if, in fact, it does, then it's got to be there.

00:10:44Yeah. There's too much money at stake, and it's too big a business.

00:10:47Agree. Agree.

00:10:51Well, qualifying was a case of racing the rain.

00:10:54And all these folks on the pit wall were watching a track

00:10:57with only one driver on it to see how he fared.

00:11:00We'll be back in a moment.

00:11:03From Mercedes-Benz pre-race for the Grand Prix of Germany

00:11:06in two weeks' time at 10 a.m. your local time,

00:11:09you'll see the Grand Prix of Hungary,

00:11:11different times in Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area,

00:11:14but most of you will see our next Grand Prix telecast

00:11:17at 10 a.m. your local time.

00:11:20Mika Hockenheim in conference, and you see the umbrellas at the ready.

00:11:23Those are not to keep them from sunstroke.

00:11:26It has been a very, very wet weekend here at Hockenheim,

00:11:30as the umbrella goes up over Pedro Diniz's cockpit.

00:11:33And, really, Derek, it seems like in qualifying yesterday

00:11:36they were racing the weather more so than they were racing each other.

00:11:39Yes, Mike, they really were. I mean, torrential rain struck

00:11:41just moments before qualifying started

00:11:43and got everybody lined up in the pit lane,

00:11:45ready to go as soon as those lights went green,

00:11:47and they were desperate to get out.

00:11:49Hockenheim being over four miles round,

00:11:51there's a chance that part of the circuit, of course,

00:11:53will be dry as well as wet.

00:11:55This is a scene where Heinz, our friend,

00:11:57had actually overshot the chicane to get ahead of two guys ahead of him

00:12:00so he could get a clear lap on his first lap.

00:12:02He was penalized for that.

00:12:04Here is Fizikela. He was penalized for this spin,

00:12:06but he did manage to get back and get in a spare car

00:12:08and record a tremendous time.

00:12:10Rubens Barrichello, meanwhile, he stops out on the track

00:12:13very close to Fizikela's car

00:12:15and had to jog back, having not achieved a time either,

00:12:17or even qualified.

00:12:19But it was David Coulthard that goes out and gets pole

00:12:21in those very early segments of the session,

00:12:24in the first five minutes, in fact,

00:12:26but Ferrari left to wonder, what are we going to do here?

00:12:28Rubens hasn't qualified,

00:12:30so, in fact, Michael Schumacher, having qualified himself,

00:12:33he says, well, let Rubens go out in the training car,

00:12:36because Michael, of course, had crashed his car

00:12:38in the early session.

00:12:40Out comes the sun, but Rubens is trying very hard.

00:12:42This part of the track is dry,

00:12:44but he just couldn't get up there.

00:12:46At this point, he was 22nd and last,

00:12:48in fact, hadn't qualified with his time.

00:12:50Hakkinen, a little bit later on, he goes out.

00:12:52He was second for a while,

00:12:54but he could only manage fourth place.

00:12:56Ferrari gets Michael's car rebuilt in time,

00:12:59and out he goes, but it's Barrichello

00:13:01who is desperately trying to hang on there.

00:13:03They're checking every bit of his lap as he goes around,

00:13:06and, in fact, Rubens qualified 18th, nonetheless.

00:13:09Jordans, they had a similar problem to Ferrari,

00:13:11because Frenzel was penalized,

00:13:13lost his time on that early lap because of what he did,

00:13:15and he qualified 17th.

00:13:17Schumacher goes out, the last lap.

00:13:19What a lap! What an outstanding lap.

00:13:21Gets second place.

00:13:23Let's go down and see what David Coulthard

00:13:25thoughts are on the start of the race.

00:13:28Just the same way you always do,

00:13:30which is to try and maximize your start.

00:13:34I intend to turn the pool into the leading

00:13:37and take him out of the first corner,

00:13:39and if that happens, obviously I've got a good chance.

00:13:41Michael Schumacher dressing his fans,

00:13:43but let's go down and hear what Peter Winsor

00:13:45caught up with Pedro de la Rosa.

00:13:47Pedro de la Rosa, a name we're hearing more and more

00:13:49in Formula 1, lying third in the Austrian Grand Prix,

00:13:51now best of the rest here at Hockenheim.

00:13:53You must be very happy.

00:13:54Tell us about that opening lap

00:13:56and what it was like in those conditions.

00:13:58Well, I just took the spare car

00:14:00because my car was not ready.

00:14:02There was an engine change.

00:14:04So we took the spare car because the sky was really dark

00:14:07and we knew that it was going to start raining.

00:14:09So I just had a good lap, basically.

00:14:11Nothing special, really.

00:14:12And when I came in, I was quite surprised

00:14:14to be fourth at that stage,

00:14:15because it was nothing special.

00:14:17It was just that I did a pretty good lap for the conditions.

00:14:20A very modest assessment there by Pedro.

00:14:22Best of the rest.

00:14:25We have a look at Eddie Irvine being interviewed.

00:14:27The reason Barrichello could not do well

00:14:29in a car set up for Schumacher,

00:14:30the pedal spacing is different.

00:14:32Michael's a left foot breaker.

00:14:33Ruben's brakes with his right foot.

00:14:35So a difficult adjustment.

00:14:37Ferrari team doing a great job to get him out in a car

00:14:40that he could drive and could qualify

00:14:42prior to the expiration of the hour.

00:14:44Alexander Virts settling in.

00:14:46We get a lot of e-mail questions from you folks

00:14:49and we thought we'd take the most frequently asked questions

00:14:53and deal with them all today.

00:14:54So here are the answers to many of your e-mail inquiries.

00:14:59Beginning with,

00:15:00who is the fellow who asks the questions

00:15:02at each press conference?

00:15:04I've been waiting for hours to try and answer this question.

00:15:06Apparently, that's where the unilateral studio is for this race.

00:15:09That's where somebody called Nick Damon

00:15:11does these interviews with the drivers

00:15:12after qualifying and the race.

00:15:14We still don't really know

00:15:15whether he's a computer voice or a real person.

00:15:17We found a guy in the paddock

00:15:18that had Nick Damon written on his Polka TV shirt.

00:15:20We think it was him.

00:15:21He didn't really want to talk.

00:15:22We managed to get out of him

00:15:23the fact that the good questions are his

00:15:25and the bad questions aren't his.

00:15:27But that's about all, I'm afraid.

00:15:30Many of you asked if the teams have two-way radios,

00:15:32why do they still use pit signs?

00:15:35Well, this one's a bit like asking

00:15:36why you need a palm pilot and an address book.

00:15:38Well, it's because, of course, radios don't always work.

00:15:41Here at Williams, MRTC do a great job.

00:15:43And really, they could probably do without pit signals.

00:15:45At Ferrari, it's the same.

00:15:46But in other teams, there is a drama.

00:15:48Equally, drivers like to know

00:15:50somebody out there cares about them.

00:15:52Every lap, somebody's sticking a board out.

00:15:54And it's still an art, of course.

00:15:55All these different words you can come up with.

00:15:57Beautifully done here at Williams.

00:15:58And you can tell the drivers anything you want, really.

00:16:02Why doesn't F1 use the large-diameter tires,

00:16:06wheels, and skinny, narrow rubber-band tires?

00:16:08A very simple answer to this one.

00:16:10Of course, low-profile tires, by definition,

00:16:12require quite large-diameter wheels.

00:16:14In Formula 1, the diameter of the wheel

00:16:16is limited to 13 inches across.

00:16:18That is because, in Formula 1,

00:16:20they want to keep control of brake performance.

00:16:22They want to limit the size of the brakes.

00:16:24Now, of course, they could limit the size of the brakes

00:16:26via regulation in itself.

00:16:28But if they had 16-inch wheels with a small brake,

00:16:31more air would circulate,

00:16:32and the brake would become more efficient.

00:16:34So, the best way of doing it,

00:16:35keep brake power under control,

00:16:37limit the wheel size to 13 inches,

00:16:39and no low-profile tires as a result.

00:16:42And finally, why don't we ever hear

00:16:44how much money is won in a Grand Prix?

00:16:47Prize money in Formula 1,

00:16:48a big question mark.

00:16:49All the team owners signed a confidentiality clause

00:16:52many years ago, part of the Concord Agreement.

00:16:54Nobody knows how much they're paid.

00:16:56It's possible that the winner of a Grand Prix

00:16:58will receive nothing.

00:16:59It really depends on the deal he has with his team.

00:17:01He may get points money,

00:17:02he may get a bonus if he wins the race.

00:17:04Of course, the teams get appearance money,

00:17:06television rights money as part of their deal.

00:17:08But that money really is put into a big pool,

00:17:11divided into the 17 races,

00:17:13and it's dependent on how well that team has performed

00:17:16over the past 18 months in qualifying and the race.

00:17:19So, if Minardi win a Grand Prix,

00:17:20they will earn much less than Ferrari or McLaren.

00:17:24Anyway, we hope this covers some of the question marks

00:17:26of the very mysterious Formula 1 paddock.

00:17:29Many more questions, so keep those emails coming in.

00:17:32Thanks, Peter.

00:17:33Our email address, formula1 at foxsport.net.

00:17:37Well, we've been noticing

00:17:38there's a little bit of drizzle of rain coming down,

00:17:40and this causes a certain amount of consternation

00:17:42for the technical guys,

00:17:43because do they set the car up a little bit softer

00:17:45for the damp conditions, or do they leave it in for dry?

00:17:47So, somebody be looking at that meteorological forecast

00:17:50pretty closely and watching where those clouds come from.

00:17:53The weather remains quite variable here at Hockenheim.

00:17:57Well, the other evening was the annual Grand Prix ball,

00:17:59and the Germans do it up well.

00:18:00Everyone was there in their period costumes and powdered wigs.

00:18:05No, that's Eddie's dye job, that's not a wig.

00:18:08Anyway, everyone looked very splendid,

00:18:10and a good and expensive time was had by all.

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00:18:23Coming up on Fox Sportsnet, we'll be at Hungary,

00:18:2510 a.m. your local time, in two weeks,

00:18:27then Belgium and Italy into September,

00:18:29and we've further expanded our U.S. Grand Prix coverage.

00:18:32These are all Eastern Time.

00:18:34Friday, two rounds of practice live on Fox Sportsnet.

00:18:38Saturday, live qualifying coverage,

00:18:40and Sunday the 24th, the U.S. Grand Prix.

00:18:43You ask for it, we're going to do it.

00:18:45Now, let's make sure we get those ratings to justify this.

00:18:49But lots of coverage from the U.S. Grand Prix,

00:18:51then Japan and Malaysia to close out

00:18:53our third consecutive season on Fox Sportsnet.

00:18:57Jarno, truly, don't see any drops on his visor yet, Derek.

00:19:00Of course, I don't see the umbrella there yet, either.

00:19:02No, I think it's just a parting shower, as we say.

00:19:06But, of course, it doesn't mean to say it isn't damp

00:19:08at the other end of the circuit.

00:19:09That's the trouble with these four-mile circuits,

00:19:11and I've raced there many times, and you think,

00:19:13oh, it's great here, and get out the back,

00:19:15and it's like an ice rink.

00:19:16Well, the fans are at the ready with all of their rain gear,

00:19:19and we are, too.

00:19:20Now, coming up the end of September,

00:19:22the United States Grand Prix.

00:19:23We've got the best seat in the house,

00:19:25high above start-finish.

00:19:26We thought you'd have a look at where you might watch the race from.

00:19:34Most of Indiana is flat.

00:19:36Luckily, this place isn't.

00:19:38I'm standing on the 7th tee of the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course

00:19:41in the Indian Field.

00:19:43If you don't already have your tickets,

00:19:45these grass and earthen berms are the best place

00:19:48for general admission ticket holders to watch the U.S. Grand Prix.

00:19:51Now, behind me, there's a straightaway

00:19:53coming back behind the Speedway Museum,

00:19:55and then a right turn that leads off to the short chute

00:19:58where the cars will enter the two-and-a-half-mile oval.

00:20:01The catch fencing isn't up yet, but this is a great view,

00:20:04so bring your cameras and get here early

00:20:06to stake out your square of indie real estate.

00:20:09Now let's have a look at the other extreme

00:20:11in how to watch the U.S. Grand Prix.

00:20:14Above the brand-new garages built for Formula One

00:20:17are these luxury suites, 12 of them,

00:20:20each segmented into thirds,

00:20:22where you and your corporate clients

00:20:24can enjoy the Grand Prix with full catering,

00:20:27noise-reducing ceilings,

00:20:29and specially blown-in-from-England glare-reducing glass.

00:20:32You get a great view of the front straightaway,

00:20:35all the comforts of home,

00:20:37and everything the folks in the stands get

00:20:39except the sunburn and the noise of Formula One.

00:20:47And here are the fans at Hockenheim,

00:20:49those that are lucky enough to be under a roof

00:20:51in the stadium complex because there is a light drizzle,

00:20:54as you see umbrellas covering the drivers

00:20:56as we get set to go.

00:21:00This week we go Formula One on one with the president,

00:21:03the president of the FIA.

00:21:05Peter had a sit-down with the eminent Max Mosley.

00:21:11How to introduce Max Mosley,

00:21:13nephew of the Mitford sisters perhaps,

00:21:15son of the British wartime politician Sir Oswald,

00:21:18former racing driver, former team owner,

00:21:20linguist, attorney at law.

00:21:22Well, he's also president of the FIA,

00:21:24the Federation International Automobile,

00:21:26the governing body of Formula One.

00:21:28And as such, we asked Max how important

00:21:30the U.S. Grand Prix was to Formula One.

00:21:34I think very important because we've missed

00:21:36having a Grand Prix in the United States

00:21:38and then it's never really worked in America

00:21:42because there was never one place

00:21:44which was traditionally the Formula One Grand Prix,

00:21:47the American Grand Prix, ever since Watkins Glen.

00:21:50So it's good to have Indianapolis

00:21:52because that's a great centre of motor racing

00:21:55and the fact that it's apparently sold out

00:21:58is very encouraging.

00:22:01Let's look five years ahead.

00:22:03How big do you potentially see that race becoming

00:22:07and will it actually change the way

00:22:09other Formula One Grands Prix are held and staged?

00:22:12Well, that's quite possible.

00:22:14I think the thing is that it's probably

00:22:19set an example to other people

00:22:21just how big something like that can be.

00:22:24It's more or less double the crowd

00:22:26that we have anywhere else

00:22:28simply because the space is there to accommodate it

00:22:31and America has always traditionally been

00:22:35somewhere where the local racing

00:22:37or the national racing was preeminent.

00:22:40The fact that Formula One can be so big

00:22:43is very encouraging.

00:22:44A quick State of the Union on Formula One.

00:22:47We've been in this mire of European Commission control

00:22:49for a while.

00:22:50Light at the end of the tunnel there?

00:22:52I think yes.

00:22:53I think really in the end

00:22:55I think there's a tendency perhaps in Europe

00:22:57to see things too much in European terms

00:23:00and we see it very much in world terms.

00:23:02So in the final analysis

00:23:04if we had problems in Europe

00:23:06it would be irritating but not catastrophic.

00:23:08But I think those problems are likely to be sorted out.

00:23:11I think reason will prevail.

00:23:13It usually does in the end

00:23:14but sometimes it takes a bit of time.

00:23:16By that do I take it you mean that

00:23:18races could be taken out of Europe

00:23:19and staged worldwide without any problems?

00:23:21I wouldn't say without any problem

00:23:23but it could be done.

00:23:24But it's not desirable.

00:23:26We really like to keep the traditions

00:23:28the traditional events

00:23:29the traditional Grands Prix and so on.

00:23:31But in the final analysis

00:23:33if you had to we could.

00:23:34How important is it to have an American driver in Formula One?

00:23:37It's important but probably not as important as one would think.

00:23:40Back in the 70s

00:23:42when Mario Andretti won the World Championship

00:23:44we thought at that time

00:23:45that would make a big difference

00:23:47to the following in the United States.

00:23:49I'm not sure it did.

00:23:50And that's notwithstanding that

00:23:51Mario wasn't just an American driver

00:23:53he was really the American driver

00:23:55in that era.

00:23:56Thank you very much, Max.

00:23:57Thank you.

00:24:00You ask Max a question

00:24:01and you get a very, very eloquent answer.

00:24:03I loved talking to him.

00:24:04I hope you enjoyed listening to him.

00:24:07Max also tipped that

00:24:08we're probably not too far away in America

00:24:10from having the enhanced digital video feed

00:24:13available on the Internet.

00:24:16There's the World Champion point leader

00:24:18Michael Schumacher

00:24:19who has not scored points in the last two races.

00:24:22And Mika Hakkinen

00:24:23and Mika Hakkinen

00:24:24the man who hopes to win

00:24:25his third consecutive World Championship.

00:24:27We'll be back with the starting grid

00:24:29and the start of the race after this.

00:24:33Welcome back to our Fox Sportsnet coverage

00:24:35and you see a bit of glare on the visor now

00:24:37of Mika Hakkinen.

00:24:38Talk about variable weather.

00:24:40The sun is out in the stadium complex.

00:24:42Those umbrellas

00:24:43are to shield the drivers from sun.

00:24:45Back in the forest section of the course

00:24:47it is raining.

00:24:49That's why the chance of rain

00:24:50lists there at 90%.

00:24:54Getting close up on the formation lap.

00:25:16See those very dark clouds off in the distance?

00:25:19The near distance.

00:25:21One yellow flag waving.

00:25:24That's actually just what Rubens wanted.

00:25:33It was the car in front of him

00:25:34to not be moving.

00:25:35He's got a gap now.

00:25:37It's one of the two Williams.

00:25:38Is that Button?

00:25:39Jenson Button, is it?

00:25:40Yes.

00:25:41He's right in front of...

00:25:42Yeah.

00:25:45Well, let's show you how they will start today.

00:25:47David Coulthard has his second pole of the year

00:25:49and 10th career pole for McLaren Mercedes.

00:25:52Schumacher had a stunning lap

00:25:53in the wet at the end

00:25:54to get right up beside David.

00:25:56Second row on our Mercedes-Benz starting grid

00:25:58Giancarlo Fisichella

00:25:59thrilled with qualifying third for Benetton.

00:26:01And after Hacken and stunning form in Austria

00:26:03one must question his ability

00:26:04in the damp, tricky conditions yesterday.

00:26:08Pedlo de la Rosa went out

00:26:10couldn't believe that he was

00:26:11up in the top five on the board

00:26:13when he made his first run

00:26:14and he stayed there fifth.

00:26:15And Jarno Trulli in the Jordan

00:26:16with slight aerodynamic modifications

00:26:18proving the cars quick.

00:26:21Alexander Virts was pleased

00:26:22the car had good balance

00:26:23and he got a clear lap.

00:26:24He's seventh.

00:26:25Johnny Herbert eighth

00:26:26because he's got a development engine in

00:26:28as has Eddie Irvine.

00:26:31Jack Villeneuve a bit conservative

00:26:32on his first run

00:26:33and his last run

00:26:34foiled by the rain

00:26:35will line up ninth.

00:26:36Irvine as I said

00:26:37just slightly out

00:26:39qualified by his teammate.

00:26:41Just for stopping

00:26:42the car was not repaired in time

00:26:44so he missed the first run in the dry

00:26:46couldn't improve on 11th.

00:26:48And Zonto, well he's 12th

00:26:49good position.

00:26:51Nick Heidfeld lost the morning practice

00:26:53so went out with a guess on the setup

00:26:56he guessed for 13th.

00:26:57And Ralf Schumacher

00:26:58not very happy with his position

00:27:00but the Williams hasn't shone

00:27:01very much recently.

00:27:03In the Sauber, Mika Salo

00:27:04had traffic on his first lap

00:27:05so couldn't improve on 15th.

00:27:07Jenson Button dodging the rain

00:27:09will line up 16th

00:27:10and now will go to the back

00:27:11for missing the start of the formation lap.

00:27:13Heinz-Harald Frentzen

00:27:14his first run was disallowed

00:27:16because on not his fast lap

00:27:18he passed cars in front of him

00:27:19at the chicane

00:27:20the game track position

00:27:21so he came back to run 17th

00:27:23and Barrichello

00:27:24after spinning

00:27:25after having trouble with his car

00:27:28not spinning it

00:27:29problems with his car

00:27:30Michael's car not set up

00:27:31for his right foot braking style

00:27:32he eventually managed to get on the grid

00:27:34in 18th.

00:27:36Pedro Diniz

00:27:37in his Sauber

00:27:38he had traffic on his first run

00:27:40was 19th and couldn't improve

00:27:42and John Alesi said

00:27:43it was just his worst qualifying day ever

00:27:45in his Formula 1 career

00:27:46which as you know

00:27:47is the longest of all the drivers.

00:27:49The minorities went out

00:27:50for their first run

00:27:51on rain tires

00:27:52that was a mistake

00:27:53Bazzacconi and Genet

00:27:55on the last row of the grid

00:27:56Genet

00:27:57then with car trouble

00:27:58then blew up

00:27:59when he went out in the spare

00:28:00that's why he's a second and a half

00:28:01behind his teammate.

00:28:04Saw a little on board

00:28:05from Fisichella there

00:28:06as he comes to line up

00:28:08in third on this grid.

00:28:10Points of the last four races

00:28:12David Coulthard 26th

00:28:14Mika 20th

00:28:15Marichello 20th

00:28:16and Michael Schumacher

00:28:17only 10th

00:28:18with his Canadian win.

00:28:19And it'd be intriguing to see

00:28:20just how Michael Schumacher

00:28:21takes this start

00:28:22there's a lot of controversy

00:28:24over the way he's been starting

00:28:25this season.

00:28:26Alright

00:28:27Ross Brawn of Ferrari

00:28:28one of the anxious onlookers

00:28:30as we get set for the start

00:28:32of the German Grand Prix.

00:28:34Great start from Schumacher

00:28:45it looked like

00:28:46but not good enough.

00:28:50Oh dear

00:28:51oh dear

00:28:52did one of those Benetons

00:28:53go in there?

00:28:57It looked like a Beneton

00:28:58I think it was two cars.

00:29:01Yellow's waving

00:29:02and Michael Schumacher

00:29:03is in the wall as well.

00:29:05Fisichella

00:29:06So from second and third

00:29:10they are out of it.

00:29:11Oh my goodness

00:29:12that's just what we didn't need

00:29:13in Germany

00:29:14that is for sure

00:29:15what Schumacher didn't need

00:29:16for this World Championship.

00:29:18Well if they don't restart

00:29:19this race

00:29:21that would be the third race

00:29:22in a row

00:29:23in which Schumacher

00:29:24is pointless.

00:29:28Well they're not red flagging it.

00:29:31No they're going to have room

00:29:32to lift those cars up

00:29:33and off the course.

00:29:35Incredibly.

00:29:38Schumacher and Fisichella

00:29:39out in a first turn crash.

00:29:41Oh and a bit of

00:29:42nudging there on that.

00:29:43Now the two Saubers

00:29:44wheelbanging one another.

00:29:58So it's a McLaren one two

00:29:59on the first lap

00:30:00but certainly not

00:30:01as we expected.

00:30:02Jarno Trulli

00:30:03and Pedro de la Rosa

00:30:04right there.

00:30:12Eddie Irvine up for fifth.

00:30:14Now he's down to see

00:30:15what Barry Keller can do

00:30:16because there's one remaining Ferrari.

00:30:17What a nightmare

00:30:18in Germany

00:30:19for Schumacher and Ferrari.

00:30:21Michael looks so confident

00:30:22all weekend.

00:30:26But it's a long race

00:30:27and a lot of attrition

00:30:29takes place here

00:30:30that's for sure.

00:30:31Well I'd hope not to use

00:30:32the old saw

00:30:33as the true blondes

00:30:34have more fun

00:30:35but Irvine was tenth

00:30:36on the grid

00:30:37and he's running fifth

00:30:38in one lap.

00:30:39Amazing bit of stuff.

00:30:40We hear that

00:30:41somebody jumped the start

00:30:42as well

00:30:43so there'll be a penalty

00:30:44possibly for that.

00:30:46The fact that Hackerman

00:30:47got through so quickly

00:30:48makes you wonder

00:30:49I hope it wasn't Mika.

00:30:51Look at Barry Keller

00:30:52pulling up to go by

00:30:54one of the lucky strike cars.

00:30:56Yes he does.

00:30:58Bit of speed

00:30:59into the Jim Clark chicane.

00:31:03Barry Keller

00:31:04coming up really well

00:31:06as we ride with him.

00:31:13Going down to the east curve

00:31:14up to 215 miles an hour.

00:31:17There he is

00:31:18behind one of the other...

00:31:20Oh look!

00:31:21Whoa!

00:31:22Look at the arrows.

00:31:24Now Barry Keller

00:31:25is right there behind Villeneuve

00:31:26on the right of your screen.

00:31:27He had just passed Zonta.

00:31:29That white car is Villeneuve

00:31:30just ahead

00:31:31of Rubens.

00:31:36A bit of slipstreaming

00:31:37or a lot of slipstreaming

00:31:38to try and benefit

00:31:39from the high speed

00:31:40of these cars.

00:31:41There we go.

00:31:42Look.

00:31:43Pushed up and goes by.

00:31:44Goes by Herbert.

00:31:47And also Barry Keller

00:31:48has got by Villeneuve.

00:31:52What a storming drive

00:31:53by Barry Keller so far.

00:31:54Let's watch the start.

00:31:56Now watch

00:31:57second row right

00:31:58is Fisichella.

00:31:59Front row

00:32:00Schumacher.

00:32:01Coulthard

00:32:02slices across

00:32:03but he takes up

00:32:04so much real estate

00:32:05doing it

00:32:06that Haakonen gets the lead.

00:32:08And there's Schumacher

00:32:09coming over.

00:32:10He and Fisichella

00:32:11get together.

00:32:14Here we go.

00:32:15Michael now breaks.

00:32:16Fisichella can't stop

00:32:17and he hits him.

00:32:18And off they both go.

00:32:19What a disaster

00:32:20for second and third man

00:32:21on the grid.

00:32:23Somebody said

00:32:24Michael Schumacher

00:32:25for Tard

00:32:26and he did there.

00:32:27Look at those tires

00:32:28all over the top of the car.

00:32:29Well it was Coulthard

00:32:30making a very

00:32:31Schumacher-like move

00:32:32decisively slicing

00:32:33across Michael's bow

00:32:35but using up

00:32:36all that extra real estate

00:32:37he made his point

00:32:38but it cost him

00:32:39the lead, Derek.

00:32:40Oh and there's

00:32:41Barry Keller going again.

00:32:43Down he goes.

00:32:46No he doesn't.

00:32:47He can't get by the Jag.

00:32:48Look at the speed

00:32:49of that Jaguar.

00:32:50Here he goes.

00:32:51He's going to get him

00:32:52under braking.

00:32:53Come on.

00:32:54Oh the curb.

00:32:55It might have been the curb.

00:32:56Sorry.

00:32:57The speed of that Jaguar

00:32:58but of course

00:32:59it could also mean

00:33:00that they're running

00:33:01very low wing on the Jag.

00:33:04Allowing it to get

00:33:05the high speed.

00:33:10Look at this.

00:33:11Look at the length

00:33:12that Jag pulls out

00:33:13but of course

00:33:14you lose something like

00:33:1520-25 yards

00:33:16under braking

00:33:17when you're running

00:33:18a low downforce

00:33:19configuration

00:33:20over a high downforce.

00:33:24I'm not sure

00:33:25which is more

00:33:26the shock of the race

00:33:28as you see

00:33:29Hockenden started

00:33:30fourth now first

00:33:31Jarno Trullis

00:33:32from sixth to third

00:33:33Eddie Irvine

00:33:34from tenth to seventh

00:33:35and we're corrected

00:33:36it's Herbert

00:33:37ahead of Irvine

00:33:38not the other way around

00:33:39the scoring's been updated

00:33:40to show Herbert.

00:33:41Now watch

00:33:42there goes Rubens

00:33:43is he going to get by?

00:33:44Yes he's got to get by

00:33:45coming into the stadium

00:33:46surely because it's

00:33:47a much better overtaking area

00:33:48because it's a faster corner

00:33:49yes he's got him

00:33:50good line

00:33:51well done Barry Keller

00:33:52what a drive

00:33:53from 18th place

00:33:54on the grid

00:33:55unbelievable

00:33:57and he goes past

00:33:58Irvine into seventh

00:33:59I was saying Derek

00:34:00perhaps the biggest shock

00:34:01of the first part

00:34:02of this race

00:34:03are the Arrows

00:34:04de la Rosa's in fourth

00:34:05and Verstappen

00:34:06is in sixth

00:34:07yeah exactly

00:34:08but de la Rosa's been quick

00:34:09all weekend Michael

00:34:10he was very quick

00:34:11in warmup this morning

00:34:12de la Rosa was third

00:34:13quickest this morning

00:34:14in warmup

00:34:17and Arrows

00:34:18next year will be

00:34:19just done a deal

00:34:20to be running

00:34:21these new

00:34:22Peugeot engines

00:34:23Peugeot has been

00:34:24taken over

00:34:25Peugeot engine

00:34:26department

00:34:27taken over by

00:34:28a conglomerate

00:34:29from Japan

00:34:31and they'll be running

00:34:32those engines

00:34:33next year

00:34:34Asia Motor Technologies

00:34:35is the new consortium

00:34:36that's going to build those

00:34:45Verstappen now

00:34:46under heavy pressure

00:34:47from Barry Keller

00:34:53there's a gap back

00:34:54to Herbert

00:34:55locking up the brakes

00:34:56is Verstappen

00:34:57Barry Keller

00:34:58filling his mirrors

00:35:00Eddie Irvine behind

00:35:01is Johnny Herbert

00:35:02who's at the head

00:35:03of that train

00:35:04we also understand

00:35:05that Herbert

00:35:06is on a two-stop strategy

00:35:07hence he's running

00:35:08lighter fuel

00:35:09and has this extra

00:35:10speed momentum

00:35:11through the turns

00:35:12and out onto the straights

00:35:13although he certainly

00:35:14didn't do a very good job

00:35:15overtaking

00:35:16with that speed

00:35:17the Jag

00:35:18didn't we hear

00:35:19the same of Barry Keller

00:35:20didn't I say

00:35:21Barry Keller

00:35:22Arthur said

00:35:23Herbert

00:35:24I'm sorry

00:35:25I meant Barry Keller

00:35:26I'm sorry

00:35:27I certainly meant

00:35:28Barry Keller

00:35:32but isn't it wonderful

00:35:33to see slipstreaming races

00:35:34here we come

00:35:35into the stadium

00:35:47of course we see

00:35:48lots of slipstreaming

00:35:49races and naturally

00:35:50with IndyCar and IRL

00:35:51but there's nothing

00:35:52quite like

00:35:53seeing guys

00:35:54out braking one another

00:35:55from 215 miles an hour

00:35:56to 70 mile an hour

00:35:57corners

00:35:58that's when it's dramatic

00:35:59and a lot of balance

00:36:00and car control

00:36:01is required

00:36:04and thus far

00:36:05the sprinkles that we've seen

00:36:06have not

00:36:07really had much effect

00:36:08on the racing

00:36:09back in the forest

00:36:10section of the course

00:36:11a little bit

00:36:12you can see dampness

00:36:13a little different colour

00:36:14of the asphalt

00:36:15but really no sections

00:36:16of wet track

00:36:20Tomika Hakkinen

00:36:21leads from

00:36:22David Coulthard

00:36:23by seven tenths

00:36:24of a second

00:36:26another look

00:36:27at the start

00:36:28Coulthard cutting across

00:36:29Hakkinen taking

00:36:30the opposite side

00:36:31and in fact

00:36:32in fact I have to say

00:36:33David actually

00:36:34pushed Michael

00:36:35across there

00:36:36Michael wanted to

00:36:37keep his foot in it

00:36:38and you see

00:36:39David

00:36:40you can't quite see him

00:36:41he's on the right

00:36:42of Michael Schumacher

00:36:43here

00:36:44payback time of course

00:36:45pushes Michael

00:36:46right across the road

00:36:47he doesn't want

00:36:48to do it intentionally

00:36:49but that's what

00:36:50came out in the end

00:36:51the initial contact

00:36:52from the right front

00:36:53of Fisichella's wing

00:36:54flattens Schumacher's

00:36:55left rear tyre

00:36:56you just watch

00:36:57Michael goes across

00:36:58to the left

00:36:59trying to get by

00:37:00Coulthard on his right

00:37:01Coulthard moves back

00:37:02he doesn't touch

00:37:03Michael

00:37:04Michael tries to give him

00:37:05plenty of room

00:37:06but he touches Fisichella

00:37:07disaster

00:37:10and the reaction

00:37:12from Schumacher's garage

00:37:16so the McLarens

00:37:17win 2

00:37:18Jarno Trulli

00:37:19Pedro de la Rosa

00:37:20Johnny Herbert

00:37:21goes for stoppin

00:37:22in the German Grand Prix

00:37:23after 4 laps

00:37:24we'll be right back

00:37:26go back to Fox Sportsnet

00:37:27coverage of the

00:37:28German Grand Prix

00:37:29at Hockenheim

00:37:30riding with Rubens

00:37:31Barrichello

00:37:42well Rubens

00:37:43here he goes

00:37:44trying to get him

00:37:45under braking

00:37:46he goes down the inside

00:37:47yes he's got him

00:37:48Johnny wouldn't be

00:37:49the sort of driver

00:37:50to put Rubens off

00:37:51great piece of overtaking

00:37:52there by Rubens

00:37:53what a drive he's having

00:37:54in fact what a drive

00:37:55all those guys are having

00:37:56but Rubens is coming

00:37:57from 18th place

00:37:58on the grid

00:38:00pretty amazing drive

00:38:01you saw Jans for stop

00:38:02and try to take

00:38:03as advantage as

00:38:04Herbert gave way

00:38:10he's trying to hang

00:38:11in there on the brakes

00:38:12of course the trouble

00:38:13is when as I said

00:38:14just now

00:38:15he's still set up

00:38:16for high speed

00:38:17the braking isn't

00:38:18quite as efficient

00:38:19the car moves around more

00:38:27is Verstappen

00:38:28having a look

00:38:29is he?

00:38:30no he doesn't have a go

00:38:31he's worrying him

00:38:32he should get him

00:38:33on this next straight

00:38:34down the stadium

00:38:35it's a much easier

00:38:36overtaking

00:38:37because it's a

00:38:3890 degree entry

00:38:39into the stadium

00:38:40and therefore you can

00:38:41really get down the inside

00:38:42and it's wide

00:38:46look at the way that

00:38:47Jag weaves around

00:38:48on the braking

00:38:49you see over those bumps

00:38:50it just weaves

00:38:51turns into this

00:38:52cambered sax curve

00:38:53the lovely corner

00:38:54you can really get

00:38:55the car really well

00:38:56balanced and drifted

00:38:57out of there

00:38:59and over little brow

00:39:00down the slope

00:39:01through a very fast

00:39:02right hander

00:39:04and then this very

00:39:05important straight

00:39:06pit straight

00:39:07I swear I had a

00:39:08wheel come off one day

00:39:09great fun that one

00:39:10I'll bet

00:39:11straight in the bank

00:39:13well if you're

00:39:14at the start right now

00:39:15you have to be wondering

00:39:17about that first turn

00:39:18strategy

00:39:19you slice over to

00:39:20block Michael

00:39:21let's have a look at this

00:39:22this is Rubens

00:39:23overtaking

00:39:24Herbert

00:39:26good bit of

00:39:27overtaking there

00:39:28very good

00:39:29oh he did hit the curb

00:39:30we thought he did

00:39:31hit the curb

00:39:33here he goes

00:39:34on the inside

00:39:35the Jim Clark chicane

00:39:37hits that curb

00:39:38quite hard

00:39:39then of course

00:39:40he can take the right curb

00:39:41it's not so bad

00:39:42for him

00:39:43they've had a while

00:39:44just stretched their lead

00:39:45over Jarno Trulli

00:39:47remember they have

00:39:48new aerodynamic devices

00:39:49on this Jordan

00:39:50this weekend

00:39:51and they're

00:39:52as you well know

00:39:53are going to be running

00:39:54full works Honda engines

00:39:55next year

00:39:56very exciting future

00:39:57for Eddie Jordan's team

00:39:59and that was really

00:40:00the reason that

00:40:01Hyde's Harold Frentzen

00:40:02decided to stay

00:40:03remember in the

00:40:04Indy press conference

00:40:05on press day

00:40:06he said

00:40:07well yes they're

00:40:08very good engines

00:40:09Mugen does quite a good job

00:40:10but of course we have to

00:40:11pay for them

00:40:12but he did say

00:40:13there's some big news

00:40:14coming very shortly

00:40:15he did say that

00:40:16so we knew something was happening

00:40:17either he was leaving

00:40:18or else there was something

00:40:19big in the engine department

00:40:20which is what's happened

00:40:21right

00:40:26so Michael Schumacher's

00:40:27problems continue

00:40:28the only points

00:40:29he has scored now

00:40:30in five races

00:40:31counting today

00:40:32were the ten for

00:40:33his Canadian win

00:40:39I was saying Derek

00:40:40you have to kind of

00:40:41wonder

00:40:43about

00:40:44David's move

00:40:45it did ensure

00:40:46that he stayed ahead

00:40:47of Michael

00:40:48on the start

00:40:49but it cost him the lead

00:40:50well it did

00:40:51but he didn't have

00:40:52a good start

00:40:53Mika had a better start

00:40:54and of course at the same time

00:40:55David with no way

00:40:56would he want to push

00:40:57Michael off the road

00:40:58and they weren't really

00:40:59that close

00:41:00it's just that Michael

00:41:01could see him

00:41:02veering across on him

00:41:03and he had no idea

00:41:04that Fizzi was that close

00:41:05and Michael

00:41:06braked early

00:41:07because of David

00:41:08on his right

00:41:09because he couldn't

00:41:10see him

00:41:11on his left

00:41:12so he had to

00:41:13drive through

00:41:14wow

00:41:15and remember

00:41:16as Derek said

00:41:17and I overstated

00:41:18he is on a two stop strategy

00:41:19so started the race

00:41:20with a

00:41:21lower fuel load

00:41:22than some of his competitors

00:41:23so not surprising

00:41:24that he would have

00:41:25the fastest lap

00:41:26of the race

00:41:27in the early going

00:41:33sounds very neat

00:41:34over those kerbs

00:41:35at the moment

00:41:36it does beat

00:41:37the chassis to death

00:41:38if you hammer those kerbs

00:41:39and sometimes

00:41:40the drivers

00:41:41do knock them about

00:41:42he won L2

00:41:43Schuey out

00:41:44that is to McLaren

00:41:45oh he's

00:41:46showing him

00:41:47standing there

00:41:48as he gets out

00:41:49Michael's reaction

00:41:50he can't believe it

00:41:51some slow-mo's

00:41:52through the

00:41:53east kerb

00:41:54Mika Hakkinen

00:41:55taking those kerbs

00:41:57look at the way

00:41:58that suspension

00:41:59does not move

00:42:00there's some debris

00:42:01in the circuit

00:42:02I wouldn't want to be

00:42:03the one to run out

00:42:04and try and pick that up

00:42:05no not at these speeds

00:42:06very very fast

00:42:07right hander

00:42:09well in the

00:42:10last two weeks

00:42:11Schumey received

00:42:12a fax from

00:42:13Ricardo Zonta

00:42:14apologizing

00:42:15for pushing him off

00:42:16and perhaps the

00:42:17fax machine will be

00:42:18humming again this week

00:42:19well it might well be

00:42:20but I think Fizzi

00:42:21has already said

00:42:22his apologies

00:42:23Fizzi didn't mean it

00:42:24obviously

00:42:25he wanted to get

00:42:26well up in that race

00:42:27he'd have been happy

00:42:28to come second

00:42:29behind Michael Schumacher

00:42:30but Michael backed off

00:42:31because Fizzi

00:42:32couldn't see

00:42:33what David was doing

00:42:34blind sight

00:42:35you can see right across

00:42:36it was very blind

00:42:37across Michael's car

00:42:39Dillon Ross

00:42:40is still holding

00:42:41that magnificent

00:42:42fourth place

00:42:43Barry Keller

00:42:44is pounding him down

00:42:45though

00:42:47three seconds

00:42:48the difference

00:42:49fourth to fifth

00:42:50and Johnny Herbert

00:42:51well up in sixth

00:42:52isn't it strange

00:42:53Johnny Herbert

00:42:54just said he's

00:42:55retiring from

00:42:56road racing

00:42:57from Formula 1

00:42:58at the end of this year

00:42:59and here he is

00:43:00having the driver

00:43:01of the year

00:43:02for Jaguars

00:43:03and at the same time

00:43:04he always seems to

00:43:05come on strong

00:43:06James is driving

00:43:07here we go

00:43:08a bit of overtaking

00:43:09going on

00:43:10Heinz-Harald Frenzen

00:43:15good bit of work

00:43:16Heinz

00:43:17gets by Eddie

00:43:18Eddie Irvine

00:43:19that is

00:43:21remember Frenzen

00:43:22started very deep

00:43:23in the field

00:43:24because his first

00:43:25qualifying time

00:43:26was disallowed

00:43:27by the stewards

00:43:30so like Barry Keller

00:43:31he's had to climb

00:43:32his way through

00:43:33he now moves up to eighth

00:43:37here we go again

00:43:38watching the Jordan

00:43:39overtake

00:43:41the Jag

00:43:45very nice piece

00:43:46of driving there

00:43:48Barry Keller

00:43:49is enjoying this race

00:43:50more than anybody

00:43:51here it is again

00:43:52over the overhead

00:43:53plenty of room

00:43:54nice piece of work

00:43:55there well done

00:43:56no point in upsetting

00:43:57the guy

00:43:59but Rubens is having

00:44:00a wonderful drive

00:44:01remember he's on

00:44:02last place

00:44:03and he's got

00:44:04Rubens is having

00:44:05a wonderful drive

00:44:06remember he's on

00:44:07light fuel tanks

00:44:08so he can really

00:44:09really go for it

00:44:10and he's doing just that

00:44:18Heinz-Harald

00:44:19working over

00:44:20Verstappen now

00:44:22and this would be

00:44:23for seventh place

00:44:25and he's come up

00:44:26from seventeenth

00:44:28so one

00:44:29imagines he's possibly

00:44:30on a two-stop strategy

00:44:31as well

00:44:32running lighter fuel

00:44:34than he is

00:44:43look at him

00:44:44get that tail out

00:44:45this Verstappen

00:44:46drifting it onto the

00:44:48straight going out

00:44:49of the stadium

00:44:51here he goes

00:44:52look at the

00:44:53look at the speed

00:44:54of that Honda engine

00:44:56overtaking of course

00:44:57the Arrow Supertech engine

00:44:59this is just where

00:45:00you do want to touch

00:45:01cars

00:45:05boy and Heinz-Harald

00:45:06just rockets away

00:45:07from that Arrow

00:45:08once he gets clear

00:45:09but we are seeing

00:45:10some overtaking

00:45:11it does good to have

00:45:12some of those quicker guys

00:45:13at the back

00:45:14shows it can be done

00:45:20here he goes again

00:45:23pushes a little bit

00:45:24but not a super job

00:45:25as he does

00:45:26as he goes by

00:45:27not a super job

00:45:28as he does

00:45:29as he goes by

00:45:34so Frentzen

00:45:35on the move

00:45:36now chasing

00:45:37Johnny Herbert

00:45:38to get into the

00:45:39points-paying positions

00:45:40our coverage continues

00:45:41after this word

00:45:44in the Grand Prix

00:45:45of Germany

00:45:46Mike Joy with

00:45:47Derek Bell and

00:45:48Peter Windsor

00:45:51Barry Keller

00:45:52closing in on

00:45:53Dillard Rosser

00:45:54right in front of him

00:45:55there as we go down

00:45:57a bit of opposite luck

00:45:58as he comes out there

00:46:19down into the

00:46:20east curve

00:46:21slowing right down

00:46:23the power of that

00:46:24Arrow

00:46:25super-tank engine

00:46:27now is he going to

00:46:28get him down to this next

00:46:29he should get him

00:46:30coming to the stadium

00:46:31because the exit of

00:46:32the second chicane

00:46:33is somewhat quicker

00:46:34there goes

00:46:35Frentzen past

00:46:36Johnny Herbert

00:46:39at least the fans

00:46:40have got one German

00:46:41to shout about

00:46:42yes, that puts

00:46:43Frentzen up to 6th

00:46:45gives him a wave

00:46:46no, I think he

00:46:47threw it to the

00:46:48left

00:46:49no, I think he

00:46:50threw it to the

00:46:51no, I think he

00:46:52threw his

00:46:53stair-off strip away

00:46:55and or?

00:46:56and or, both

00:46:58down into the

00:46:59stadium

00:47:00no, he doesn't

00:47:01have the speed

00:47:06Derek, it looks

00:47:07like Barry Keller

00:47:08is really

00:47:09oh, a little lock

00:47:10up there on the

00:47:11left front

00:47:12he's really trying

00:47:13but he's fighting

00:47:14oversteer coming

00:47:15off the corner

00:47:16while Dillard

00:47:17Rosser is getting

00:47:18a real good launch

00:47:19off the corner

00:47:21here we go

00:47:22past the pits

00:47:26there's Trulli

00:47:28and there's

00:47:29Dillard Rosser

00:47:30and there's Barry

00:47:31Keller

00:47:32third, fourth

00:47:33and fifth

00:47:34oh, you have

00:47:35the Arrows

00:47:36had a bit of

00:47:37sideways coming

00:47:38on there

00:47:39it does because

00:47:40you get that

00:47:41camber drops away

00:47:42as you come up

00:47:43over the crest

00:47:44and the exit

00:47:45of the corner

00:47:46does slip away

00:47:47onto those

00:47:48rumble strips

00:47:4917 second

00:47:50full revs

00:47:51in fifth or

00:47:52sixth gear

00:47:56you have to say

00:47:57Dillard Rosser

00:47:58is driving really

00:47:59well

00:48:00yes, he is

00:48:01really sliding that

00:48:02tail around

00:48:03coming out of

00:48:04those chicanes

00:48:09oh, good move

00:48:10great move

00:48:11great move

00:48:12as he goes

00:48:13into the

00:48:14Jim Clark

00:48:15chicane

00:48:16I should have

00:48:17said

00:48:19into the East

00:48:20Curve

00:48:25so that puts

00:48:26Barrichello up

00:48:27to fourth

00:48:28and in chase

00:48:29of the yellow

00:48:30Jordan of Yarno

00:48:31Trulli

00:48:39Hockenden and

00:48:40Coulthard run

00:48:41one, two

00:48:42they are seven

00:48:43seconds ahead of

00:48:44Trulli

00:48:45this is the

00:48:46overtaking maneuver

00:48:47down the inside

00:48:48very clean

00:48:49no heroics there

00:48:50into the East

00:48:51Curve

00:48:52then a little bit

00:48:53of curbing going

00:48:54through here

00:48:55then gets the car

00:48:56back under control

00:48:57and tries to get away

00:48:58and that's when you

00:48:59shut your eyes to

00:49:00what's behind

00:49:01and just go for it

00:49:02look at this

00:49:03gaggle behind

00:49:07looked like Irvine

00:49:08was having a go

00:49:09at Herbert there

00:49:10coming into the

00:49:11stadium

00:49:12that was

00:49:13Ralph Schumacher

00:49:14you saw in the

00:49:15white car

00:49:17the Saubers

00:49:18have been nose

00:49:19to tail

00:49:20through this

00:49:21pretty much

00:49:22through this

00:49:23entire event

00:49:24and even appeared

00:49:25to bang wheels

00:49:26through one of the

00:49:27chicanes

00:49:32here we go

00:49:33that's Verstappen

00:49:34Herbert

00:49:35Irvine

00:49:36and Villeneuve

00:49:38followed by

00:49:39Ralph Schumacher

00:49:42then it's

00:49:43Zonta

00:49:44Wurtz

00:49:45Deniz

00:49:46Bob

00:49:47and Jenson Button

00:49:48I think

00:49:49I can see the white car

00:49:50there

00:49:51of course Button

00:49:52had to start at the

00:49:53back of the grid

00:49:54because he couldn't

00:49:55get his car fired

00:49:56up on the

00:49:57warming up lap

00:50:04Heinz-Harald

00:50:05has lowered

00:50:06fastest lap

00:50:07of the race

00:50:09and he's moved

00:50:10up into the points

00:50:11up into 6th

00:50:14but he trails

00:50:15some 10 seconds

00:50:17there your leading

00:50:18pair coming towards

00:50:19us now

00:50:20Mika Hakkinen

00:50:21leading David Coulthard

00:50:22David this time

00:50:23unlike Austria

00:50:24where he fell back

00:50:25from Mika this time

00:50:26he's pretty close

00:50:27keeping the clean air

00:50:28oh dear

00:50:29Johnny Herbert

00:50:30I think it's

00:50:31Johnny

00:50:32yeah

00:50:33that's a shame

00:50:34gosh

00:50:35Herbert had

00:50:36such a great race

00:50:37going

00:50:38he was doing

00:50:39such an amazing

00:50:40job there

00:50:41keeping it

00:50:42but you saw

00:50:43he did go back

00:50:44very sad

00:50:45he's been doing a

00:50:46great job

00:50:47all weekend

00:50:52look at the way

00:50:53those wheels

00:50:54look at the tyre flexing

00:50:55the only thing that

00:50:56works on the car

00:50:57is the tyre wall

00:50:58flexing

00:51:02well it's been

00:51:03it's been tipped

00:51:04that Herbert is

00:51:05talking to as many

00:51:06as 6 different

00:51:07kart teams

00:51:08about a ride

00:51:09for next year

00:51:10in that US

00:51:11series

00:51:12he was at the

00:51:13street ride

00:51:14shopping

00:51:16so we'll see

00:51:19the advantage

00:51:20the McLarens have

00:51:21now over

00:51:22Trulli's Jordan

00:51:23is 10 seconds

00:51:2411 seconds

00:51:25back from

00:51:26Mika Hakkinen

00:51:27and 10 from

00:51:28David Coulthard

00:51:29back to

00:51:30Trulli

00:51:32now it's really

00:51:33going to be down

00:51:34to the pit stop

00:51:35that they make

00:51:36as to whether

00:51:37David can get ahead

00:51:38because obviously

00:51:39he's hanging right

00:51:40in there behind Mika

00:51:41as I said

00:51:43Rubens right

00:51:44up the back

00:51:45of Trulli

00:51:46this could be an

00:51:47overtaking opportunity

00:51:48going down into the

00:51:49stadium

00:51:50going around the

00:51:51east curve now

00:51:52far end of the

00:51:53circuit

00:51:54he's got a good run

00:51:55and he's tucked

00:51:56right up tight

00:51:57behind him to get

00:51:58that slip stream

00:51:59but the Honda

00:52:00is quick

00:52:01isn't giving him

00:52:02too much room

00:52:03as they come into

00:52:04the Jim Clark

00:52:05chicane

00:52:09it's a good place

00:52:10to try and overtake

00:52:11as I said just now

00:52:12he's down into the

00:52:13stadium but you've got

00:52:14to carry that speed

00:52:15out of the center

00:52:16chicane

00:52:17now has he got it

00:52:18he's going to

00:52:19pop out is he

00:52:20he's having a look

00:52:21no

00:52:22darting about

00:52:23he's really

00:52:24really close

00:52:26look at the

00:52:27sirens in the

00:52:28stadium

00:52:29they want that

00:52:30Ferrari to go

00:52:31through

00:52:32they've got no

00:52:33Michael Schumacher

00:52:34in a Ferrari

00:52:35so he may as well

00:52:36go for the other

00:52:37man

00:52:38those horns are

00:52:39almost as loud

00:52:40certainly the loudest

00:52:41horns we get anywhere

00:52:42in the world

00:52:43that's for sure

00:52:51I don't think Rubens

00:52:52needs that board

00:52:53I think he's well aware

00:52:54of just how far

00:52:55truly is ahead of him

00:52:56third of the way

00:52:57through the race

00:52:58here we go

00:52:59he's going to get him

00:53:00into the Jim Clark

00:53:01chicane he's got to

00:53:02pop out now

00:53:03there he goes

00:53:04great bit of overtaking

00:53:05this is of course

00:53:06what we weaned on

00:53:07in racing in Europe

00:53:08in these stadiums

00:53:09like Hockenheim

00:53:10is that drafting

00:53:11and then slipping

00:53:12by under braking

00:53:16look at the crowd

00:53:17sorry Mike

00:53:18look at them

00:53:19out there

00:53:20truly in that case

00:53:21isn't he pretty

00:53:22powerless to do

00:53:23anything

00:53:24if Barrichello

00:53:25gets to the

00:53:26has the inside

00:53:27coming into the

00:53:28chicane

00:53:29does the driver

00:53:30being overtaken

00:53:31have any options

00:53:32he doesn't really

00:53:33I mean the only

00:53:34other thing is

00:53:35the possibility

00:53:36of him out

00:53:37braking himself

00:53:38it breaks me sometimes

00:53:39when people will not

00:53:40let somebody else

00:53:41by when they

00:53:42pull them up

00:53:43he knows Rubens

00:53:44come up from

00:53:4518th place

00:53:46he's on a charge

00:53:47but truly also knows

00:53:48that he must be

00:53:49on low fuel

00:53:50and therefore he'll

00:53:51get by after the

00:53:52fuel stops

00:53:53so why push it

00:53:54and the team manager

00:53:55will be telling him

00:53:56yes

00:53:57Eddie Jordan

00:53:58will be saying

00:53:59he's obviously on

00:54:00a two stop strategy

00:54:01take it easy

00:54:02let him go

00:54:03we'll pass him

00:54:04back in the pit lane

00:54:05fastest lap

00:54:06for Heinz Hauer

00:54:07look at Frentzen

00:54:08coming up

00:54:09he's really flying

00:54:13it's McLaren 1-2

00:54:15Jordan now

00:54:16in 3rd and 6th

00:54:18Ferrari 4th

00:54:19Arrows 5th

00:54:20and 7th

00:54:22Jaguar 8th

00:54:23VAR 9th

00:54:24and 11th

00:54:26Williams

00:54:27which have had

00:54:28quite a tough weekend

00:54:2910th and 18th

00:54:35excuse me

00:54:36let's make that now

00:54:373rd

00:54:384th last time

00:54:39on our last scoring

00:54:40rundown

00:54:41Ferrachello now

00:54:423rd

00:54:43here's a replay of the

00:54:44pass

00:54:45here it is

00:54:46yes look at him

00:54:47goes straight by

00:54:48nice and clean

00:54:49tucks in front

00:54:50of here we go again

00:54:51here we go

00:54:52plenty of room

00:54:53no too close

00:54:54he then eases

00:54:55across the road

00:54:56in front of Trulli

00:54:57thank you very much

00:54:58and going through

00:54:59doesn't really jeopardize

00:55:00his driving into the

00:55:01turn

00:55:02and away he goes

00:55:03might not be so easy

00:55:04if it was the last lap

00:55:06so at one third

00:55:07distance

00:55:08Ferrachello has

00:55:0912 seconds

00:55:10to make up on

00:55:11David Coulthard

00:55:12to have

00:55:13a chance at

00:55:14second place

00:55:16let's see if he can

00:55:17close in

00:55:18when we come back

00:55:20the McLaren's

00:55:21lead here at

00:55:22Hockenheim

00:55:23as you're watching

00:55:24Formula 1

00:55:25on Fox Sports

00:55:26Net

00:55:27the German Grand Prix

00:55:29a first turn

00:55:30first lap accident

00:55:32has eliminated

00:55:33front row starter

00:55:34Michael Schumacher

00:55:35and Giancarlo

00:55:36Fisichella

00:55:37here's another look

00:55:39when you see Schumacher

00:55:40on the left of your screen

00:55:41David Coulthard

00:55:42pushes slightly him across

00:55:43and he touches

00:55:44Fisichella

00:55:45Michael didn't know

00:55:46he was there

00:55:47and David I'm sure

00:55:48didn't know Fisichella

00:55:49was there

00:55:50here we go again

00:55:51Coulthard over

00:55:52completely on the right side

00:55:53then Michael has to

00:55:54brake because of David

00:55:55and that allows

00:55:56Fisichella who thinks

00:55:57he's going to have

00:55:58a nice fast turn

00:55:59and taps Michael

00:56:00and off they both go

00:56:01at very high speed

00:56:02and the final ends

00:56:03were from Michael's

00:56:04left rear tyre

00:56:05which was conquered

00:56:06by Fisichella's wing

00:56:07here we go again

00:56:08watch Mick Hacken

00:56:09go through

00:56:10Coulthard goes to block

00:56:11Michael

00:56:12a bit like a chess game

00:56:13Michael moves across

00:56:14because of David

00:56:15and Fisichella

00:56:16taps him up the back

00:56:17end of the race

00:56:18for two of the leading cars

00:56:32so Gerard with Rubens

00:56:33a look at the points

00:56:34coming in

00:56:35Schumacher's six point lead

00:56:36over David Coulthard

00:56:37at the World Drivers' Championship

00:56:38he is now in jeopardy

00:56:43in fact

00:56:44we could leave here

00:56:45with McLaren drivers

00:56:46in the lead

00:56:47and tied for second

00:56:49very depressing

00:56:50if you're a Ferrari fan

00:56:51I have to admit

00:56:52they're not really good

00:56:53for the championship

00:56:54but it certainly

00:56:55will be close whatever

00:56:56last lap was a 44.6

00:56:58very quick lap for Rubens

00:57:00and Heinz

00:57:01our friends

00:57:02are right on the back

00:57:03of Pedro de la Rosa

00:57:04there

00:57:12activity in the Ferrari

00:57:13for Rubens

00:57:15two stop strategy

00:57:16they would be

00:57:17let's see if Jordan

00:57:18do the same

00:57:19for Heinz Harald

00:57:22there's Irvine

00:57:24with Villeneuve

00:57:25and Ralf Schumacher

00:57:26right behind him

00:57:27there's Zonta

00:57:28there's Wurz

00:57:31here they are

00:57:32Ferrari getting ready

00:57:33for one of those

00:57:34very quick stops

00:57:36and here he is

00:57:47very good stop

00:57:48seven seconds

00:57:49that is right on target

00:57:50for a two stop strategy

00:57:52and how much time

00:57:53has he lost

00:57:54well he lost

00:57:55something like

00:57:57I guess 22 seconds

00:57:5823 seconds

00:57:59super bit of pit work

00:58:00there by Ferrari

00:58:03down to 6th place now

00:58:06but he's ahead

00:58:07of this little group

00:58:08which is just as well

00:58:10when Barrichello

00:58:11came past last time

00:58:12Derek he was

00:58:1313.8 seconds

00:58:14off the lead

00:58:15this time as he came

00:58:16into the pit lane

00:58:17that cost him

00:58:183 seconds there

00:58:19minus 16.4

00:58:20we'll see where he goes

00:58:21next time by

00:58:22to give you the sense

00:58:23of the full effect

00:58:24of making that extra

00:58:25pit stop

00:58:26of course he will have

00:58:27fresh rubber

00:58:28unlike the other guys

00:58:29in front of him

00:58:30but he will have

00:58:31much the same fuel

00:58:32as they've got

00:58:33probably a little bit more

00:58:34than they're running

00:58:35Ralf Schumacher

00:58:40remember they get the tyres

00:58:41and tyre warmers

00:58:42in the pit lane

00:58:43get them up to

00:58:44a good 100 degrees

00:58:45before the lads go out

00:58:46so they can operate

00:58:47straight away

00:58:48at the maximum

00:58:49driving skills

00:58:51look just next to

00:58:52his left glove

00:58:53and you'll see

00:58:54the lights well

00:58:55next time we see

00:58:56that in car view

00:58:57the lights light up

00:58:58for his shift indicator

00:58:59Frenzen over the back

00:59:00of Pedro de la Rosa

00:59:01they're having both

00:59:02caught up

00:59:03Jarno Trulli

00:59:04Trulli backing off

00:59:05a little bit

00:59:08not intentionally

00:59:09I'm sure

00:59:10here they come

00:59:11this is the infield

00:59:12section of the stadium

00:59:14and we may see

00:59:15Frenzen in the pits

00:59:16this lap

00:59:21here he comes

00:59:22Heinz-Arnold Frenzen

00:59:25how frustrating

00:59:26to drive right up

00:59:27to the field

00:59:28and then have to go in

00:59:29and lose 20 seconds

00:59:42that wasn't

00:59:43quite as quick

00:59:44as you can see

00:59:45second half

00:59:46start

00:59:47that wasn't

00:59:48quite as quick

00:59:49as you can see

00:59:50second half slower

00:59:51than the Ferrari stop

00:59:52here comes a group now

00:59:53here comes somebody

00:59:54be nice for

00:59:55Heinz-Arnold to get out

00:59:56will he get out before

00:59:57no, no

00:59:58bit too much speed

00:59:59there being carried

01:00:00oh, just gets out

01:00:01but the other car

01:00:02should be carrying

01:00:03far more momentum

01:00:05as he go by

01:00:06look at the acceleration

01:00:07of that

01:00:08Giordani

01:00:09just came out

01:00:12they're hoping

01:00:13that of course

01:00:14here he goes

01:00:15hairy bit of braking

01:00:16going on there

01:00:17between the

01:00:18the Arrows

01:00:19and the Jordans

01:00:20now of course

01:00:21Heinz-Arnold

01:00:22should be ok

01:00:23a little bit more fuel

01:00:24but

01:00:25he will have

01:00:26the new rubber

01:00:33imagine being the guy

01:00:34behind you

01:00:35come out

01:00:36see the fellow

01:00:37in front of you

01:00:38come out of the pitch

01:00:39you think

01:00:40I've got him

01:00:41you go down

01:00:42the straight

01:00:43and you can't

01:00:44Heinz-Arnold

01:00:45had already come through

01:00:46the field

01:00:47so

01:00:48you can't expect him

01:00:49to stay behind for long

01:00:50and we're probably

01:00:51what Derek

01:00:52five laps away

01:00:53from cars

01:00:54hitting the run of one stop

01:00:55at least five laps away

01:00:56if we start

01:00:57those pit stops

01:00:58at the midpoint

01:00:59just past the midpoint

01:01:00of the race

01:01:01yes indeed

01:01:02of course it depends

01:01:03how much more

01:01:04you can get

01:01:05it's a very high

01:01:06fuel

01:01:07it's a very high

01:01:08what's the word

01:01:09consumption

01:01:10consumption certainly

01:01:11that's what I was

01:01:12trying to say

01:01:13so

01:01:14you expect to come in

01:01:15right on the

01:01:16hard distance

01:01:17so we're running

01:01:18lap 20

01:01:1925 laps left

01:01:20to go

01:01:21that 26 at the bottom

01:01:22a truly sign

01:01:23as he came past

01:01:24indicating laps to go

01:01:25he's completed

01:01:2619

01:01:29and

01:01:30it's

01:01:31it's actually

01:01:32quite nice

01:01:33that

01:01:34that our world

01:01:35peak coverage

01:01:36provided by

01:01:37German television

01:01:38is not focusing

01:01:39strictly on the

01:01:40Mercedes-powered cars

01:01:41at the front of the field

01:01:43they're running

01:01:44a second and a half

01:01:45apart

01:01:47and there has been

01:01:48no change

01:01:49and very little drama

01:01:50if any

01:01:51among the two leaders

01:01:55I'm sure David

01:01:56will be

01:01:57he's keeping

01:01:58just that distance

01:01:59behind so he doesn't

01:02:00get in the slipstream

01:02:01too much to

01:02:02upset the balance

01:02:03of his car

01:02:04and of course

01:02:05cause overheating

01:02:06nothing more than

01:02:07than sitting behind

01:02:08somebody to get

01:02:09overheating problems

01:02:10with the car

01:02:1116 wins

01:02:12and

01:02:1325 holes

01:02:14David you can see

01:02:15the gap there

01:02:16and it'll be down really

01:02:17just to how slick

01:02:18they are on these pitstops

01:02:19and how quick

01:02:20Coulthard

01:02:21can do the lap

01:02:22before he goes into the lap

01:02:23afterwards

01:02:24and whether he can get ahead

01:02:25Johnny Herbert

01:02:26scrolling back

01:02:27after a warm day's work

01:02:28and a good day's work

01:02:32Root having a real

01:02:33good go there

01:02:35that's Wurz and Zonta

01:02:36I believe

01:02:37and Zonta at the head

01:02:38of that pack

01:02:39then Alexander Wurz

01:02:40Talbot

01:02:41having overtaken

01:02:42Dineen

01:02:44This is Verstappen

01:02:45with Eddie Irvine

01:02:46Bilder

01:02:47and

01:02:48Ralf Schumacher

01:02:49they're having a real

01:02:50good go there

01:02:51what a beautiful

01:02:52Dice going all the way

01:02:53through the field

01:02:54Boy Hertz there

01:02:55and Salo

01:02:56almost

01:02:57banging

01:02:58banging wheels

01:03:01That's going to be

01:03:02Nick Heitfeld

01:03:03at the tail end

01:03:04of that group

01:03:05in the process

01:03:06Lazy behind

01:03:07Marc Chenet

01:03:08Lazy staying at the

01:03:09tail end

01:03:10that's going to be

01:03:11one of the worst

01:03:12races

01:03:16ooh

01:03:17bit of a lock up there

01:03:19going for the

01:03:20Sachs curve

01:03:21quite difficult there

01:03:22because there is that

01:03:23camber on the road too

01:03:24so you always push it

01:03:25going in

01:03:26you try to go in

01:03:27deeper than possibly

01:03:28you should

01:03:29on the brakes

01:03:36with a Jim Clark

01:03:37chicane

01:03:39absolutely

01:03:40flying now

01:03:45Barrichello is now

01:03:46a reset fastest lap

01:03:47of the race

01:03:48with Derrick on

01:03:49full tanks

01:03:50he had just come in

01:03:51and topped off

01:03:52so that's

01:03:53he's only three laps

01:03:54after his pit stop

01:03:55and again he lowers

01:03:56the fast lap standard

01:03:57of course

01:03:58being on fresh tires

01:03:59as well

01:04:00so that would have

01:04:01the counteract

01:04:02the fact he had

01:04:03the extra weight

01:04:04I suppose

01:04:05now we wanted to

01:04:06give you the effect

01:04:07of his pit stop

01:04:081.4 seconds

01:04:09behind Mika Hakkinen

01:04:11who has held

01:04:12a fairly steady pace

01:04:13and Barrichello

01:04:14after completing

01:04:15that lap

01:04:17stands at

01:04:18minus 33.6

01:04:20so the effect

01:04:21of his pit stop

01:04:22in and out the pit

01:04:23roughly

01:04:2417 seconds

01:04:26to make that

01:04:27added pit stop

01:04:32activity in the

01:04:33Sauber pit

01:04:34as we come around

01:04:35for 21 laps

01:04:36you are watching

01:04:37for the one

01:04:38on Fox Sportsnet

01:04:41coverage of the

01:04:42German Grand Prix

01:04:43Sauber setting up

01:04:46and Williams in

01:04:47Ralf Schumacher

01:04:50coming in

01:04:51at lap 21

01:04:53and Ralf Schumacher

01:04:54making their stops

01:05:02so we begin to cycle

01:05:03through the one stop

01:05:04strategy

01:05:05car number

01:05:06three

01:05:07and car number

01:05:08four

01:05:09and car number

01:05:10five

01:05:11and car number

01:05:12six

01:05:13and car number

01:05:14seven

01:05:15and car number

01:05:16eight

01:05:17and car number

01:05:18nine

01:05:19and car number

01:05:20ten

01:05:21and car number

01:05:2211

01:05:23and car number

01:05:2412

01:05:25and car number

01:05:2613

01:05:27and car number

01:05:2814

01:05:29and car number

01:05:3015

01:05:31and car number

01:05:3216

01:05:33and car number

01:05:3417

01:05:35and car number

01:05:3618

01:05:37and car number

01:05:3819

01:05:39and car number

01:05:4020

01:05:41and car number

01:05:4221

01:05:43and car number

01:05:4422

01:05:45and car number

01:05:4623

01:05:47and car number

01:05:4824

01:05:49and car number

01:05:50we're a lot of offy lockies

01:05:51he goes through there

01:05:52does Jack

01:05:55the two blondes

01:05:56out there having a battle

01:05:58the battle of the blondes

01:06:06look at the power

01:06:07of that Honda

01:06:10here's another one

01:06:12has a look down

01:06:13on the outside

01:06:16Eddie was trying to

01:06:17protect his line on the inside

01:06:18but Jack goes around

01:06:19the outside

01:06:20pretty good move

01:06:21because that gives him

01:06:22a better line into the turn

01:06:23but you can see the bumps

01:06:24as he goes across

01:06:25here he goes again

01:06:26now he's going to touch

01:06:27the kerb

01:06:28boom

01:06:29that upsets him a bit more

01:06:32he's not a high G4

01:06:33circuit

01:06:34looking

01:06:35coming off those kerbs

01:06:36good gracious

01:06:39and Villeneuve will give

01:06:40two more years to B.A.R.

01:06:42he has options

01:06:43in that deal

01:06:44we're told

01:06:45that if the team

01:06:46cannot become a contender

01:06:47he can exit

01:06:48and he'll be

01:06:49the second highest

01:06:50paid driver

01:06:51in F1

01:06:5420 little

01:06:55beauty dollars a year

01:06:5620 million a year

01:07:00that's the sort of money

01:07:01I get

01:07:02doing this show

01:07:03but of course

01:07:04at the same time

01:07:05he doesn't do any

01:07:06P.R. work

01:07:07he hates doing P.R.

01:07:08that's why he wouldn't

01:07:09go to McLaren

01:07:10he hates doing P.R.

01:07:11everybody getting ready

01:07:12to pit B.A.R.

01:07:13or should I say

01:07:14Arrows

01:07:15and now Jaguar's

01:07:16getting ready

01:07:17halfway point

01:07:1822 laps

01:07:19have been completed

01:07:21so we're just past

01:07:22halfway

01:07:25as they come around

01:07:26to complete 23

01:07:29and we'll see a lot of

01:07:30pit stops

01:07:31and I imagine

01:07:32a few drivers

01:07:33looking to get out

01:07:34of this queue

01:07:40they'd like to

01:07:41stop somebody

01:07:42else's exhaust

01:07:43for a while

01:07:44Bert's leading

01:07:45Salo here

01:07:48I tell you what

01:07:49when you're that close

01:07:50behind somebody

01:07:51those fumes do

01:07:52get pretty bad

01:07:53after a while

01:07:54when you get to

01:07:5512 hour races

01:07:56it's horrible

01:07:57all you're doing

01:07:58is breathing in

01:07:59somebody else's exhaust

01:08:05now we've not

01:08:06seen Barrichello

01:08:07but he's been

01:08:08climbing his way

01:08:09back up through

01:08:10he's now just

01:08:11two seconds

01:08:12back of De La Rosa

01:08:13and up to 5th place

01:08:14after his stop

01:08:15so here's Verstappen

01:08:165th place driver

01:08:17this is just at the

01:08:18halfway point

01:08:19lap 23

01:08:27Jaguar set up

01:08:28VAR is at the ready

01:08:30this is where

01:08:31Verstappen had that

01:08:32awful fire

01:08:33when he drove

01:08:34in the medicine team

01:08:35back in the early 90s

01:08:37now Jaguar was ready

01:08:38for Eddie Irvine

01:08:39but he stayed out

01:08:40chose not to come

01:08:41in that lap

01:08:47Verstappen out

01:08:49he can get out

01:08:50just in front there

01:09:02meanwhile

01:09:03the McLaren parade

01:09:04continues at the front

01:09:05of the pack

01:09:061.7 seconds

01:09:07now separate

01:09:09Mika and David

01:09:11this makes you realise

01:09:12how badly

01:09:13Formula 1 needs

01:09:14Michael Schumacher

01:09:16not much else

01:09:17happens unless he's out there

01:09:19well we talked

01:09:20at the top of the day

01:09:21about this being

01:09:22the home race

01:09:23for the Schumacher brothers

01:09:24it is of course

01:09:25for Frentzen and

01:09:26for half of this pairing

01:09:27Mercedes

01:09:28the engine manufacturer

01:09:29for McLaren

01:09:30this is

01:09:31very much an important race

01:09:32for them

01:09:33BMW as well

01:09:34although their fortunes

01:09:35have not been

01:09:37very good this weekend

01:09:39I don't quite understand

01:09:40why Ralf Schumacher

01:09:41has gone back

01:09:42quite so far off his stop

01:09:43changed the mixture

01:09:44they're telling

01:09:45Mika Häkkinen

01:09:47because there is no rush

01:09:48let's try and drain this one out

01:09:49so we don't have to come in

01:09:50for so much fuel

01:09:52hang it on there

01:09:53as long as the tyres

01:09:54are running well

01:09:55as we know

01:09:56it's not that tough on tyres

01:10:04Barrichello on the charge

01:10:05Barrichello on the charge

01:10:13a bit too ambitious

01:10:14that time

01:10:15I thought he was

01:10:16quite close enough

01:10:17but he'll certainly

01:10:18have a look at him

01:10:19down at the east curve

01:10:20looking over

01:10:21de la Rosa for fourth

01:10:22Eddie Irvine

01:10:23is in the pits

01:10:24at lap 24

01:10:25so is Nick Heidfeld

01:10:26for front

01:10:31we hear there's a spectator

01:10:32wandering around

01:10:33on the track

01:10:34there he is

01:10:35look at him

01:10:36oh my goodness

01:10:37what is happening

01:10:38this is crazy

01:10:39what is this stupid guy

01:10:40doing

01:10:41look he's

01:10:42falling backwards

01:10:43down the track

01:10:44what the drivers

01:10:45must think

01:10:46he's going across

01:10:47the track

01:10:48what is he doing

01:10:49well full course

01:10:50yellow

01:10:51yellow flags

01:10:52at the wave

01:10:53safety car is out

01:10:54and the police van

01:10:55will likely be right

01:10:56behind it

01:10:57well they're doing

01:10:58sort of something

01:10:59like 180 miles

01:11:00an hour

01:11:01as they go by

01:11:02this lunatic

01:11:03safety car

01:11:04come out

01:11:05before they lock

01:11:06this loony up

01:11:07take him back

01:11:08to the bin

01:11:09that is absolutely

01:11:10stupid

01:11:11I'm surprised

01:11:12a corner worker

01:11:13couldn't have

01:11:14grabbed him

01:11:15Jarno Trulli

01:11:16is in

01:11:17de la Rosa

01:11:18coming in for

01:11:19his second stop

01:11:20as well

01:11:21under the yellow

01:11:22not a bad move

01:11:23there for Ferrari

01:11:24and McLaren

01:11:25are getting ready too

01:11:31well it's

01:11:32everyone is set up

01:11:33the caution

01:11:34the full course caution

01:11:35has changed

01:11:36the complexion

01:11:37of the race

01:11:38certainly everyone

01:11:39Derek wants to get in

01:11:40under yellow

01:11:41absolutely

01:11:42here he is

01:11:43he's still

01:11:44ambling along

01:11:45look

01:11:46I think he's

01:11:47the bus doesn't

01:11:48stop here

01:11:49no he's ambling

01:11:50back to the

01:11:51pit area

01:11:52I want to have

01:11:53a really good look

01:11:54at this lot

01:11:55absolutely crazy

01:11:56they don't have

01:11:57the marshals

01:11:58as you said

01:11:59they have the marshals

01:12:00just come out

01:12:01they're probably

01:12:02having quite a chuckle

01:12:03about this

01:12:04they go I just

01:12:05don't believe it

01:12:06and of course

01:12:07they just know it

01:12:08they're just thinking

01:12:09about the beneficial

01:12:10side of it

01:12:11a lot of them

01:12:12are going to come in

01:12:13anyway

01:12:14and it's allowed

01:12:15Ferrari to come in

01:12:16and McLaren to come in

01:12:17which means

01:12:18they'll be on

01:12:19even Stevens

01:12:20when they go out

01:12:21and with a pace car

01:12:22it'll be a very

01:12:23very interesting

01:12:24restart won't it

01:12:25here they come

01:12:26the McLaren's in

01:12:27yeah with the

01:12:28safety car out

01:12:29and gathering up

01:12:30with the exception

01:12:31of let's see

01:12:32Heidfeld

01:12:33Verstappen

01:12:34Irvine

01:12:36who had taken

01:12:37on enough fuel

01:12:38presumably to go

01:12:39the distance

01:12:40they were just in

01:12:41would have no need

01:12:42to stop so this will

01:12:43greatly shuffle

01:12:44the running order

01:12:45as some of those

01:12:46cars are still out

01:12:47trying to catch up

01:12:48the safety car

01:12:49as the two leaders

01:12:50will make their stop

01:12:51well Haakon is

01:12:52making his

01:12:53David I don't think

01:12:54has been in yet

01:12:55so we just see

01:12:56what a disadvantage

01:12:57that is to David

01:12:58whether it's really

01:12:59a bad break

01:13:00or a good break

01:13:02have a close look

01:13:03at the tyre walls

01:13:04in use here at Haakon

01:13:05you see they're

01:13:06three or four rows

01:13:07deep and linked

01:13:08together and

01:13:09lined in the front

01:13:10as Barrichello

01:13:11makes his stop

01:13:12with a flexible

01:13:13barrier

01:13:14a lot of talk

01:13:15in the state

01:13:16these days about

01:13:17concrete and

01:13:18steel walls

01:13:19and about tyre

01:13:20barriers and

01:13:21these seem to be

01:13:22very effective

01:13:23here at Haakon

01:13:24without causing

01:13:25a lot of damage

01:13:26as long as they

01:13:27have that

01:13:28band on the

01:13:29outside

01:13:30to support the tyres

01:13:31so they don't

01:13:32break up and

01:13:33you don't do what

01:13:34Michael Schumacher

01:13:35did to sort of

01:13:36go between them

01:13:37last year of course

01:13:38at Silverstone

01:13:39is what I'm

01:13:40referring to

01:13:41right

01:13:42there there's

01:13:43David

01:13:51the full dark

01:13:52will tip this time

01:13:55and Derek

01:13:56this may be

01:13:57a disadvantage

01:13:58for David

01:13:59because as he pits

01:14:00the cars that have

01:14:01already pitted

01:14:02under the caution

01:14:03they'll be zooming

01:14:04around the track

01:14:05trying to catch up

01:14:06the safety car

01:14:07and I don't want

01:14:08to speculate too much

01:14:09but it's likely

01:14:10David's going to

01:14:11lose his second

01:14:12position and be

01:14:13mired deep in the

01:14:14pack

01:14:15he's going to lose

01:14:16a ton of it

01:14:17yeah

01:14:18because Lowe

01:14:19Haakon is right

01:14:20behind David

01:14:21and is in fact

01:14:22a lap ahead of

01:14:23David

01:14:24or will be

01:14:25or not quite

01:14:26spectator

01:14:27is about the

01:14:28nicest term we can

01:14:29use

01:14:30is now in custody

01:14:32and so

01:14:33we won't have

01:14:34this yellow flag

01:14:35situation for

01:14:36much longer

01:14:37but it has certainly

01:14:38changed the face

01:14:39of this race

01:14:40and it will really

01:14:41enter into the

01:14:42fortunes of David

01:14:43Coulthard

01:14:44here come the

01:14:45marshals

01:14:46the lead

01:14:48he's still waving

01:14:49yeah he keeps

01:14:50waving his jacket

01:14:51that's what this has

01:14:52done to David

01:14:53Coulthard

01:14:54David Coulthard

01:14:55is going to be

01:14:56behind all that

01:14:57lot as well

01:14:58if he's not careful

01:14:59Rubens is right up

01:15:00behind him

01:15:01he's right behind

01:15:02there's truly

01:15:03I assume

01:15:04there's Rubens

01:15:05and David's going

01:15:06to come in

01:15:07he's going to go out

01:15:08in the middle of the

01:15:09pack

01:15:10I mean that is so

01:15:11cruel

01:15:12why they couldn't

01:15:13have brought them

01:15:14both in together

01:15:15I don't know

01:15:16look at

01:15:17that

01:15:18sickened David

01:15:19he does have some

01:15:20break

01:15:21yeah

01:15:22I can't see the

01:15:23advantages of

01:15:24anybody who's

01:15:25watched a whole lot

01:15:26of auto racing in

01:15:27America knows that

01:15:28when the full course

01:15:29caution comes out

01:15:30if you don't

01:15:31pit the first time

01:15:32by

01:15:33you are going to end

01:15:34up at the back of

01:15:35the pack

01:15:36so it is a very

01:15:37very strange

01:15:38situation

01:15:42because here comes

01:15:43the pack pass

01:15:44with the safety car

01:15:45now not all of them

01:15:46some of them are still

01:15:47trying to catch that

01:15:48back up

01:15:49well the four miles

01:15:50is such a long lap

01:15:51it takes a lot to

01:15:52get everybody up

01:15:53and that's to

01:15:54David's advantage

01:15:55but he's going to be

01:15:56well behind that

01:15:57group at the front

01:15:58which there he is

01:15:59he's right behind that

01:16:00lot

01:16:01so he'll be what

01:16:02seventh

01:16:03he's right in the

01:16:04middle of that lot

01:16:05yeah

01:16:06David's right

01:16:07he's right

01:16:08he's behind that

01:16:09second Jordan

01:16:10I think

01:16:13there's David down

01:16:14there behind the

01:16:15Jordan

01:16:16so the

01:16:17the caution flag

01:16:18has certainly

01:16:19changed the

01:16:20complexion of

01:16:21this race

01:16:23McKinnon

01:16:24made a pit stop

01:16:25when the pits

01:16:26were first open

01:16:27as did Jarno

01:16:28Trulli

01:16:29they will be at

01:16:30the front of the

01:16:31field on this

01:16:32restart

01:16:33David Coulthard

01:16:34waited a lap to

01:16:35pit and that's

01:16:36going to be costly

01:16:37and there are the

01:16:38remains of the

01:16:39first lap accident

01:16:40which took out

01:16:41Michael Schumacher

01:16:42and Giancarlo

01:16:43Fisichella

01:16:44who both started

01:16:45in the front two

01:16:46rows and had

01:16:47high hopes for the

01:16:48day

01:16:49in two weeks time

01:16:50can Michael Schumacher

01:16:51score his first

01:16:52points in what

01:16:53will now be four

01:16:54starts

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01:17:08there's the running

01:17:09order

01:17:10Coulthard comes out

01:17:11of the pits in

01:17:12sixth place

01:17:13behind Trulli

01:17:14Barrichello

01:17:15De La Rosa

01:17:16and Frenson

01:17:17that really is

01:17:18really really

01:17:19cruel

01:17:20it does show

01:17:21that McLaren

01:17:22have only got

01:17:23the one refueling

01:17:24rig set up

01:17:25which seems in some

01:17:26ways I suppose

01:17:27that's what they all

01:17:28have because they

01:17:29come in separately

01:17:30normally

01:17:31but it shows that

01:17:32you really need

01:17:33two refueling

01:17:34set ups

01:17:35and then they

01:17:36would have had

01:17:37such an advantage

01:17:38Barrichello

01:17:39gained a lot

01:17:40because he went

01:17:41in for his

01:17:42second stop

01:17:43while they did

01:17:44that as well

01:17:45and that is

01:17:46rain coming

01:17:47over the city

01:17:48nearby

01:17:49this could be

01:17:50a chaotic finish

01:17:51to this race

01:17:52if they all have

01:17:53to start

01:17:54pitting for

01:17:55wet tyres

01:17:56look at Mika

01:17:57sliding around

01:17:58a bit

01:17:59doing a little

01:18:00curb hopping

01:18:01and the safety car

01:18:02will be in

01:18:03at the end

01:18:04of this lap

01:18:05which would be

01:18:06lap 28

01:18:07there he goes

01:18:08so 17

01:18:09laps to go

01:18:10and the

01:18:11safety car

01:18:12will be in

01:18:13at the end

01:18:14of this lap

01:18:15which would be

01:18:16lap 28

01:18:17there he goes

01:18:18ooh

01:18:19bit of looking

01:18:20up wind

01:18:21on there

01:18:22Ferrari and

01:18:23one of the

01:18:24Williams

01:18:25that's what

01:18:26you don't need

01:18:27with a long

01:18:28straight ahead

01:18:29of you

01:18:30look at the

01:18:31Ferrari having

01:18:32a look at

01:18:33the inside of

01:18:34Trulli

01:18:35has he got

01:18:36the speed to

01:18:37go by

01:18:38but Trulli

01:18:39is not giving

01:18:40him any road

01:18:41round the

01:18:42outside is

01:18:43he gonna get

01:18:44him

01:18:45no he's

01:18:46not going

01:18:47No, he's not going to get in there either.

01:18:50But the De La Rosa went by Heinz-Arnold Frentzen.

01:18:53Excellent bit of work there.

01:18:55And a lot of jumbling in the order with these pitstops.

01:18:58Jensen Button up to 8th, Jacques Villeneuve back to 9th,

01:19:01Zonta 10th, Verstappen 11th, Salo, Wurz,

01:19:06Genet, Irvine back to 15th in all this.

01:19:11Meanwhile, Mika Hakkinen screams away

01:19:13because everybody behind him is trying to out-fumble each other.

01:19:16And Mika runs away with it.

01:19:23And Cora Coulthard, who had spent the entire race

01:19:25just locked on to the rear wing of his teammate,

01:19:30sits back there in 6th, just ahead of the two Williams.

01:19:34We hear, and quite naturally so,

01:19:36that David Coulthard is very, very upset,

01:19:38making a lot of hand gestures to his crew

01:19:40about why he was kept out.

01:19:41And I don't blame him. I'd be absolutely livid.

01:19:43After all, he is the one that's leading the World Championship right now,

01:19:46as the race goes.

01:19:49Well, not with Hakkinen leading,

01:19:51but he was ahead of Hakkinen coming into it, should I say.

01:19:53Good dust up here, Jacques Villeneuve and Zonta with Ralf Schumacher.

01:19:59Remember, they're basically all on fresh tyres.

01:20:01They have the same amount of fuel to go.

01:20:05As they say, we have a race,

01:20:07except for this guy in front who seems to be having his own.

01:20:14Poor Trulli can't keep pace with Hakkinen,

01:20:17and Barrichello perhaps could,

01:20:19but can't get past Trulli.

01:20:21No, he's having a very hard job to get by Trulli.

01:20:28You just cannot imagine the turbulence

01:20:30there must be from those cars

01:20:32as they're going through those woods.

01:20:34Hakkinen just majestically pulls away.

01:20:37Oh, he lost it.

01:20:39Oh, and another car goes.

01:20:41One of the arrows.

01:20:42That's Verstappen on the outside.

01:20:44Yeah, on one of the Williams.

01:20:45I think, oh, is that Ralf?

01:20:49Yeah, it's Ralf Schumacher.

01:20:52Poor Ralf.

01:20:53He was way back after his pit stop as well,

01:20:55working his way through.

01:20:57They are so close.

01:20:58He had climbed up to eighth.

01:21:00Oh, chaos coming in there.

01:21:02Yeah, that was her button.

01:21:04Trying to gain on the Sauber.

01:21:10And Williams activity in their pit

01:21:12in case Ralf needs to come in.

01:21:16Ralf won't want to come in.

01:21:18No.

01:21:19He'll want to stay out.

01:21:21Oh, in the bank this time.

01:21:23That is quite not a good one.

01:21:25The blue car.

01:21:26Another car overshoots the chicane.

01:21:28Wheels bouncing down the road.

01:21:30Oh, nasty.

01:21:31Wheels bouncing down the road.

01:21:33Oh, nasty.

01:21:34This is what you don't want to hit.

01:21:35One of those wheels.

01:21:36As you can see,

01:21:37the car takes very, very severe action to move.

01:21:41Denis gets involved with somebody

01:21:43who's very hard in the bank

01:21:45on the left side of your picture.

01:21:49That's Denis throwing his arms up

01:21:51and about to climb out.

01:21:53There were three cars trying to fit into a hole,

01:21:55only big enough for one,

01:21:56and we'll see the safety car once again.

01:21:59Yeah, there was a car

01:22:00that went heavily into the right-hand side

01:22:02as it came to the air at the center of the chicane.

01:22:04Now, Denis was battling a Lacey, Irvine,

01:22:08in that pack,

01:22:09and I think also Heitkopf.

01:22:17It seems like it might be Denis and a Lacey.

01:22:20We'll have another look here.

01:22:22But it's right at the back of this group, remember?

01:22:24Here we go.

01:22:25There's one on the left.

01:22:26Yes, it was a Lacey and Denis.

01:22:31No, no, Prost.

01:22:32Yeah, the Lacey.

01:22:33Yeah.

01:22:34Exactly.

01:22:35He has the left rear of a Lacey

01:22:37that gets hit and knocked away right away,

01:22:39and he takes a hard trip into the wall

01:22:42while Denis goes spinning.

01:22:51And there goes the errant wheel.

01:22:53That's the left rear of a Lacey,

01:22:57and it comes in almost into the cameraman

01:23:00a little further down along the outside of that barrier.

01:23:03Look at that wheel bounce across the front of the car.

01:23:05Goodness.

01:23:06Well, a Lacey said yesterday was the worst qualifying day

01:23:09of his Formula One career,

01:23:10and today may eclipse that.

01:23:13Well, those wheel tethers really work well, don't they?

01:23:18That new technological advancement that we have.

01:23:24So a full course caution is out for the second time today.

01:23:29Mika Hakkinen leads from Jarno Trulli,

01:23:32Barrichello, De La Rosa, Frentzen, and David Coulthard.

01:23:36Full course caution.

01:23:37We'll be right back.

01:23:38You're watching the German Grand Prix on Fox Sports Network.

01:23:42German Grand Prix.

01:23:43The Mercedes CL500 safety car has just pulled off,

01:23:47and again we have a race.

01:23:49Mika Hakkinen out front and off in the grass.

01:23:51Oh, is he going to get it back?

01:23:52No, he's going around.

01:23:53He's out at first.

01:23:55Keep it going, Alexander.

01:23:56Keep it going.

01:23:57Yes, he has.

01:23:58No, he hasn't.

01:23:59Yes, he's trying to get it again.

01:24:00Now he's stalled it.

01:24:01Oh, dear, oh, dear.

01:24:03Trying to get down into that gear is so difficult.

01:24:05Has to go across and get first.

01:24:08Coulthard.

01:24:09He lost it.

01:24:10Looked inside.

01:24:11I had a look there at Frentzen.

01:24:13Coulthard needs to look inside.

01:24:14He's going to keep his championship hopes going.

01:24:17Couldn't complete the pass.

01:24:20I have to say,

01:24:21I don't fancy his chance if Mika gets maximum points today

01:24:23and he doesn't get some good points.

01:24:25Right.

01:24:26The whole swing is going to go back towards Hakkinen

01:24:28within the team.

01:24:29He must be livid.

01:24:31There he is in sixth.

01:24:33Behind that second yellow, Jordan.

01:24:36Out of Frentzen.

01:24:38Oh, another bit of overlocking going on there

01:24:41as Wurz runs across the road.

01:24:43Here we go again.

01:24:44Right way back.

01:24:45It looks like Wurz contacted another car.

01:24:48Another car way, way back.

01:24:52And, of course, he's got his brakes on quite naturally.

01:24:55Doesn't want to go any too hard.

01:24:57And, of course, there he is.

01:24:58Try and keep that engine running.

01:25:00But not possible.

01:25:02Might have been Mika Salo that he made contact with, Derek.

01:25:04I'm not positive.

01:25:05Yeah, it was difficult to see.

01:25:08Why are we seeing so much carnage today?

01:25:10Well, I mean, the field was spread out.

01:25:13But, of course, as soon as they got together,

01:25:15it all brought on by that moron walking around the track

01:25:17taking a look on his own.

01:25:19And, of course, they're all nose to tail.

01:25:21They're braking from 215 miles an hour.

01:25:23Hit the brakes at 100 yards from the corner.

01:25:25And, of course, some guys don't have quite the same idea

01:25:28of what 100 yards in and how much braking effect to put on.

01:25:31And with different downforce packages,

01:25:33you're getting an inequality of the car

01:25:36as it comes into a corner and they touch one another.

01:25:39And, of course, they get out of shape as well

01:25:40before they touch, which often is the case.

01:25:48I still can't get over how livid David Coulthard must be.

01:25:51I would be steaming.

01:25:54Well, and that may become easier to do

01:25:57as the rain is out in the stadium complex.

01:26:01All we haven't seen so far, really, is a lot of rain.

01:26:04It looks like it's about to happen,

01:26:05certainly down in the stadium.

01:26:06But we saw it sweeping over part of the city just now.

01:26:10Yeah, and it's coming in hard and fast.

01:26:18Well, still 13 laps to go.

01:26:21Well, it was Mika Sala that touched Denis

01:26:23coming down the pit straight there at the restart

01:26:26and put Berts out of it.

01:26:27Ferrari setting up.

01:26:28Looks like they're getting ready for something.

01:26:30And they're ready in case it does really team with rain.

01:26:34Berts had the gearbox trouble, we're told.

01:26:36Well, I'm sure he did.

01:26:37When he tried to get restarted.

01:26:38Couldn't get any.

01:26:39But as Michael Schumacher said before the race,

01:26:41being the president of the Grand Prix Drivers Association,

01:26:44which we've all been members of from one time or another,

01:26:46please bring out the pace car if there's any rain coming

01:26:50because this track is super dangerous.

01:26:52So we'll see what happens if it does indeed come in heavy.

01:27:03Look at the rain coming down.

01:27:04It is raining quite hard now.

01:27:08It won't come in this lap, I don't think.

01:27:10I think they'll stay out for a moment

01:27:11because the backside of the circuit is still dry.

01:27:15And we're not going to see much until Mika Häkkinen really comes in.

01:27:21And I think when he comes in, they'll all come in.

01:27:23They'll wait for the guy in front because they're so close now.

01:27:26They'll wait.

01:27:27And David Coulthard all over the back of Heinz-Harald Fremsen.

01:27:30Come on, David, do something about it.

01:27:33We're told that this pretty severe little storm

01:27:36is affecting our satellite transmission to you folks,

01:27:40so apologize for that.

01:27:43Certainly beyond our control.

01:27:44A lot of activity in the pits.

01:27:46Oil flag out indicating there is water about.

01:27:49He looks pretty enthused about waving that one, doesn't he?

01:27:53And a lot of activity in the pits.

01:27:56Virtually everybody coming out with rain tires at the ready.

01:28:02Oh, is he going to do a bit more than that?

01:28:03Wave it a bit more than that, my dear chap.

01:28:08And we'll be back with continuing coverage

01:28:10of the German Grand Prix from Hockenheim after this.

01:28:12Countryside portion of the circuit out in the forest.

01:28:14It's relatively dry, but look at the stadium and the pits.

01:28:19Just like it's been every day, Ferrari setting up.

01:28:21They're all going to be pouring in.

01:28:23This time, ready for it.

01:28:26You won't see Zonta and Villeneuve.

01:28:27Zonta got into the back of Villeneuve.

01:28:29Jacques and Eddie Irvine have spun.

01:28:34Here we go.

01:28:35Oh, it looks like one of the Minardi's engines letting loose.

01:28:38What else can happen to make the track like an ice rink?

01:28:41That's Matsukane.

01:28:43Oh, and it blew up well there.

01:28:47And there's Irvine spinning, doing his 180.

01:28:50Need a 360, Eddie.

01:28:52Here we go, this is Villeneuve and Zonta.

01:28:56Oh, once you get those rear wheels on that curve in the dam,

01:28:59it is like an ice rink.

01:29:01Keep going, well done.

01:29:02Oh, he's still going round.

01:29:05But he kept it running, and that's the important thing.

01:29:07Oh, yeah.

01:29:09Look at it, once you get on that paintwork,

01:29:11anybody that goes racing, you've got to keep off those curves when it's wet.

01:29:14Here we go, McLaren's in.

01:29:22Ferrari kept going.

01:29:24Ferrari, Barrichello kept going for another lap.

01:29:28That's interesting, when you have to tiptoe through the stadium in the wet,

01:29:31and then can go stream around in the dry.

01:29:33He's going to drive offline.

01:29:34If you drive offline, you keep out where the dirt is,

01:29:37where the gravel is, where the rough stuff is,

01:29:39and you actually have a more abrasive surface.

01:29:45Hakkinen, I have to say,

01:29:46although he had a magnificent drive in the wet earlier this year,

01:29:49he wasn't terribly good yesterday in qualifying.

01:29:51Isn't happy in the damp conditions.

01:29:53David Coulthard is out, Barrichello is still out there.

01:29:55You see, it's dry out there.

01:29:56There's David Coulthard.

01:29:58Yeah, evidently Ferrari.

01:29:59David's now second, you see.

01:30:00Yeah, Ferrari must have reasoned

01:30:02that they can make better time in the dry part of the circuit

01:30:05than they would give up in the stadium in the rain.

01:30:07Well, they can see the segment times are still looking good.

01:30:10Ferrari's still ready in the stadium,

01:30:12but you remember, you come in, your tyres are very hot.

01:30:14So, in fact, they do work a little bit more efficiently.

01:30:17Here's Barrichello.

01:30:18Ferrari leading the race now.

01:30:20David Coulthard's behind with a Jordan Wright close in attendance.

01:30:24Presumably, it's Jarno Trulli.

01:30:26No, he's Frenzel, I apologize.

01:30:28And it may be elementary to point out,

01:30:30but these tyres do have some tread.

01:30:32They are not completely slick,

01:30:33so they do have some limited ability to wick off the water.

01:30:37This is where David Coulthard can really show

01:30:40whether he's worth being world champion or not,

01:30:43just to see how he drives in these conditions.

01:30:46That's the one chance he's got.

01:30:47He's got to take this chance.

01:30:49Probably being called in by the team,

01:30:50but he's not going to take the chance of going in

01:30:52until he's right up there.

01:30:54And he'll want his team telling him

01:30:55exactly where Mika Hakkinen is on the track.

01:30:59So then he allows for the fact that he can come in,

01:31:01change his tyres and still go out ahead of him.

01:31:05Because those wet tyres do not work in dry conditions.

01:31:10No, and that's the point I was trying to make, Derek,

01:31:13is the wets won't work on the dry part of the track.

01:31:15The dry compound will work better on the wet part

01:31:18than the wet tyres will work on the dry part.

01:31:20It's a gamble either way.

01:31:22Yeah, these three will stay out as long as they possibly can.

01:31:24Until one or other goes in.

01:31:26Nine laps to go.

01:31:27All three of the leaders stayed out.

01:31:29Ferrari mechanics ready there with the wet tyres.

01:31:34Here we go, out of the stadium.

01:31:35No, he wasn't using all the track there.

01:31:37David isn't either.

01:31:42The Williams going in.

01:31:44Ralf going in for some tyres.

01:31:48He's had a pretty miserable race.

01:31:55Well, Schumacher out of the race.

01:31:57Michael, that is.

01:31:59Who's best in the wet?

01:32:00Well, Rubens is outstanding in the wet one.

01:32:02I have to say, you've seen him drive brilliantly

01:32:05at Monaco a couple of times.

01:32:06Look at him now.

01:32:07He's actually pulling away from David Couldard.

01:32:09But it's dry out there.

01:32:10And I tell you what, I'd rather have dry tyres

01:32:12out on those 200-mile-an-hour sections

01:32:14than I would be, than have wet tyres out there.

01:32:17Because you cannot believe the instability of the cars.

01:32:20It's like being on rubber, like being on jelly.

01:32:22As the cars just work their way around.

01:32:26Derek, we're told, Jarno Trulli is going to be called in

01:32:28for a 10-second stop-and-go penalty.

01:32:32And he was well down in 7th place, wasn't he?

01:32:37Not clear on the reason.

01:32:38See, Rubens is driving exceptionally well

01:32:40because David isn't really making big inroads.

01:32:42And Frenton nearly loses it as they go through there.

01:32:46Zonta doing a magnificent job in 4th place.

01:32:52Look at the big rooster tails being kicked up there.

01:32:55That's alright.

01:32:56You don't mind the rooster tails

01:32:57as long as you're in a straight line.

01:33:00The chicane isn't too bad at the moment.

01:33:03Well, Mika Hakkinen right now is 14 seconds off the lead

01:33:07as a result of that pit stop.

01:33:09There's the indication of the penalty for Trulli.

01:33:18Look, look, look.

01:33:19David Coulthard was out pretty wide there.

01:33:21Frenton was coming right through on the inside.

01:33:23Is Coulthard going in for his tyres?

01:33:25No, he didn't go in.

01:33:30Frenton having a look down the inside of David.

01:33:32The Germans freaking out here.

01:33:35They might have a German win this race yet.

01:33:39Trying to get it all on as he comes up.

01:33:41780 horsepower.

01:33:42You can't turn it down on these engines.

01:33:45It goes all the way.

01:33:46There's Hakkinen behind.

01:33:47So he is catching them up.

01:33:49Trulli coming in for his penalty.

01:33:58Yeah, you wouldn't be surprised...

01:33:59Oh, it went straight across, did David.

01:34:01Straight across the chicane.

01:34:02Now, will they penalise him for that?

01:34:04He didn't take...

01:34:05He didn't gain any position, but he certainly kept him ahead.

01:34:08Yeah, didn't gain much advantage.

01:34:10The gap is still pretty constant.

01:34:13You would not be surprised to find a Ferrari leading here

01:34:16in the rain.

01:34:18At Hockenheim, but you would be surprised

01:34:20with Barrichello starting 18th on the grid

01:34:22to see him now as the leader of this race.

01:34:26Well, it's very interesting.

01:34:27You've got Mika Hakkinen not far behind.

01:34:32Barrichello holding up there strong.

01:34:34The wet has not progressed over the whole circuit.

01:34:38Heinz Frenton is going to take a long look

01:34:40down the inside of Coulthard as they come to the stadium.

01:34:43The problem is, when you take Koto out,

01:34:45break somebody, you have to consider

01:34:47you've got to outbrake them on a wetter line

01:34:49than you're on yourself to start with.

01:34:51Here he is having a look in the spray,

01:34:52but it's wetter down the inside.

01:34:54Can he have a go?

01:34:55He's having a look.

01:34:56David's making sure he doesn't have too good a look,

01:34:58but there's a lot of water out there.

01:34:59Look at it trailing.

01:35:00Now down the inside as they come down to the Sachs curve.

01:35:03Can you get down on the inside there, Heinz?

01:35:07Oh, David's wide, and he's almost off.

01:35:09Oh, look at the crowd go.

01:35:11And Zonta goes off.

01:35:13Zonta does go off.

01:35:15And Frenton got into Coulthard.

01:35:17They touched.

01:35:19Oh, Zonta, what a pity.

01:35:20He was doing so well.

01:35:23They're coming in. David's coming in.

01:35:24He said, to heck with this.

01:35:25I'm going in for wet tires.

01:35:27I just want some points.

01:35:28And that's what he's done.

01:35:29And there's Hakkinen goes by to take the lead

01:35:31from him as far as being ahead of him.

01:35:33And they weren't ready.

01:35:34I mean, you had to think that at some point

01:35:36Coulthard would have to come in,

01:35:38but McLaren quickly jumps to the task.

01:35:42And will put the fully treaded rain tires on.

01:35:44Oh, look at this.

01:35:45Hakkinen going by.

01:35:48Hakkinen going by Heinz and Frenton.

01:35:50Of course, Heinz and Frenton had that coming together

01:35:53with David, which slowed them all down.

01:35:55Here we go.

01:35:56David's going out well down the field now, I'm afraid.

01:35:58Yep.

01:36:00Sauber goes past.

01:36:02That's probably Salo.

01:36:03He probably goes in between Salo and Ralf Schumacher.

01:36:08Wow. Seven laps to go,

01:36:09and we've seen a little bit of everything today.

01:36:11Seven long laps for Rubens Barrichello.

01:36:14Because it's really, really wet in that stadium.

01:36:16And those McLarens, they sort of really fast on those wet tires.

01:36:20So the stadium does make up such a major part of the whole lap.

01:36:35Look at him getting it out of shape there.

01:36:45Frenton having a wild old time coming into the Jim Clark chicane.

01:36:52Oh, my goodness me.

01:36:54That's exactly what he did yesterday, actually, in qualifying.

01:36:57And that penalised him.

01:36:58He lost his best time, but that was different,

01:37:00because he actually benefited from it.

01:37:02Wonderful bit of driving here so far by Barrichello,

01:37:05keeping that car out in front.

01:37:07Because those conditioned areas, you can see the gap there.

01:37:09There's the McFerrari went out of your picture on the left.

01:37:12The McFerrari went out of your picture on the left,

01:37:14as you see the McLaren coming in on your right.

01:37:16The difference was 10.8 seconds the last time by.

01:37:20And now with Hakanen on full wets and rain continuing to fall,

01:37:23the circuit are getting more damp.

01:37:26I mean, this is standing water here.

01:37:28Well, Rubens is doing a wonderful team effort,

01:37:31whether he knows it or not,

01:37:33because he's not going to benefit in that much points-wise.

01:37:36But, my goodness me, if he can get out there

01:37:38and take those maximum points away from Hakanen,

01:37:40it helps Michael's quest.

01:37:42The Jordan going very slowly.

01:37:44He must have a problem.

01:37:46Very, very slowly indeed.

01:37:52And yet here, back in the forest,

01:37:54parts of the track virtually dry.

01:37:56Well, the point is, there's no fast corners out there.

01:37:58That's the only problem.

01:38:00Frentzen is off.

01:38:02Now, that was Frentzen slowing,

01:38:04and we'll find out why when we come back.

01:38:08So, Heinz-Harald Frentzen is out of his home Grand Prix.

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01:38:15Rubens Barrichello for Ferrari.

01:38:17There are three laps to go,

01:38:19and on each lap,

01:38:21Mika Hakanen is making up about eight-tenths of a second.

01:38:24There's Hakanen.

01:38:26It is raining in the stadium.

01:38:27It is dry out in the countryside.

01:38:29Hakanen stopped for tires.

01:38:31Barrichello did not stop for rain tires there.

01:38:34Yeah, Barrichello's still on dries.

01:38:37He's actually, he's quite a bit of status quo here,

01:38:39because Barrichello is pulling away

01:38:41three seconds on the outfield,

01:38:43on the fast bits of the circuit, which are dry,

01:38:45and he's losing three seconds to Hakanen on the infield,

01:38:48where he's very wet, and Hakanen's on the wet.

01:38:50So, it's a status quo,

01:38:52although it's about half a second a lap.

01:38:53Hakanen is encroaching on it,

01:38:55but there is only three laps to go.

01:38:57So, let's see how we get on.

01:38:58Very exciting, dramatic stuff.

01:39:00Brilliant drive for Barrichello,

01:39:02going for his first GP win.

01:39:04Two very different races going on here

01:39:06in the countryside and in the stadium,

01:39:08where it is quite wet.

01:39:10So, here's Barrichello.

01:39:12In the dry at this point, as you can see.

01:39:14The problem he has is that, of course,

01:39:16there are no really fast corners on the circuit.

01:39:18There's Hakanen behind him.

01:39:20There's no fast corners for the dry tires

01:39:22to really show how good they are,

01:39:24because the wet tire will still work quite well

01:39:26around a slowish corner.

01:39:28So, as the rest of the course dampens,

01:39:30the race comes to Mika Hakanen.

01:39:32Last time by, he's 9.6 seconds off the lead,

01:39:35so he gave up about half a second last time by.

01:39:38And David Coulthard,

01:39:40not that far behind Mika Hakanen.

01:39:42Poor David has had a traumatic bad day,

01:39:44as far as bad pit stop work.

01:39:46Not really by his crew, but just unlucky stuff.

01:39:49Jenson Button holding off fifth place.

01:39:52Mika Salo there.

01:39:53The two of them have traded spots.

01:39:55De la Rosa.

01:39:57Jenson Button's got fourth.

01:39:58I have to interrupt you.

01:39:59Jenson Button up to fourth place.

01:40:01What a brilliant finish for this young man,

01:40:03who we hear signed for Benetton.

01:40:07On the first lap,

01:40:08Fisichella and Michael Schumacher

01:40:09collided both out of the race.

01:40:12The race going under full course caution

01:40:14when a spectator wandered onto the course.

01:40:17Mika Hakanen made a pit stop immediately.

01:40:20His teammate was kept out,

01:40:21and that put Coulthard back into sixth on the restart.

01:40:25He has since climbed up to third,

01:40:27but it's been Barrichello's and Ferrari's decision

01:40:30not to pit for rain tires

01:40:32that have put Barrichello,

01:40:33who started this race in 18th position

01:40:36after qualifying problems,

01:40:37into the lead.

01:40:39Remember, Jenson Button started last,

01:40:41because his car wouldn't start on the grid

01:40:43at the very beginning of the race.

01:40:45Here we ride with Barrichello.

01:40:46See what he looks at.

01:40:49But Jenson Button come up from last place to fourth.

01:40:52Amazing.

01:40:53And Barrichello's coming from 18th to first.

01:40:57What a tremendous turnaround in this race,

01:41:00right to the East Coast.

01:41:02The last time anyone came

01:41:03from as far back as Barrichello to win a Grand Prix

01:41:06was John Watson.

01:41:07Not the John Watson.

01:41:08John Watson that thank you, John,

01:41:10for filling in these last couple of races.

01:41:12But in 1983 at Long Beach, Derek,

01:41:14John started 22nd and won.

01:41:17Well, he kept telling me he was really good, you know.

01:41:19I guess he was.

01:41:25So let's see.

01:41:26The gap has increased.

01:41:27Håkonen is now 12 seconds back of Barrichello.

01:41:30So, Derek, he gave up almost three full seconds

01:41:32that last lap.

01:41:33Yeah, well, his tires will be degrading

01:41:35in these conditions, you have to say.

01:41:37Look at Button catching up David Coulthard.

01:41:39Absolutely outstanding stuff.

01:41:40But these tires do not,

01:41:42these wet tires do not like being used in the wet,

01:41:44and it's like running on a sort of a jelly,

01:41:46and the car just moves around over the bumps.

01:41:49As you turn in the corner, it's just like slides.

01:41:51It's really a horrible sensation for a driver.

01:41:54The compound used, the rubber compound, is different,

01:41:57and the tread blocks on the rain tires,

01:42:00they squirm about,

01:42:01and it's got to be a very unnerving feeling

01:42:03to run those on the dry part of the course.

01:42:05The only time it's nice

01:42:06is when you get in the stadium on the wet.

01:42:07Right.

01:42:08Then you think, wow, that was worth it.

01:42:09This is the final lap for Barrichello.

01:42:11What a historic moment for him,

01:42:13and of course for Ferrari,

01:42:14but wonderful, absolutely wonderful

01:42:16for Rubens Barrichello to keep that car out there.

01:42:19He's proving to everybody

01:42:20what a great driver he is in the rain.

01:42:22What an incredible drive for Rubens,

01:42:24who, after qualifying,

01:42:26and remember, his car was broken.

01:42:28He had to wait for Michael Schumacher's car.

01:42:31He tried Schumacher's car

01:42:32with the pedals set up for left foot braking in qualifying.

01:42:35It did not work for him.

01:42:36He couldn't get in the field.

01:42:37They made some adjustments, worked on the car.

01:42:39Finally, he got a time that would get him

01:42:41into the show in 18th place,

01:42:44and has come all the way to lead this on its final lap.

01:42:49Hakkinen knocked it down a bit that lap.

01:42:51He's now 11 1⁄2 seconds back of Rubens.

01:42:54David Coulthard, his third,

01:42:56might have been second,

01:42:58but for the pit strategy

01:42:59that brought only Hakkinen in

01:43:01on the first lap of the full course caution.

01:43:03A great run for Jensen Button in fourth.

01:43:05A great run for Mika Salo, presently fifth,

01:43:08and Pedro de la Rosa continues his impressive season

01:43:11for Arrows in sixth place.

01:43:13Ralph Schumacher, seventh.

01:43:14Jack Villeneuve, eighth.

01:43:16Michael Schumacher looks on

01:43:19with Ross Braun there in the Ferrari pit stand.

01:43:22I was just wondering that Mike would be there.

01:43:24I thought, I hope he's there watching this,

01:43:25because it is an historic moment,

01:43:27and I'm sure he'll be over the moon

01:43:29that Hakkinen hasn't got maximum points,

01:43:31or David, for that matter.

01:43:32Look at Button, too, close behind David Coulthard.

01:43:35And Ferrari would score equal

01:43:37manufacturer's points today to McLaren.

01:43:39Here he comes.

01:43:40Hark of those horns as he comes in the stadium.

01:43:44What a drive for Rubens Barrichello.

01:43:48Outstanding.

01:43:49That really has made his mark

01:43:51in Grand Prix racing history.

01:43:53Outstanding drive.

01:43:55Absolutely brilliant.

01:43:57I can't get over it.

01:43:59Hakkinen some ten seconds back.

01:44:02Brilliant.

01:44:03Look at those Ferrari mechanics.

01:44:05Brilliant, brilliant drive.

01:44:07Checkered flag.

01:44:08Barrichello pulls over to salute his team.

01:44:11Michael Schumacher laughing and smiling with happiness.

01:44:18Hakkinen will finish second.

01:44:21David Coulthard will come around for third.

01:44:24Jensen Button closing in.

01:44:26Close, but not close enough for a podium finish,

01:44:30but yet a great run for Button and Mika Salo and De La Rosa.

01:44:34So, we'll be back to sort it all out.

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01:44:53While we were in break, I could hear the esteemed

01:44:55British broadcaster, Murray Walker,

01:44:57who's been covering F1 for 50 years, say,

01:44:59I thought I'd seen it all.

01:45:01Until today.

01:45:03What a wild event.

01:45:05Since Barrichello prevails, four Ferrari,

01:45:08the two McLarens, Jensen Button, a great drive,

01:45:11Mika Salo, Pedro De La Rosa.

01:45:13Those finish in the points.

01:45:15Ralph Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve,

01:45:17Jarno Trulli, and Eddie Irvine, Mazzacconi, and Heitfeld.

01:45:21The top dozen.

01:45:23Well, it's a whole new season.

01:45:25Schumacher's lead, protected by Barrichello,

01:45:28and cut to just two points over the McLaren drivers.

01:45:30He has ten on his teammate,

01:45:32then Fisichella and Ralph Schumacher.

01:45:35Villeneuve, Button, Trulli, Salo, Frentzen, Irvine.

01:45:39In the points, Verstappen, De La Rosa, and Zonta.

01:45:43And in the constructors, well, it's still pretty close.

01:45:46Ferrari with 102, McLaren with 98,

01:45:48Williams, 21, Benetton, 18,

01:45:50B.A.R., 12, Jordan, 11.

01:45:54Salvo Patrona, six, Arrows, four,

01:45:56and Jaguar Cosworth, three.

01:45:57It's hotting up.

01:46:03In 1988,

01:46:05Barrichello's countryman, Ayrton Senna,

01:46:07won his first of three straight German Grands Prix,

01:46:10each one from the pole.

01:46:12But from 18th position,

01:46:14it is Barrichello who stands atop the podium today.

01:46:17Oh, what a day for Rubinho.

01:46:21Yeah, I think some of the Ayrton Senna memories

01:46:24linger in his mind at this moment.

01:48:33A damp crowd, Derek, but tears of joy.

01:48:36Absolutely, yeah.

01:48:37I mean, really, you don't have to say a word.

01:48:39The emotions just sort of oozes out of that picture, doesn't it?

01:48:43Well, it was really exciting

01:48:45when Barrichello pulled into Parc Fermé,

01:48:47and the two McLaren drivers were already there,

01:48:50and they waited for him to hug and congratulate him.

01:48:53Yeah.

01:48:54That's pretty special.

01:48:55And Michael Schumacher was there as well.

01:48:57He was over the fence to congratulate him first.

01:48:59As soon as he got out the car,

01:49:00and helped him get out.

01:49:01Very, very emotional for everybody.

01:49:09Mobil won the title sponsor of the German Grand Prix,

01:49:12so you see Pegasus atop those beautiful glass trophies.

01:49:31I'm glad I haven't got to pronounce that name,

01:49:33I have to admit.

01:49:34Or sign it on cheques every day.

01:49:35First, Duesenberg and Bündigen.

01:49:39I think.

01:49:48This is the moment Rubens has waited for for many years.

01:49:54One of the most humble, nicest men in Formula 1.

01:49:58123 career starts,

01:50:01and everybody loves a first-time winner.

01:50:21Now there's quite a show of sportsmanship.

01:50:23Absolutely.

01:50:24And here is the scene in Parc Bermé.

01:50:26Michael Schumacher is right there,

01:50:28even before Barrichello rolls to a halt

01:50:30to congratulate his teammate.

01:50:32We'll come back and hear from the podium finishers in Germany

01:50:35after this.

01:50:39...on that first lap of full course caution.

01:50:41Why did Rubens get rain-tired?

01:50:43Let's find out.

01:50:45The top three drivers of a fantastic German Grand Prix.

01:50:48It's Rubens Barrichello, Mika Häkkinen,

01:50:50and David Coulthard.

01:50:52Rubens, you said yesterday that it was the worst day of the year.

01:50:54I expect today must be the best day of your life.

01:50:56From 18th place to your first win, 123 starts.

01:50:59How do you feel?

01:51:01Well, I just feel great.

01:51:03I mean, it was...

01:51:05I mean, I hear the guys saying that the last lap

01:51:09when you're going to win, you know, is such a long lap.

01:51:12And, you know, I had lost the taste almost

01:51:15because it was such a long time ago.

01:51:17So it was really the longest one,

01:51:20and I promise you that today was getting a bit more tricky

01:51:24because the rain was coming in separate places.

01:51:27And I was just thinking to myself, you know,

01:51:31this is... it has to be mine.

01:51:33I mean, yesterday was such a bad day,

01:51:36and it can be good, so let's make it as simple as possible.

01:51:41And I couldn't believe, I couldn't believe.

01:51:43I'm just... I can't believe my eyes still.

01:51:46Now, obviously, the race is won

01:51:48by your decision to stay out on the slick tyres,

01:51:50grooved tyres at the end.

01:51:51Who made that decision?

01:51:52Hey, I mean, we are a team.

01:51:54We are a big family, and Ross said,

01:51:57Mika is coming, and I said,

01:51:59we keep an eye, and let's stay one lap more.

01:52:03And after that lap, he said,

01:52:05just keep on going, Rubens.

01:52:07You're going to win if you keep that pace.

01:52:10So, I mean, it was great

01:52:11because the slicks were doing really well

01:52:14on the straights and the three chicanes.

01:52:16But I think it was seven or six laps to go.

01:52:19I flat-spot the left front on the third chicane

01:52:22because it was spitting a little bit.

01:52:23So it was worrying

01:52:24because I couldn't see the track very well.

01:52:26But, you know, I paid the price, so it was great.

01:52:30Now, you made a lot of positions up

01:52:32with a blistering first run to your first pit stop,

01:52:35but that included, obviously, that first corner incident

01:52:37where your team-mate Mika was taken off.

01:52:39How did you see that first lap?

01:52:40Well, to be honest with you,

01:52:41I only saw that Michael was out of the race

01:52:46when I got close to Pedro de la Rosa, and truly,

01:52:50because then I started to count.

01:52:52I was too busy at that time.

01:52:55And then I just then realised that he wasn't on the track.

01:52:59Rubens Saxon, congratulations.

01:53:01Mika, you managed to vault yourself

01:53:03from fourth to first at the start there.

01:53:06How do you make such a good start?

01:53:08It was a fantastic start.

01:53:11I have to admit, something like that doesn't happen often.

01:53:15I mean, certainly me and David,

01:53:17we do practise that a lot in the test days,

01:53:20but this was one of the starts

01:53:23that definitely goes in the record books in my career.

01:53:27I think thanks for the team, you know.

01:53:30It was also part of the team

01:53:32who created the tactic for the start

01:53:36that way I'm able to make a good start,

01:53:38and I knew that, you know.

01:53:40If I don't get in a good position in the first corner,

01:53:42then life's going to be very difficult after that.

01:53:45But it worked. Thanks.

01:53:49You almost had the race won

01:53:50when at the beginning of the first safety car period,

01:53:53you came in the pits and David didn't.

01:53:54Now, whose call was that?

01:53:55Because in the past, we've heard the man on pole position

01:53:57gets first call of pit stops.

01:54:01Well, the team called me in,

01:54:03and I have to obviously follow the order,

01:54:06and the decision came to my favour.

01:54:09I'm still a little bit surprised, to be honest.

01:54:13I mean, it probably could have been done a little bit differently,

01:54:17but after all, you know, it was in my favour,

01:54:21and that's it, really.

01:54:24Looking back now, do you think it was the right decision

01:54:26to change to wet tyres at the end of the race?

01:54:29One sense, if you think about it, I could be on a barrier.

01:54:31If I would have kept the slicks, I would have gone off.

01:54:33I mean, our car was a quick car today, but not easy to drive.

01:54:38So, if we would have continued in slicks,

01:54:40our life would have been really, really difficult.

01:54:42So, on the other hand, you could say

01:54:44that we had to be extremely happy about this result.

01:54:48Thank you. Well done. Thanks.

01:54:49David, at the start, you made a very definite one move

01:54:52across Michael Schumacher. Was that revenge?

01:54:56No. I just had too much wheelspin,

01:54:59and I knew I was making a bad start from when I went off the line.

01:55:06So, I just wanted to try and make it, obviously,

01:55:09as difficult as we're allowed for someone to pass me.

01:55:12But in the end, I do actually know how close anyone else was behind me.

01:55:16Also, it was Mika passing me.

01:55:20How frustrated were you sitting behind the safety car,

01:55:22that first safety car?

01:55:23Knowing everybody else had changed their tyres, you hadn't.

01:55:26It looked at that point like you'd be lucky to score any points,

01:55:28and that the team had called Mika in rather than you.

01:55:31Well, that's maybe how it appears.

01:55:33In actual fact, it was just a little bit of confusion on my part.

01:55:36I was pitting that lap anyway,

01:55:39and I didn't hear the radio in the pit,

01:55:44in the, what do you call it, stadium.

01:55:48And then Mika pitted in front of me,

01:55:50and at that point, I didn't know the safety car was out,

01:55:52so I thought there must be some confusion as to who's actually pitting.

01:55:55So, that's why I continued on past,

01:55:58and then I realised the safety car was out.

01:56:00So, it's just unfortunate, one of those days,

01:56:02when it just didn't quite work out.

01:56:06But equally, that could have been a big help had I stopped in that lap.

01:56:11But there you go.

01:56:12I'm still happy to be sitting here with points

01:56:14and getting closer to the championship leader.

01:56:18Thomas, communication for DC,

01:56:20a fortuitous choice for Rubens Barrichello,

01:56:22results in his first win.

01:56:24We'll be back to wrap things up after this.

01:56:31We'll be back with you in two weeks' time at Hungary,

01:56:3310am your local time, except in Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area,

01:56:37and we'll be wall-to-wall with coverage of the U.S. Grand Prix.

01:56:40Friday practice, Saturday qualifying, Sunday the race,

01:56:43the weekend of September 24th.

01:56:47There's the finish.

01:56:48Rubens Barrichello, first Brazilian to win since Ayrton Senna in 1993.

01:56:52Well, who says the Grand Prix race isn't exciting,

01:56:54and who says that nice guys don't win?

01:56:57Half the course in rain, half the course dry.

01:57:00Wow, what a day for Rubens Barrichello, winning his first Grand Prix.

01:57:06Email us, formula1 at foxsports.net.

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01:57:10For Derek Bell and Peter Windsor, I'm Mike Joyce.

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