2000 Italian GP

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Round 14 of the 2000 F1 season at Monza.

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00:00:00It's for those who remember when racing was great.

00:00:07It's for those who love their cars to be red.

00:00:10It's for fans who adore their drivers as heroes facing unassailable odds.

00:00:15It's the home of the Tifosi.

00:00:17It's the spiritual ground of Ferrari.

00:00:20Monza carries with it more myths and legends, more historical landmarks,

00:00:24more tragic ironies and triumphant glories

00:00:27than all other circuits on the calendar together.

00:00:29It seems every great driver has his own connection with the place.

00:00:33Whether it be happy or sad, Monza touches the soul.

00:01:00Welcome to round 14 of the FIA Formula One World Championship,

00:01:05the 51st annual Italian Grand Prix.

00:01:08This is Monza.

00:01:10I'm Mike Joy, alongside five-time Le Mans winner

00:01:12and former Ferrari Formula One driver Derek Bell

00:01:15and former Williams and Ferrari team manager Peter Windsor

00:01:18will join us from the pit lane.

00:01:20Let's have a look at what's coming up on our Mercedes-Benz pre-race today.

00:01:23The Tifosi were delighted with qualifying

00:01:27and will count down to the U.S. Grand Prix coming in just two weeks.

00:01:31We'll continue our tour of Ferrari headquarters

00:01:33and Peter Windsor's exclusive interview with Luca Montezemolo.

00:01:40So cars are out on their reconnaissance laps.

00:01:43A couple rolling through the pit lane.

00:01:45One of the Jordans going out on track.

00:01:48Jordan just celebrating their 10th anniversary

00:01:50with a big party at Donington last week.

00:01:5220,000 folks showed up

00:01:54and a great time was had by everybody.

00:01:56Jordan not faring quite so well this year,

00:01:58as you see manufacturers' points right there.

00:02:00McLaren eight up on Ferraris.

00:02:02The drivers have Mika Hakkinen ahead now of Michael Schumacher by six.

00:02:07David Coulthard is still there.

00:02:09Ruben's chances are fading.

00:02:11And then Ralph and Giancarlo.

00:02:13As far as the constructors are concerned,

00:02:15McLaren have 125 to Ferrari's 117,

00:02:18Williams on 30, Benetton 18, Jordan 13 and Bayer Honda 12.

00:02:25It'll be a very hot day in Monza

00:02:28as the Tifosi await their Ferraris to return to the grid

00:02:33after the final reconnaissance lap.

00:02:35And pulling up, let's go down to the paddock and Peter

00:02:38and get caught up on how things are settling in for next year.

00:02:43Here's Peter Windsor.

00:02:46Well, it looks finally as if the market is beginning to solidify

00:02:49because Nick Heidfelder signed a three-year deal

00:02:51with Sauber Petronas Ferrari.

00:02:53That's a great move for him.

00:02:54And, of course, he's effectively replacing Mika Salo,

00:02:56who's testing next year for Toyota.

00:02:59The other Sauber driver, question mark, could be Pedro Diniz,

00:03:01but more likely to be Riccardo Zonta.

00:03:03And Pedro Diniz looking more seriously now at Prost.

00:03:06Luciano Berti's being confirmed as Eddie Irvine's team-mate

00:03:09at Jaguar Cosworth next year.

00:03:10And Alexander Boerts has found a home finally at McLaren,

00:03:13replacing Olivier Panis as their third driver, as their test driver.

00:03:17More tyres available next year,

00:03:18which means hopefully we'll see more cars going out

00:03:20at the beginning of Friday practice.

00:03:22At the moment, they tend to stay in the garage to conserve their tyres.

00:03:25With more sets available,

00:03:26pretty likely that we'll see more cars out there.

00:03:28The big news, however, is that Ekbal Hamidi,

00:03:30the much-rated aerodynamicist who worked very well for Williams,

00:03:34for Stewart, and currently setting the scene at Arrows,

00:03:37has been snapped up by none other than Eddie Jordan.

00:03:39He'll be joining Jordan at the end of his term at Arrows.

00:03:42That's the end of 2001, effectively replacing Mike Gascoigne,

00:03:46who at that point will be leaving to go to Benetton.

00:03:48Finally, we are celebrating here Honda's 200th Grand Prix.

00:03:51This is the circuit in which they last scored a victory as a complete team,

00:03:54as a Honda chassis and engine, in the 1967 Italian Grand Prix.

00:03:58John Surtees won by the margin of 0.2 of a second.

00:04:01Let's hope it's that close today.

00:04:04Thanks, Peter.

00:04:05That was really a very close victory, wasn't it?

00:04:07Gosh, it was. We don't see those often anymore.

00:04:11Well, the cars are about to come around

00:04:13to complete their reconnaissance laps and form up on the grid here.

00:04:17And the Tifosi, 135,000 of them.

00:04:20The place is a sellout, and they've occupied every seat,

00:04:23and even the trees here.

00:04:25Well, BMW Williams has had a great re-entry into Formula 1,

00:04:29and Peter spoke to some of the team principals

00:04:31about how this season has gone.

00:04:35Well, it has really been exciting for us so far.

00:04:39When we started, we knew we were pretty well prepared,

00:04:43but Williams achieved fifth place last year

00:04:48in Constructor's Championship with an experienced engine partner,

00:04:52so this was our target for the learning season.

00:04:57We are third so far, and of course,

00:04:59we'll try our best to keep this position.

00:05:02What are your realistic goals for 2001?

00:05:05I'm not sure that podium positions were envisaged,

00:05:08but certainly getting some points was envisaged,

00:05:11and for the second year, to be more of a competitive player

00:05:16and possibly to win a race or two,

00:05:20but be closer to the lead teams.

00:05:24And for the third year, to be starting the year

00:05:27as a championship contender.

00:05:30Obviously, that's the background target,

00:05:33but in truth, one would like to beat it.

00:05:36Well, one has to say, while we're having Montoya and Ralf Schumacher there next year,

00:05:40they must have a great chance of getting some victories next season.

00:05:42Well, those are lofty goals, but from what they've done this year,

00:05:45they seem as if they could be attainable.

00:05:48David Coulthard being pushed back into the garage after one of his laps,

00:05:53and we'll be back to show you qualifying,

00:05:56where the Tifosi went wild yesterday, that's for sure.

00:06:05Welcome back to Monza, as our Mercedes-Benz pre-race continues.

00:06:09Derek, they've held 49 Grand Prixs here at Monza,

00:06:1249 of the 50 Italian Grand Prixs have been here.

00:06:15No other track has such a history in Formula One.

00:06:18Oh, it is the most outrageous track, I must say,

00:06:21and they have changed it a few times,

00:06:23and we're just going to take a look at some of the changes that have been made just for this year.

00:06:26This is the old track as it was last year,

00:06:28with the first and second chicanes.

00:06:30They've changed it, as you'll now see,

00:06:33and they put a very sharp right and left-hander into this first chicane,

00:06:36called the Variante Goodyear,

00:06:38and the drivers have very mixed feelings about it.

00:06:40They think there's going to be a big pile-up on the first lap.

00:06:42They may well be right, but so let's go and do a lap

00:06:45of this 3.59 mile circuit with Rubens Barrichello.

00:06:48We're now going by the pits, obviously, on the right-hand side.

00:06:52This is the track which has been raced on many times,

00:06:54onto this new surface, this new rain surface.

00:06:57Look how he comes in here, has a tremendous job slowing down

00:07:00to get the car pointed into this new Goodyear chicane.

00:07:04As he came in there, he was actually pulling 4G

00:07:06and right down to 60 miles an hour as he turned in there.

00:07:09Accelerating around the very famous Curva Grande,

00:07:11which we used to take flat all the way.

00:07:14Down into the Variante de la Rocha.

00:07:16This is 205 miles an hour as he brakes.

00:07:184G again under braking.

00:07:20Puts the car through there in second gear, 70 miles an hour.

00:07:23Accelerates out up to the famous Lesmo corners.

00:07:26These are very, very tricky corners.

00:07:28Very, very fast corners indeed.

00:07:30And he accelerates out the second part.

00:07:32In fact, somebody's gone off in front of him,

00:07:34which, of course, has slowed him down somewhat in that corner,

00:07:37so he won't be going flat from there on in.

00:07:39Up, pulling his way up towards the...

00:07:42underneath the old circuit.

00:07:44Here it is, under the bank circuit there,

00:07:46up into the Ascari curve.

00:07:47He's doing 210 miles an hour.

00:07:49He brakes down into fourth gear,

00:07:51goes to the first part of the Ascari curve,

00:07:53into the second part.

00:07:54Out he goes onto the straight, pulling 135 on the exit.

00:07:58As he goes howling down the straight,

00:08:00collating into sixth and seventh gear,

00:08:02up to 210 miles an hour.

00:08:04Brakes for the very famous Parabolica corner,

00:08:07which has not changed at all in the last 50 years.

00:08:10Accelerates out of the Parabolica.

00:08:12You've got to be as smooth as you can coming up,

00:08:14because this leads on to the great straight past the pits.

00:08:16That was a lap with Rubens Barrichello.

00:08:20Here the track surface is very flat, as you notice.

00:08:22The grip level is medium.

00:08:23Tire compound, they're actually wearing

00:08:25the softer of the medium tires.

00:08:27Tire wear is high.

00:08:28Brake wear is very high.

00:08:29The highest of the whole year.

00:08:30Maximum throttle, 71% of the lap naturally.

00:08:33Fuel consumption is high as well.

00:08:35But it is low downforce as well, Mike.

00:08:37And, Derek, we expect tire degradation

00:08:39to really be a factor today?

00:08:41We certainly do.

00:08:42Ferraris, I know, amongst others have had blistering.

00:08:44Ferraris always seem to wear their tires

00:08:46harder than McLaren,

00:08:48because McLaren is such a perfect motor car.

00:08:50So that is going to be a very, very important factor.

00:08:52Only one car did a two-stop strategy last year.

00:08:55That was Prost.

00:08:56This year we possibly expect more to do it.

00:08:58Well, let's have a look and see how

00:09:00these grid positions were determined

00:09:02in yesterday's qualifying.

00:09:04Here we're qualifying in front of

00:09:06an absolutely packed grandstand area.

00:09:09People hanging from the trees on the mobile,

00:09:11doing some sort of dodgy deal back there in Milan.

00:09:13But it was Jacques Villeneuve who went out early on

00:09:15in the much-improved BAR,

00:09:17proving that the car is really well up there.

00:09:19He was to go faster as the session terminated later on.

00:09:22Michael Schumacher, he got out early on,

00:09:24made a bit of an error on one of the chicanes

00:09:26and had to be settled with an early time.

00:09:28He actually got pole position, an incredible time,

00:09:31very early on in the session.

00:09:33Nonetheless, that was his best effort

00:09:36you could see for the weekend.

00:09:37Nevertheless, Mika Hakkinen went out

00:09:39and he was trying all he could.

00:09:40With a slightly later development engine

00:09:42that they've been using all year,

00:09:44he could only manage third place on the grid.

00:09:46Rubens Barrichellam meanwhile, he went out

00:09:48and he was inside Michael's time

00:09:50for the first part of the lap.

00:09:51He has been right up at the front of the grid

00:09:53the whole weekend, only managed second.

00:09:55He's on the front row at this time.

00:09:56Jack Villeneuve, what a great fourth place for him.

00:09:59Very satisfying.

00:10:00Best grid position for BAR yet.

00:10:02David Coulthard, well,

00:10:04he had another coming together with his friend

00:10:06Heinz-Harald Frenzel and he did it at Spa

00:10:08and that blew his best time

00:10:10and he could only manage fifth on the grid.

00:10:14And Michael Schumacher can only sit there

00:10:16for the last ten minutes, but he got pole.

00:10:18So, let's hear what Michael Schumacher's views

00:10:20are on for the race.

00:10:23It's a good thing,

00:10:25because if we're both up there,

00:10:27it means the car is good, it's competitive

00:10:29and obviously for the championship,

00:10:33if we two could be up front,

00:10:36I mean, Rubens could give me a big support.

00:10:39Let's see whether I have to support him

00:10:41or he supports me.

00:10:43We'll find out tomorrow.

00:10:44It's good to have the team up there,

00:10:47you know, I mean, we've been fighting,

00:10:49Michael has been fighting quite a lot

00:10:51for this championship

00:10:53and to have the car competitive in front of

00:10:55the home of Ferrari,

00:10:57it's really nice.

00:10:59I believe we are able to

00:11:03to find solutions for tomorrow,

00:11:06that way we can make the car quicker

00:11:08and I'm confident about that.

00:11:11Peter Windsor is talking to the leading

00:11:13Italian driver in the field, Jarno Trulli.

00:11:16Jarno Trulli, first Italian after Ferrari,

00:11:19number six on the grid.

00:11:20Tell us about the first corner,

00:11:21what's it going to be like,

00:11:22this new safe chicane?

00:11:23A new safe, it's safe.

00:11:25In fact, we did a step forward in terms of safety,

00:11:28but in fact, we will probably have a problem

00:11:31tomorrow morning during the race at the start.

00:11:35You can attack in the beginning

00:11:37and you can choose which line you want to stay.

00:11:40And then you have to hope that nothing happens

00:11:43in front of you and behind you.

00:11:45Well, let's hope that.

00:11:46I'm sure it won't.

00:11:47Best of luck in the race.

00:11:48Thank you very much.

00:11:50Some of the drivers have already

00:11:51settled into their cars.

00:11:52You see Jacques Villeneuve,

00:11:53he's already climbed in,

00:11:54cocooned himself in that car,

00:11:56while other drivers are still out

00:11:57talking to mechanics and well-wishers

00:11:59and about to climb aboard

00:12:01for the business at hand.

00:12:04We will be back with more of our

00:12:06Mercedes-Benz pre-race in a moment.

00:12:08Earlier this weekend, our camera crew

00:12:10got to stroll around Milan

00:12:11and do a little shopping,

00:12:13as did David Coulthard and Jean Alessi.

00:12:19The long-awaited return of Formula One

00:12:22to the United States

00:12:23is coming in two weeks' time

00:12:25at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

00:12:28For the first time,

00:12:29they'll race clockwise

00:12:30and will be there wall-to-wall.

00:12:32Friday, live practice

00:12:33at noon and 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

00:12:36Saturday, live coverage of qualifying

00:12:38and Sunday, a one-hour pre-race

00:12:40and the United States Grand Prix.

00:12:43Here on Fox Sportsnet Live.

00:12:47Schumacher's car being attended to.

00:12:53A little brake work,

00:12:54and David Coulthard, we're told,

00:12:56went into the garage

00:12:57for a rear sway bar change.

00:12:59Yes, well, of course,

00:13:00he had a moment this morning

00:13:01where the rear suspension

00:13:02collapsed on his car,

00:13:03as it did in practice yesterday.

00:13:05So, therefore,

00:13:06I think they're just playing

00:13:07very, very safe indeed.

00:13:12Well, in two weeks' time,

00:13:13they'll all line up at Indianapolis,

00:13:15and what a different

00:13:16Indianapolis Motor Speedway

00:13:17will be than years past.

00:13:20Thought we'd have a little fun here

00:13:21and show you in time-lapse photography

00:13:23some of the new construction.

00:13:24At the bottom of the screen,

00:13:26you see the new garages

00:13:27that were built for the needs

00:13:29and dictates of Formula One,

00:13:31whose rules require

00:13:32that the garages exit

00:13:33directly onto the pit lane.

00:13:35Gasoline Alley is behind this area

00:13:37and wasn't suitable.

00:13:39You have to have suites

00:13:40atop the garages

00:13:41for the use of the teams,

00:13:42and the master control tower

00:13:44is replaced by the structure

00:13:45on the left,

00:13:46this beautiful new

00:13:47ten-story pagoda

00:13:48that dominates

00:13:49the western Indianapolis skyline.

00:13:51It's a beautiful building,

00:13:52very reminiscent

00:13:53of the historic former structure

00:13:56that stood there

00:13:57for so many years.

00:13:58Yes, this is an amazing piece of work

00:14:00that they've done there,

00:14:01and as you know,

00:14:02we've been there quite a few times now,

00:14:03and the circuit itself,

00:14:04the drivers seem to like it very much,

00:14:06which is really what it's all about.

00:14:07Heck, with what the pits are like,

00:14:09it's what is the track like,

00:14:10and I think it's going to be

00:14:11very intriguing.

00:14:12Going to be a lot of passing opportunities

00:14:13and we're apt to see

00:14:14a lot of drafting and slipstreaming

00:14:16and slingshotting

00:14:17along the Indianapolis front straightaway.

00:14:20So everybody,

00:14:21hope your bags are packed

00:14:22and your tickets are bought,

00:14:23and if not,

00:14:24we hope you'll join us here

00:14:25on Fox Sportsnet

00:14:26for Friday qualifying,

00:14:27a Friday practice,

00:14:28Saturday qualifying,

00:14:29and a one-hour pre-race

00:14:31and the race two weeks from today.

00:14:34Well, they're still working away

00:14:36on that McLaren,

00:14:37trying to get it right down

00:14:39to the last second,

00:14:40getting things prepared on it.

00:14:42They haven't been,

00:14:43lads haven't been happy

00:14:44with their cars this weekend.

00:14:45They mentioned before

00:14:46they're running a development engine

00:14:48this weekend,

00:14:49and they've done certain,

00:14:50they're always doing extra developments

00:14:52on the chassis,

00:14:53but it hasn't been that competitive

00:14:54with Ferrari,

00:14:55which I'm absolutely astounded.

00:14:56Well, Mika Hakkinen said

00:14:57in his qualifying run,

00:14:58he had an engine misfire

00:15:00on both the second and third runs

00:15:01at the end of the long straightaway,

00:15:03the engine misfiring badly,

00:15:04so that's when he said

00:15:06the car would be right for today.

00:15:07I'm sure he's confident

00:15:08in the Ilmore technicians

00:15:09to get rid of that misfire.

00:15:11Well, of course,

00:15:12this is David's car

00:15:13they're working on now,

00:15:14of course.

00:15:16Well, let's join Peter earlier.

00:15:19He took our Fox Sportsnet cameras

00:15:22on an exclusive tour

00:15:23of Ferrari's racing headquarters

00:15:26at Marinello.

00:15:29The Pista de Fiorano,

00:15:30in other words,

00:15:31Ferrari's private test track,

00:15:32every team's dream,

00:15:34their own circuit.

00:15:35This actually, of course,

00:15:36is an old farmhouse,

00:15:37and Enzo Ferrari used this

00:15:39as his office

00:15:40from 1968 onwards

00:15:41when he first sold out to Fiat.

00:15:43Number 27 in the Commune de Fiorano,

00:15:45in the province of Fiorano,

00:15:47part of Marinello, of course.

00:15:49Number 27,

00:15:50Gilles Villeneuve's favourite number,

00:15:51so a bit of a coincidence there,

00:15:52don't you think?

00:15:53Inside here,

00:15:54hallowed ground.

00:15:55This is where many teams,

00:15:56many technical directors,

00:15:58and many team managers,

00:15:59many teams of drivers

00:16:00have met and talked

00:16:01before Grands Prix.

00:16:03This is the circuit manager's office.

00:16:05Two chairs there,

00:16:06one with Mick Asalo's signature,

00:16:07one with Eddie Irvine's.

00:16:09So, perhaps needs a bit of updating there.

00:16:12Let's go up the stairs.

00:16:13Up the top here is where Enzo Ferrari

00:16:15used to watch Grands Prix

00:16:17when he stopped attending them himself

00:16:19because of ill health

00:16:20and sadly passed away

00:16:2120 years or so ago now.

00:16:23But this is where he watched the races,

00:16:25sitting on these sofas.

00:16:26Probably not a TV screen

00:16:27quite as big as that,

00:16:29but this is the actual room

00:16:30where Enzo Ferrari

00:16:31watched his Grands Prix.

00:16:32And then up here,

00:16:33this is the famous meeting room

00:16:35where the drivers

00:16:36and the technical personnel

00:16:37of the team

00:16:38discuss what they're going to do

00:16:39at the next Grands Prix.

00:16:41One only has to dream

00:16:42to think of the sort of words

00:16:43and the sort of people

00:16:44that have occupied this room.

00:16:46There are a lot of ghosts here

00:16:47and some brilliant photographs.

00:16:49I particularly like this one here

00:16:50of obviously a Fokker meeting

00:16:52in the early 90s.

00:16:53Bernie Eccleston there,

00:16:54Luca Mondezemlo

00:16:55looking a little bit younger,

00:16:56Ron Dennis in the background,

00:16:57and of course Frank Williams.

00:16:59And I've been perusing this for a while.

00:17:00As you can imagine,

00:17:01it's heaven for a Formula 1 enthusiast.

00:17:03My favourite wall is down here.

00:17:05This is the Carlos Reutemann wall.

00:17:06Lots of great pictures of Carlos

00:17:08and Gilles Villeneuve.

00:17:10And some wonderful pictures over here

00:17:12of Luca with Gianni Agnelli,

00:17:14Luca Mondezemlo with Niki Lauda.

00:17:16Through the window here,

00:17:17of course we can see the circuit.

00:17:20It's just been sprayed with water,

00:17:21which is how they simulate

00:17:22wet weather testing.

00:17:23And there we see a Ferrari 333 sports car

00:17:25being tested here

00:17:26on this lovely sunny afternoon.

00:17:29This really is a motor racing haven.

00:17:31The pits down there

00:17:32contain fantastic

00:17:33electronic timing equipment.

00:17:35There's an array of monitors

00:17:36that will blow your mind.

00:17:38Lots of photographs,

00:17:39lots of models,

00:17:40lots of history.

00:17:41And just across the other side

00:17:42of the corridor here,

00:17:43there's a self-contained apartment

00:17:44where drivers like Michael Schumacher

00:17:46and Rubens Barrichello

00:17:47stay overnight

00:17:48if they've got to do a two-

00:17:49or a three-day test.

00:17:51Well, I have to say,

00:17:52for the fans,

00:17:53it must be very special.

00:17:54But as a former driver,

00:17:55it's almost impossible

00:17:56to put into words, Michael,

00:17:57the emotion of actually being

00:17:58part of that history.

00:17:59I would imagine.

00:18:00And of course it goes back

00:18:01through the entire history

00:18:02of Formula 1,

00:18:03Ferrari winning its first

00:18:04championship in 1951,

00:18:06half a century ago.

00:18:10We're getting closer to race time.

00:18:12Speaking of which,

00:18:13Tag Heuer this weekend

00:18:14introduced a new watch

00:18:15appropriately called the Monza.

00:18:17I had a number of the drivers out

00:18:19to try them on.

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00:18:40Well, we're getting down to it

00:18:41in this Formula 1 season.

00:18:43The remaining races,

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00:18:45on Fox Sports Net,

00:18:46including two hours

00:18:48of practice coverage

00:18:49at Indy on Friday,

00:18:51qualifying on Saturday,

00:18:52and the race on Sunday.

00:18:54Then the Japanese Grand Prix

00:18:56at noon your local time,

00:18:57and the Malaysian Grand Prix

00:18:5912.30 a.m. Eastern Time

00:19:01live to close out

00:19:03the 2000 season.

00:19:08Well, work continues

00:19:09on David Coulthard's car.

00:19:10A cause for alarm, Derek?

00:19:12Well, it always is.

00:19:13As you're the driver

00:19:14sitting there thinking

00:19:15there's about four minutes to go,

00:19:16and here we are.

00:19:17The guys have got the car

00:19:18spread out across the track,

00:19:19but I'm sure they'll have it

00:19:20under control.

00:19:21Well, as we sit here

00:19:22so close to the home of Ferrari,

00:19:23it's appropriate to conclude

00:19:25Peter's exclusive

00:19:26Fox Sports Net

00:19:27one-on-one interview

00:19:28with Luca Montezemolo.

00:19:30We continued our discussion

00:19:31with Luca Montezemolo,

00:19:32chairman of Ferrari,

00:19:33by raising the subject of budgets.

00:19:35Of course, I wanted to know

00:19:36how big the Ferrari budget was,

00:19:37so I defused the question

00:19:38by asking how it was apportioned.

00:19:40What came from sponsorship?

00:19:41What comes from road cars?

00:19:42What falls out of the sky?

00:19:45If you assume

00:19:47that we spend 100,

00:19:48we have 60-65%

00:19:52coming from three main voices.

00:19:55Sponsors,

00:19:56prices from FOA,

00:19:59TV and merchandising.

00:20:01These three voices

00:20:03mean between 60 and 70%

00:20:06of our total cost.

00:20:0830% is covered not by FIAT.

00:20:11FIAT doesn't pay anything.

00:20:12FIAT is one of the sponsors

00:20:15of the car,

00:20:16but not the biggest,

00:20:18not between the three biggest sponsors.

00:20:23We cover the cost

00:20:25with the revenue coming out

00:20:27from our road car activities.

00:20:29But do you set a limit of 60 or 70%

00:20:32or would you like to have

00:20:3395% commercial sponsorship

00:20:35if you could?

00:20:36If I can, I would like to have 100%,

00:20:38but it's not so easy

00:20:39because, again,

00:20:40we have to spend a lot of money,

00:20:43particularly on the engine.

00:20:45The engine is the highest cost

00:20:47inside our Formula 1 activity,

00:20:50project, development, spare parts.

00:20:52The engine is extremely expensive.

00:20:54So you're saying that,

00:20:55let's say your budget is $300 million,

00:20:57you're saying that...

00:20:58You say this.

00:20:59I'm saying let's say that,

00:21:00for an example.

00:21:01I don't say that.

00:21:02Let's take that as a round number.

00:21:05It is impossible

00:21:06to find that amount of money per year.

00:21:08You're saying that's not achievable

00:21:10in terms of sponsorship.

00:21:11At the moment for us it's impossible

00:21:12even because

00:21:14Bernie doesn't give us enough money yet.

00:21:17Let's talk about Bernie.

00:21:19Rate him.

00:21:20Has he done a good job?

00:21:21Yes.

00:21:22Is he doing a good job?

00:21:23Yes.

00:21:24I met him in 1973,

00:21:27again in those meetings,

00:21:29fantastic meetings in London.

00:21:33I think he has done a lot.

00:21:35He has done a lot in Formula 1.

00:21:36He has done a lot for Formula 1

00:21:38and for the teams.

00:21:39I think that we have to think very carefully

00:21:43what is going on after Bernie,

00:21:46when Bernie decides to stop.

00:21:48And I think it's important

00:21:50to have a very clear

00:21:52and good talk between the teams,

00:21:56particularly Williams, McLaren and ourselves.

00:21:59We have to talk very carefully for the future.

00:22:02Because I think now

00:22:03between merchandising, TV,

00:22:05publicity inside the tracks,

00:22:08we have the possibility

00:22:10due to what Bernie has done

00:22:12and due to the fact that today

00:22:14we have the biggest car manufacturers

00:22:17in Formula 1.

00:22:18Unfortunately,

00:22:19I say unfortunately,

00:22:20they do only engines.

00:22:21But I think that Formula 1,

00:22:25going even to the United States,

00:22:27is facing a very important moment.

00:22:29But do you ever talk to Bernie

00:22:31about what he thinks might happen

00:22:32when he's not in control anymore?

00:22:34You know Bernie.

00:22:35This is something very difficult to talk with.

00:22:37Because Bernie is a fantastic person

00:22:39looking at tomorrow.

00:22:41Talking about after tomorrow

00:22:42is a little bit too difficult for him.

00:22:44How did Enzo Ferrari and Bernie get on?

00:22:47Good.

00:22:48Difficult moments.

00:22:50Some big polemics.

00:22:52But they helped each other a lot.

00:22:55As we try to do the same today

00:22:57in the difficult moment

00:22:58when it is necessary to sign first the documents.

00:23:01He always uses Ferrari.

00:23:03Ferrari is already signed.

00:23:04Why don't you sign yourself too?

00:23:06But we are happy to do it.

00:23:08Do you think Ferrari and McLaren

00:23:10are treated differently

00:23:12by the FIA

00:23:13or by the Formula 1 industry in general?

00:23:16I know that this is the idea of somebody.

00:23:19Well, I don't think so.

00:23:21I think that...

00:23:23Just to make an example.

00:23:25We have got a problem

00:23:27at the end of last season in Malaysia.

00:23:29But this is not a question to treat differently or not.

00:23:32We put the piece in front of the court

00:23:35and they took the measure

00:23:36and they said that we are okay.

00:23:38So this is not a discretionary.

00:23:40I don't know how...

00:23:41This is a fact.

00:23:43I think that...

00:23:46I think that McLaren is a very strong team

00:23:50with a big history.

00:23:52I respect them

00:23:53even because they are very strong.

00:23:55And I like...

00:23:56As I respect the other,

00:23:58I pretend that the other respects us.

00:24:00What road cars do you drive at the moment?

00:24:02550 Maranello and Maserati.

00:24:04I like Maserati's everyday cars

00:24:07because it's a car that you can drive

00:24:09in every single condition.

00:24:11And my preferred Ferrari is at the moment

00:24:13the 550 Maranello.

00:24:14But I've got something in mind in the future

00:24:17that will be the best Ferrari.

00:24:19But this is in my mind at the moment.

00:24:21What is the best road car of all time,

00:24:23do you think, for you?

00:24:28For me, because it's a part of my heart,

00:24:31was my first car, the Fiat 500.

00:24:33For me, it was like God.

00:24:36My first race was with this car

00:24:38and I took it in secret from my father

00:24:42without a driver's license.

00:24:44This is the car that I drove first.

00:24:47He's a big man, Luca Mondezemolo.

00:24:49He's big in Italy.

00:24:50He's big in the context of Formula 1.

00:24:52But deep inside,

00:24:53although he carries a lot of responsibility,

00:24:55there's a zest for life that is infectious.

00:24:57And it certainly carries the Ferrari tradition.

00:25:00Is it their racing history?

00:25:02Is it those wonderful red road cars?

00:25:04Is it all the great drivers?

00:25:06Ferrari Mystique is all of that and more.

00:25:09We'll be right back with the start

00:25:11of the Italian Grand Prix on Fox Sports Net.

00:25:24Welcome back to Monza as the grid is clearing

00:25:26for the formation lap for the Italian Grand Prix.

00:25:29The 51st such race and the 50th to be held

00:25:33here at Monza.

00:25:3582 degrees trackside.

00:25:37The asphalt is 104.

00:25:39Humidity is moderate.

00:25:40No chance of rain.

00:25:42And just a scant breeze.

00:25:46Still a lot of work there at the back of the grid

00:25:48on one of the minorities.

00:25:50That was Gennaise.

00:25:52Now the grid is clear.

00:25:55Waiting for the lights

00:25:57and the formation lap.

00:26:00So, as they take off in a lot of wheel spin

00:26:03and tire smoke that we won't see

00:26:05at the start of this race,

00:26:07here's our Mercedes-Benz starting grid.

00:26:09Michael Schumacher has his 29th career pull

00:26:11and his 6th of the season.

00:26:13Rubens Barrichello alongside him.

00:26:15He said it's great to be on the front row

00:26:17at Ferrari's spiritual home.

00:26:19Mika Hakkinen, that misfire we talked about.

00:26:21He said it cost him four tenths.

00:26:23He's in row two.

00:26:25And Villeneuve, what could he be but very happy.

00:26:27David Coulthard.

00:26:29The balance of his car not optimum

00:26:31in his last run lost to traffic.

00:26:33The crew did a great job

00:26:35solving his hydraulic pump failure

00:26:37that he had early in the morning.

00:26:39Ralf Schumacher thought he'd be one row higher

00:26:41than the fourth on the grid

00:26:43but nonetheless satisfied.

00:26:45And Frenzel, well, his last run was spoiled by traffic.

00:26:47Fisichella will line up ninth for Benetton.

00:26:49He says they're better in race trim

00:26:51than they are for qualifying.

00:26:53And Pedro, he said,

00:26:55I'm happy with my last run.

00:26:57Jasper Stappen had to climb into the T-car

00:26:59but it was set up for him

00:27:01so he managed 11th.

00:27:03Jenson Button not shining this week

00:27:05but he ran too little downforce in qualifying.

00:27:07Alexander Wurz very upset.

00:27:09The T-car not suited for him at all

00:27:11so he's back in the seventh row with Eddie Irvine

00:27:13who says the Jaguar is just short on top-end speed.

00:27:15Mika Salo in the eighth row.

00:27:17He said that's all the car had.

00:27:19Good enough for 15th.

00:27:21His teammate Pedro Nunez ran wide

00:27:23and Mark Chicane on his last lap.

00:27:25Their time is virtually identical, however.

00:27:27In the ninth row,

00:27:29Ricardo Zonta had gear problems,

00:27:31had to switch to the spare car.

00:27:33Way off pace.

00:27:35And Johnny Herbert, same complaint as Irvine.

00:27:37Not enough top speed for the Jag.

00:27:39Sean Lacey and Nick Heidfeld in the pros.

00:27:41Alain Prost said these are just not high-speed cars.

00:27:43They're not aerodynamically matched

00:27:45to this type of circuit.

00:27:47So they're back in the 10th row

00:27:49just ahead of Minardi.

00:27:51Now, qualifying Mazzacani

00:27:53by a full second.

00:27:55Mazzacani saying he was being very conservative,

00:27:57just trying to bank a time, but the fact is

00:27:59the Minardis are slow.

00:28:01And that's our starting grid.

00:28:03Well, they're just working their way

00:28:05from the Parabolica up onto the starting grid

00:28:07at this very moment.

00:28:11Very, very tense moment for the drivers now.

00:28:13They know that all they've got to do

00:28:15is get those lights right, and that is the critical part.

00:28:17Can I get my timing right

00:28:19as those lights go out?

00:28:21And for Jacques Villeneuve, he could move

00:28:23B.A.R. today up to 5th in the

00:28:25Constructor's Championship, or perhaps even

00:28:274th. That's possible.

00:28:29Well, you just watch what he does.

00:28:31He's on the far top side of your picture there.

00:28:33I mean, he has had some dynamic starts

00:28:35this year, as, of course, has Mika Hakkinen.

00:28:37Let's just see what happens up the front there

00:28:39and see what those two can do about the two Ferraris

00:28:41who haven't had the greatest starts this year.

00:28:43Derek, the car that was being worked on

00:28:45very late as they tried to get the lights up

00:28:47for the formation lap was Nick Heidfeld's Prost.

00:28:49It was not Mazzucconi, and there may be

00:28:51a penalty on Heidfeld, but he is

00:28:53taking up his normal grid position.

00:28:55Don't say he can penalize somebody

00:28:57that's on the penultimate row of the grid.

00:28:59Excuse me, but you're so right.

00:29:01All right, turn one is that

00:29:03tight chicane. Many of the drivers have

00:29:05expressed concern that they all get through

00:29:07there safely, so let's go.

00:29:17Great start for Mika Hakkinen, and you have to say,

00:29:19look, is Hakkinen going to go by Schumacher?

00:29:21No, let's not do anything stupid

00:29:23in this first chicane.

00:29:25Truly side-by-side there, but they

00:29:27manage to sink it through, but no, one of the Jags

00:29:29is off and hard in the barrier,

00:29:31and another car takes to the grass.

00:29:33Well, they almost

00:29:35all got through.

00:29:43Oh, no, look at this!

00:29:45Jordans, Barrichello,

00:29:47McClaren, and Coulthard.

00:29:49Oh, my goodness, there must be

00:29:51debris behind, because there are so many cars

00:29:53somersaulting. What a disaster

00:29:55into the second chicane.

00:29:59They'll have to red-flag this.

00:30:01Both Jordans went spinning

00:30:03after contact. They collected Barrichello,

00:30:05they collected Coulthard, and then we

00:30:07saw more cars bouncing in, and

00:30:09one car, which I hate to speculate

00:30:11who actually

00:30:13flipped and went up in the air and over.

00:30:15Is that D.C. climbing out?

00:30:17Yeah, that's David getting out. He's OK.

00:30:19They're putting the engine out. There was a slight fireback.

00:30:21What a weekend he's had. Twice he's had

00:30:23suspension failure this weekend, and now

00:30:25he gets taken off a natural muzzle there.

00:30:27Oh, Barrichello. Who's up on top of

00:30:29Barrichello?

00:30:33Now, there's one driver

00:30:35in a blue suit who is out of the car.

00:30:39And OK, so...

00:30:43And a second walks

00:30:45away.

00:30:47Eddie, after his shot at the first

00:30:49chicane. Eddie will be glad that he

00:30:51went out at the first chicane. Didn't he go

00:30:53in that one? Johnny Herbert coasting

00:30:55around. And I thought they'd red-flag

00:30:57this, but instead they're bringing the safety car.

00:31:03Both Jordan drivers

00:31:05are OK. See both of them walking away.

00:31:09And...

00:31:11A lot of carnage all the way

00:31:13back through the field. Still

00:31:15can't tell. We'll have to wait for replays to see which

00:31:17of that car was flipped up and over.

00:31:19I think you can have a job to see from any picture

00:31:21because there was so much dust. Once they got into that

00:31:23into the dirt there, look at that

00:31:25tormented car there. Absolutely

00:31:27twisted up.

00:31:33That Zonta coming in.

00:31:37There's Rubens. He's OK.

00:31:41David.

00:31:43Alright, the blue-suited chap I saw was from the medical car.

00:31:45Was not one of the drivers.

00:31:47At least not one of the drivers

00:31:49in the race.

00:31:51That's the great thing about having that medical car right behind.

00:31:53They can be out in a split second into the incident.

00:31:55Driven by one of the top

00:31:57European drivers. In this case

00:31:59I'm not sure which one it was, but the top

00:32:01touring car driver.

00:32:03I believe that's an arrow. You can't see it

00:32:05in this shot from the helicopter as it moves around.

00:32:07That's Coulthard's car being removed. But it looks like

00:32:09Rubens knows. Yes, it is.

00:32:11So it is one of the arrows that

00:32:13flipped up and over Barrichello's car.

00:32:17This is the first chicane. Let's face it.

00:32:19The first chicane. You see Eddie Irvine going off.

00:32:21Here we go. There's Eddie getting involved

00:32:23with one of the pros.

00:32:25Way out there.

00:32:27Look at the short-cutting of the chicane.

00:32:29Now we come to the second

00:32:31chicane, which is where it all happened.

00:32:33Here we come.

00:32:35Oh, it's an incident right behind the second Jordan.

00:32:37What a disaster.

00:32:39Now somebody's going to come pitching over the top.

00:32:41The second Jordan

00:32:43hit the first, and as they spun,

00:32:45collected Barrichello and Coulthard.

00:32:47There it goes.

00:32:49Here we are. This is riding with Jacques Villeneuve.

00:32:55Jacques obviously had a terrible start.

00:32:57Or got held up in the

00:32:59first chicane.

00:33:01And again, with all the damage

00:33:03to clean up, I'm a little surprised they're not

00:33:05flagging the race. If they red-flagged it,

00:33:07those drivers would have a chance to go

00:33:09and get their spare cars.

00:33:11But the safety car is out.

00:33:13Well, there's not much debris on the track itself.

00:33:15It's only in the sandpit.

00:33:17True.

00:33:19Look at the lead those two had with the shambles

00:33:21behind them. Look at Barrichello's...

00:33:23No, I think that is the arrows

00:33:25going through. That's the arrows

00:33:27going through. My goodness, he was somersaulting

00:33:29as he went through. I mean, a miracle.

00:33:31He didn't hit those drivers. It was de la Rosa we're told.

00:33:33But the miracle that he didn't hit

00:33:35either of the cars on top.

00:33:37So he didn't damage the drivers. Absolutely

00:33:39miraculous.

00:33:43Someone being attended to

00:33:45just off the circuit there.

00:33:51We shan't speculate as to who it is.

00:33:53But...

00:33:57Here's another look at the start from above.

00:33:59And gee, we see wheelspin. We haven't seen any wheelspin

00:34:01in the last few weeks.

00:34:09Rubens has an atrocious start there.

00:34:11Tries to hold people up now.

00:34:13It's really going for second chicane that we really

00:34:15should be interested.

00:34:19Schumacher goes through and, in fact, Hacken...

00:34:21Oh, here we go. There's Eddy going down the outside.

00:34:23I don't see who he got. Did he get into...

00:34:25I can't tell.

00:34:27And it's the next aerial shot

00:34:29that we need to see.

00:34:31Which we're not going to.

00:34:33And we're riding now again with Villeneuve

00:34:35as he keeps his tyres up to pressure,

00:34:37up to temperature.

00:34:43So these laps are counting.

00:34:45And again, as you mentioned, Derek,

00:34:47because the track was not blocked,

00:34:49the red flag was not issued.

00:34:53I'm just one observer, but I think

00:34:55any time you have a multiple car shunt

00:34:57like that on the first lap,

00:34:59that you should restart.

00:35:01On the other hand, I guess it's not fair

00:35:03to the drivers who made it through safely.

00:35:05There goes Barrichello's car.

00:35:07So we are under caution

00:35:09after a horrific crash

00:35:11on the first lap of the Italian Grand Prix.

00:35:13You're watching Formula One

00:35:15on Fox Sportsnet.

00:35:19Welcome back to the 51st Italian Grand Prix

00:35:21at Monza. Here is another look.

00:35:23You'll see Schumacher and the two McLarens.

00:35:25And look at the right corner of your screen

00:35:27at the Jordans.

00:35:29See if there's a clue as to how all of this started.

00:35:33There! Right there.

00:35:35There's a wheelbanger.

00:35:37It looked like one Jordan came through

00:35:39to touch the other. It looked like.

00:35:41But whether he was pivoted into doing it

00:35:43was difficult to say.

00:35:45And you see Barrichello on the right of your screen there

00:35:47getting taken out.

00:35:49On the left is Trulli, then Coulthard.

00:35:51And then Frenzen on your right of your screen

00:35:53now, with no front wheels at all.

00:35:57Now you'll see

00:35:59the arrows of De La Rosa.

00:36:01No, you won't.

00:36:03Now we did see

00:36:05Barrichello,

00:36:07Coulthard, and the two

00:36:09Jordan drivers walk away.

00:36:11We've also seen during the break

00:36:13David walking back through

00:36:15the pit area. We know that they are OK.

00:36:17There is as yet no update on

00:36:19the condition of Pedro De La Rosa.

00:36:21So we are still

00:36:23under caution.

00:36:25And let's show you the start again, and you'll see

00:36:27that Jacques Villeneuve, who's gotten

00:36:29such great starts this season, starting

00:36:31third, just does not get off the grid

00:36:33well, and there's a lot of movement back behind

00:36:35row six.

00:36:37And there's Jacques right in the midst, right behind Trulli

00:36:39and way over to the inside.

00:36:41And he gets caught out at the chicane.

00:36:43Yes, he gets held well back.

00:36:45Both McLarens going through.

00:36:47And

00:36:49Irvine not making it.

00:36:57Now let's have another look and see if

00:36:59perhaps

00:37:01Frentzen may have got into

00:37:03Barrichello. A little hard to see quite

00:37:05from that angle. And then that turned

00:37:07him into Jarno Trulli.

00:37:09Yes, he was coming, Frentzen was coming

00:37:11down the inside, and if you just lock up the brakes

00:37:13just a little bit, they say that new surface is

00:37:15very, very slippery. And of course

00:37:17in the excitement of the moment, unfortunately.

00:37:21The caution remains

00:37:23out here after this

00:37:25crash here on the very

00:37:27first lap.

00:37:29And those are the cars that

00:37:31are out of the race as a result. Let's add

00:37:33to that De La Rosa

00:37:35in the arrows. So both Jordans

00:37:37are gone.

00:37:39One of the McLarens,

00:37:41one of the Ferraris,

00:37:43both Jaguars.

00:37:45Although Johnny Herbert was able to limp

00:37:47around past the accident site.

00:37:49There's Rubens, he's OK.

00:37:55And since it all started right behind him,

00:37:57it'll be hard for him to

00:37:59quite describe what happened, but it looked like

00:38:01the Jordan of Frentzen got

00:38:03into Barrichello's right

00:38:05rear tire and turned him around.

00:38:07Yeah, but just that

00:38:09little touch in the back when you're on

00:38:11absolute maximum braking and there's

00:38:13nothing you can do at all when you're pulling

00:38:153G under braking and somebody

00:38:17taps you in the rear wheel. Boy, you are in a lot

00:38:19of trouble.

00:38:25It's hard to believe, but

00:38:27Jacques Villeneuve's horrible start

00:38:29may have saved him from being right

00:38:31in the middle of that. Absolutely. He would

00:38:33have been exactly where David Coulthard

00:38:35was, one assumes, and that was right behind Mika Hackel.

00:38:37Incredibly fortunate for Mika

00:38:39to become involved, just that he happened to be that much

00:38:41closer to Michael Schumacher at that point.

00:38:43As they went through the

00:38:45first chicane, of course David was

00:38:47close behind Mika, but he lost a bit, presumably

00:38:49coming out, which meant that he

00:38:51was in the clutches of the Barrichello

00:38:53scenario behind him.

00:38:55And a very shaken Barrichello, I feel sure,

00:38:57because that was a really nasty incident.

00:38:59Well, to have a car end up on, you know,

00:39:01just about on your head. Yes, it landed

00:39:03right on his left rear wheel when he was

00:39:05facing him, but not that he would have seen much

00:39:07of the dust storm there was.

00:39:09Barrichello looking

00:39:11at a replay of the aftermath of the incident.

00:39:13This is the new Goodyear chicane,

00:39:15which is where there only was a small

00:39:17incident with Irvine getting involved, which we saw

00:39:19with one of the Prosts.

00:39:25And after all that, the running order,

00:39:27Schumacher, the pole sitter, Hockenden,

00:39:29Villeneuve,

00:39:31who we saw steering through

00:39:33all of the carnage there,

00:39:35Ralf Schumacher in 4th, Fisichella

00:39:375th, Jensen Button up for

00:39:396th now.

00:39:41Alexander Wurz for 7th,

00:39:43Delsper Stapp in 8th,

00:39:45Marc Genet is up for 9th,

00:39:47Nick Heidfeld,

00:39:49Mazzucani and Peter Diniz.

00:39:53Well, looking at the number of people in the race

00:39:55left at the moment, it's going to be a very small

00:39:57field by the end of this

00:39:59multi-lap race.

00:40:01It's going to be decimated.

00:40:03We can see one of the Saubers sitting

00:40:05in there now. That's Mika Salo

00:40:09having a long stop and they're going to pull off

00:40:11some of the bodywork.

00:40:13Been in for over a minute right now.

00:40:17And still the lights are on and the safety car.

00:40:19The problem now, of course, is

00:40:21trying to keep that temperature up in your

00:40:23tyres, therefore keeping the pressure

00:40:25up in the tyres because they are

00:40:27set at a certain temperature and then

00:40:29they put the pressures right, assuming the tyres

00:40:31will only go higher in temperature and

00:40:33pressure as the race progresses. Right now

00:40:35they're not really getting any hotter.

00:40:37Yes, so this long caution

00:40:39will work in Michael Schumacher's

00:40:41favour because of the great concern

00:40:43Ferrari had about

00:40:45tyre wear. Yes, Ferrari had

00:40:47the best car here in qualifying, but it's pretty

00:40:49generally acknowledged that the race setup of

00:40:51the McLaren is much more

00:40:53forgiving of the

00:40:55tyre compound and

00:40:57that they would get better.

00:40:59Mika missed the chicane on the first lap out of

00:41:01the pits. And got the

00:41:03styrofoam barrier.

00:41:05Let's have another

00:41:07look at what happened as

00:41:09Pedro de la Rosa came into this scene and

00:41:11there was debris everywhere.

00:41:13He apparently went up and over a

00:41:15wheel.

00:41:17That was as he hit the Ferrari's

00:41:19wheel and came down.

00:41:21What an awful incident.

00:41:25So let's come back

00:41:27hopefully for the restart as we have

00:41:29eight laps under caution

00:41:31here in the Italian Grand Prix

00:41:33at Monza. You are watching Formula One

00:41:35on Fox Sportsnet.

00:41:37Welcome back to

00:41:39Fox Sportsnet's coverage of the Italian Grand Prix.

00:41:41The safety car will be in this lap, we're told.

00:41:43A lot of cleanup

00:41:45going on at that second chicane

00:41:47after an accident that took out

00:41:49Barrichello, Trulli, Frentzen,

00:41:51Coulthard and de la Rosa.

00:41:53And again we did see four

00:41:55of the five drivers walk away and we're waiting

00:41:57for an update on Pedro de la Rosa's condition.

00:42:05Drivers weaving to get a little heat back

00:42:07in those tires and keep them clean.

00:42:09As we've got

00:42:11ten laps now complete, all behind

00:42:13the safety car, which now

00:42:15has its lights out.

00:42:17So Schumacher will take off with

00:42:19Mika Häkkinen and Jacques Villeneuve and

00:42:21Ralf Schumacher in pursuit.

00:42:23As you said just now, Mike,

00:42:25this is going to make, be interesting

00:42:27just what happens to race strategy

00:42:29from now on, because we understood

00:42:31that the Ferraris were probably going to do

00:42:33a two-stop strategy.

00:42:35And, oh dear, dear, dear.

00:42:37There's one of the Williams.

00:42:39Yeah, Schumacher all but stopped.

00:42:41He really slowed. It was Jenson Button

00:42:43who had to take evasive action

00:42:45anticipating Schumacher taking

00:42:47off, but Michael wanted maximum distance

00:42:49between himself and the safety car.

00:42:51And now we're racing.

00:42:57So this will start

00:42:59the twelfth lap.

00:43:01All the drivers can hope is that

00:43:03the chicanes are very, very clean.

00:43:05They've got all the slivers of carbon up,

00:43:07got it out of the way, brusted it away.

00:43:09There was Jenson Button. He had to pull off at the Parabolica

00:43:11after he hit that tar wall

00:43:13coming down the straight.

00:43:15That was one of those immature things

00:43:17that happened, but Michael certainly did slow

00:43:19very, very much on the back straightaway.

00:43:21He could say to get everybody in line,

00:43:23here we go. Look at them all bunch up.

00:43:25See, they're flying from fifth on back

00:43:27and just next to the rail.

00:43:29He was lucky he didn't have a big, big,

00:43:31big, big one taken out half the field

00:43:33in front of him, but it certainly obviously didn't

00:43:35do anything for his left-hand side.

00:43:37Schumacher, of course, easing

00:43:39his way in front here. Villeneuve

00:43:41hanging on tentatively to the back of the McLaren.

00:43:43Well, Michael

00:43:45not wanting Mika to get a jump on him

00:43:47and it looks as if Mika cost Jenson

00:43:49the opportunity to finish this race.

00:43:51I mean, Jenson,

00:43:53obviously he was on it too soon for what

00:43:55transpired.

00:43:57There was a little bit of debris flying around there.

00:43:59You notice as they came out of the Lesmos,

00:44:01this could well have been something that

00:44:03somebody picked up during the incident

00:44:0511 laps ago

00:44:07and dragged it around in their car

00:44:09until they got going fast and then it fell out.

00:44:11But I've no doubt it will be picked up.

00:44:19Well, now we're going to see just how good this

00:44:21VAR is. Villeneuve said, I don't mind

00:44:23what happens in the championship.

00:44:25I would not pull over for anybody

00:44:27in the championship lead until the very

00:44:29final race, so I'm going to give it my all

00:44:31and he obviously will be doing that just today.

00:44:33And he said all weekend that he has a really

00:44:35excellent car and that now this team is

00:44:37finally showing its potential, so

00:44:39there he sits in third place,

00:44:41which is where he qualified.

00:44:43And Ralf Schumacher right behind

00:44:45in the remaining Williams BMW

00:44:47now that Button is off.

00:44:49Look at Jeunet up there in eighth place right behind

00:44:51Alexandre Verst. It's unbelievable, isn't it?

00:44:53Well, you know, good for him.

00:44:55There's a very great article, folks,

00:44:57in this week's Autosport

00:44:59about the minority team and it goes

00:45:01to great length about explaining

00:45:03their trials and pitfalls

00:45:05and their passion for this

00:45:07and why they're not just

00:45:09the grid filler

00:45:11that some folks imagine them to be.

00:45:13Very interesting reading.

00:45:17The camera doesn't really do this all justice

00:45:19as they're coming down that straight.

00:45:21They're actually doing one heck of a speed.

00:45:23Here's a replay of a little bit of a movement

00:45:25just now.

00:45:27Going into the

00:45:29second chicane.

00:45:31Michael Schumacher here is at this point

00:45:33you can actually see him. He's doing

00:45:35just about 200 miles an hour

00:45:37and he looks like he's doing 35 miles an hour

00:45:39as he brakes for the Parabolica.

00:45:41110 miles an hour

00:45:43as he goes through there.

00:45:45Verstappen all over the back

00:45:47of Fizzi Keller.

00:45:49So Schumacher leads

00:45:51for Ferrari, Haakon in second for McLaren.

00:45:532.1 seconds. There's the gap.

00:45:55Villeneuve third for VAR.

00:45:57Ralf Schumacher for Williams.

00:45:59We have six different constructors

00:46:01in the first six positions and

00:46:03God, Derek, I can't remember ever seeing that.

00:46:05Not for a considerable time.

00:46:07I haven't seen some of those names at the front

00:46:09for a long time, that's for sure.

00:46:11This stage of the race.

00:46:13Here's out of race and it's almost as long

00:46:15a list. Ten cars in that crash.

00:46:17Coulthard, Frentzen, Barrichello.

00:46:19Irvine off at the first chicane.

00:46:21Johnny Herbert involved

00:46:23as well with crash damage.

00:46:25De la Rosa

00:46:27who flipped up and over Coulthard's car.

00:46:29Jarno Trulli

00:46:31was there with Frentzen.

00:46:33And there's Micasalo.

00:46:35Kind of short-cutting and

00:46:37you notice they put up those styrofoam

00:46:39type blocks to keep a driver

00:46:41from gaining any real advantage as he

00:46:43must slalom through

00:46:45that area rather than take the chicane.

00:46:47Well, he does make a change from having 50-gallon drums.

00:46:49Fill that with cement, I have to admit.

00:46:53Here we are, braking for the Ascari chicane.

00:46:57Alberto Ascari, a very, very famous

00:46:59Italian driver, won the Italian Grand Prix

00:47:01once upon a time, twice

00:47:03upon a time in 51 and 52

00:47:05driving Ferraris. Remember, the first ever

00:47:07Grand Prix was won here by

00:47:09Dr. Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo

00:47:11in 1950.

00:47:13A long time ago.

00:47:15Zonta's been moving up.

00:47:17Well, remember, he was

00:47:19quickest in warm-up this morning, having

00:47:21had an awful qualifying session

00:47:23and practice sessions all weekend.

00:47:25He didn't do many laps at all

00:47:27over the weekend and went out this morning

00:47:29and was quickest.

00:47:31Just passing Wurz there, that should be for 7th place.

00:47:35Ooh, there's a little bit of work going on here.

00:47:37Verstappen? Yes, I'll pass

00:47:39Wurz as well.

00:47:41Let's ride with Fisichella.

00:47:51Here we go, it's Fisichella

00:47:53on the left, and look at Verstappen

00:47:55slipping through on the inside.

00:47:57Very bold move by him.

00:47:59Very good move, let me tell you.

00:48:01Another angle of it is they go through

00:48:03the first chicane, the Goodyear Variante.

00:48:05Goodyear, as they call it.

00:48:07Oh, no!

00:48:09Oh, no, that's just what we didn't need.

00:48:11Nauticac.

00:48:13Looks like there's some problem with the car.

00:48:15He just pulled over.

00:48:21He's just pulling off on the right-hand side of the picture.

00:48:23Expired.

00:48:25Honda have got a bit of a way to go on this department,

00:48:27that is for sure, but it certainly had some power

00:48:29this weekend.

00:48:31On the 200th anniversary of Honda

00:48:33racing,

00:48:35not always themselves, that's racing

00:48:37with other manufacturers too,

00:48:39with other constructors, should I say,

00:48:41other partners.

00:48:43Honda in Formula 1, 200 races,

00:48:4574 poles, 71 wins,

00:48:476 constructor championships,

00:48:495 driver championships.

00:48:51Participated as a constructor from

00:48:5364 to 68, and like

00:48:55Ferrari, during that period, they built both the chassis

00:48:57and the engine.

00:48:59Wasn't it Richie Ginther who got them their first win in Mexico

00:49:01in 66? Absolutely right, yes.

00:49:03I believe that I raced with Richie Ginther

00:49:05in that Honda at Monza in the Italian

00:49:07Grand Prix in 68.

00:49:11At least I can reminisce about one

00:49:13Italian Grand Prix.

00:49:15First hand. It's more than you, mate.

00:49:17Yes, quite.

00:49:19Here we go, we're riding with Fizzy Keller.

00:49:21Fizzy Keller, I would

00:49:23say, has a problem with his

00:49:25car.

00:49:27Backed off there and kept to the right-hand side of the road.

00:49:29Michael Schumacher, if he's...

00:49:31Of course, we don't know just how much fuel he is running.

00:49:33He...

00:49:35Naturally, if he was going for a two-stop strategy, he would have been

00:49:37running less fuel at the start, which wouldn't have been very bright

00:49:39because he saved a lot of fuel,

00:49:41maybe 50% of his fuel, as we look at

00:49:43one of the pros that spun.

00:49:45Nick Heidfeld.

00:49:47Nick Heidfeld signed a contract

00:49:49with Sauber

00:49:51for two to three years.

00:49:53I suppose it's worth mentioning these cars

00:49:55do not have self-starters.

00:49:57They're started in the pit lane by a remote

00:49:59device, and when you go around

00:50:01like that, they do have anti-stall

00:50:03devices on them as part of their computer

00:50:05programming, and

00:50:07often those work. But if a car

00:50:09stalls out on the circuit, the driver has no way to

00:50:11restart it, and that's why the field

00:50:13is dwindling here.

00:50:15Zonta is on a charge.

00:50:17Look at him, he's right up behind Ralf Schumacher.

00:50:19What a super bit of driving by Riccardo

00:50:21Zonta. Remember, he started

00:50:23quite well down the grid there.

00:50:25In 17th place, and he's now

00:50:27chasing

00:50:29Ralf Schumacher for 4th. Actually, for

00:50:313rd place.

00:50:33Nick Heidfeld, we saw, walking away from the Prost, and

00:50:35I believe he'll be happy to do so at the end of this

00:50:37season. And the Prost here has

00:50:39been really pretty dreadful.

00:50:41So, Schumacher's Ferrari, Håkonen's

00:50:43McLaren, Verstappen

00:50:45in the Arrows up for 3rd, Fisichella's

00:50:47Benetton, Zonta's BAR,

00:50:49Wurtz's Benetton, now 6th.

00:50:51You're watching Formula 1 on Fox

00:50:53Sportsnet.

00:50:55Welcome back to a more

00:50:57eventful Italian Grand Prix than we had

00:50:59hoped for. Mike Joy with Derek Bell and

00:51:01Peter Windsor on the very

00:51:03first lap. At the first chicane,

00:51:05Eddie Irvine went off after

00:51:07contact. And at the second

00:51:09chicane, on

00:51:11the very first lap, Heinz-Harald Frentzen

00:51:13tipped into Rubens Barrichello's

00:51:15Ferrari.

00:51:17Both cars spun across, collecting

00:51:19Jarno Trulli's Jordan.

00:51:21The McLaren of David Coulthard,

00:51:23there they go.

00:51:25And then, Pedro De La Rosa

00:51:27comes into the smoke and the

00:51:29dust. And there were so many loose wheels.

00:51:31We're looking from the other replays

00:51:33that De La Rosa hit one of those wheels and

00:51:35it launched his car in the air,

00:51:37shedding its wings,

00:51:39bouncing up over Coulthard's car

00:51:41and onto Barrichello's.

00:51:43Here you'll see De La Rosa

00:51:45coming in. Already

00:51:47lost the left front. What a

00:51:49nasty ride.

00:51:51And it was on his first jolt that

00:51:53he shorn the front wing from Johnny

00:51:55Herbert's car. That must have put Herbert out of the race.

00:51:57But what a wild...

00:51:59Well, of course, there's no wheels

00:52:01in the car. There's not much to help keep it stable.

00:52:03What an awful

00:52:05incident.

00:52:07So now

00:52:09at 17 laps,

00:52:11Ferrari McLaren

00:52:13Arrows in 3rd place. B.A.R.

00:52:15in 4th. And look, this is the battle you see on

00:52:17the right side of your screen.

00:52:19Verstappen and Zonta going at it for

00:52:213rd place.

00:52:23Amazing. Zonta was 17th

00:52:25as he just out of the grid. And there he is

00:52:27right up there in 4th place,

00:52:29pushing for 3rd.

00:52:31We mentioned top

00:52:33of the show that B.A.R. was in position

00:52:35to take 5th in the Constructors' Championship

00:52:37and perhaps 4th. A look, a move...

00:52:39No. Just play it cool.

00:52:41But we thought it would be Villeneuve

00:52:43who's out with engine trouble.

00:52:45Not Riccardo Zonta, who, as you mentioned,

00:52:47did post the fastest warm-up time

00:52:49in the morning.

00:52:51Villeneuve

00:52:53said that his car just stopped, but we did

00:52:55see quite a sheet of, looked like flame

00:52:57out the back, but that could have been just when it

00:52:59said, that's it, and coughed and spluttered

00:53:01and banged, and that was all over.

00:53:04Hope you're taking something for that.

00:53:06Well, the engine stopped in that case. I just hope my

00:53:08clutter keeps working.

00:53:14Coming through the second part of the Lesmos,

00:53:16working his way down towards

00:53:18the Ascari curve is a good place for him to

00:53:20overtake, to slipstream down here,

00:53:22depending on just how much downforce they're running

00:53:24on that B.A.R.

00:53:26Pulling out, but he's not going to have a look this time,

00:53:28I don't think. We'll maybe have a look at him,

00:53:30but he's very close. Have a look as he gets down

00:53:32towards the Parabolica. Schumacher

00:53:34of course is slightly pulling away. We were led

00:53:36to believe they were on a two-stop

00:53:38strategy because of the tyre degradation.

00:53:40Now that means they would run

00:53:42less fuel, which means Michael may well

00:53:44have to go in for more fuel

00:53:46and tyres, which he may

00:53:48not need that desperately, but he's got to get

00:53:50a lead of more than 3.8 seconds

00:53:52before he goes in.

00:53:54Rostov is best finished

00:53:56this year fifth in Montreal.

00:53:59So on pace to eclipse

00:54:01that, and it would certainly be a bright spot

00:54:03in Aero's season, which started out incredibly

00:54:05dismal. And you see

00:54:07there again, Zalta taking that long look

00:54:09down the straightaway and then drops in line

00:54:11here at the chicane.

00:54:13When you're up that close to front, you don't want

00:54:15to be too desperate in making that move. You've got to

00:54:17be terribly positive and just hope the guy in front

00:54:19might make a little error, which will just help you

00:54:21slip through on the inside.

00:54:23If Michael Schumacher's on a two-stop

00:54:25strategy, he'll be in within

00:54:27the next three laps, one assumes.

00:54:29For Rostov, and really

00:54:31sliding across the entry to that chicane.

00:54:33He's pulling out now, is he going to have a look at him?

00:54:35Yes, he's very, very close to him.

00:54:37This is not the same

00:54:39move, incidentally. No, that's the

00:54:41Minardi. Did the Minardi just

00:54:43pass? Alessi, or

00:54:45is that Alessi moving up?

00:54:51Well, it's neither,

00:54:53of course, it's the sampler, it's not Alessi.

00:54:58But now to see

00:55:00Genet and Mazzucani in the thick

00:55:02of things, that's Mika Salo

00:55:04there behind

00:55:06Marc Genet, and they are

00:55:08contesting eighth place.

00:55:10Salo, actually,

00:55:12I thought had lost a minute at the start.

00:55:14Somehow, he's showing on the screen to be up there,

00:55:16but he lost a lot of time in that pit stop,

00:55:18didn't he?

00:55:22They may well, of course, have got

00:55:24Salo out within the lap now,

00:55:27Look at this, here he goes down the inside, coming

00:55:29into the first chicane, goes Zonta.

00:55:31He's got him clean and fairly

00:55:33this time in the brake, brake dust coming

00:55:35off. Nice move, be careful, don't overdo it,

00:55:37Ricciardo, you did overdo it.

00:55:39No, no, don't touch. We don't need any more

00:55:41cars out of this race, but he gets the thrust

00:55:43coming out into the Curva Grande. He's got

00:55:45the inside line to the Curva Grande.

00:55:47Now let's just see what Verstappen can do about him

00:55:49under braking for the second chicane.

00:55:51What a bold move.

00:55:53But Zonta's taking

00:55:55the inside line to say, no, sir, you're not going to get

00:55:57down the inside of me this time.

00:55:59Now that should clear Zonta to get

00:56:01away from Verstappen, but a very

00:56:03good bit of moving, but he just

00:56:05overcooked it on the brakes. Remember

00:56:07that they're running such low downforce

00:56:09on these cars that they are very

00:56:11difficult to stop. The braking distances

00:56:13are somewhat or majorly different

00:56:15to when you're running a high downforce car.

00:56:19Zonta also looking for his best finish of the season

00:56:21and Derek, here's an update from the paddock.

00:56:23Heinz-Harold Frentzen complaining of a sore knee

00:56:25and that appears

00:56:27to be the only injury

00:56:29among the drivers involved in that incident.

00:56:31Peter De La Rosa has come back

00:56:33and driven back

00:56:35to the garages

00:56:37and he is okay, giving interviews

00:56:39to the press, and he is all right.

00:56:41We did see, and you may have seen

00:56:43on the feed, on the video feed,

00:56:45the track

00:56:47medical crews working on someone

00:56:49just over the fence on a stretcher

00:56:51vigorously, and it was confirmed

00:56:53that that was a track marshal.

00:56:55One of the corner marshals

00:56:57that was being given medical

00:56:59assistance at the site of the accident.

00:57:01It was not one of the drivers involved.

00:57:03They are all okay, and that is

00:57:05certainly good news. Well, it's very sad

00:57:07for the fire marshal, but I just have

00:57:09to tell you just how incredibly

00:57:11well built these Formula 1 cars

00:57:13are these days. I mean, you saw that accident.

00:57:15All those cars involved, bouncing off

00:57:17one another, wheels flying everywhere, and

00:57:19nobody is hurt more than a bruised knee

00:57:21as far as the drivers are concerned.

00:57:23They really have done a remarkable job

00:57:25in Formula 1 in safety.

00:57:27I just wish other classes of racing

00:57:29in the world would follow suit and be a lot safer in it.

00:57:31It would take a lot from

00:57:33Formula 1 safety developments, but it does

00:57:35cost money. I think it also talks

00:57:37to the fitness of these drivers

00:57:39to withstand

00:57:41the kind of impact loading

00:57:43and flip of De La Rosa's was just

00:57:45unbelievable. Yes, you couldn't

00:57:47count the number of barrel rolls and upside-downs

00:57:49and whoopsie-doosies through there.

00:57:51All right, activity

00:57:53for VAR, for Zonta.

00:57:55And so

00:57:57the drivers that are on the two-stopper

00:57:59are getting set to come in.

00:58:01For lap 22, these pit stops

00:58:03might have come earlier, but for the number of

00:58:05caution laps, and we're

00:58:07estimating these cars would use approximately

00:58:0950% of the fuel on a caution lap that they would

00:58:11use on a green flag

00:58:13lap, so that might extend the fuel window somewhat.

00:58:15Well, it might extend it up

00:58:17to being a one-stopper, because

00:58:19at 31, which is only 9

00:58:21laps or 10 laps from now,

00:58:23they would happily come in on a one-stop

00:58:25strategy. Let's remember

00:58:27that Minardi is also

00:58:29an Italian team, as is Ferrari, and the

00:58:31Minardis are not last, and we say

00:58:33that with all respect, due

00:58:35to the effort that Minardi puts into

00:58:37Formula 1,

00:58:39they have no points this year, but

00:58:41much the way today has gone so far, anything's

00:58:43possible. Absolutely, B.A.R.

00:58:45is setting up here, looks like

00:58:47it has to be for Zonta, of course,

00:58:49but Michael Schumacher is just easing

00:58:51away from Mika Hakkinen, as we mentioned

00:58:53earlier. The McLarens haven't been that

00:58:55happy this weekend. They haven't had the

00:58:57handling hasn't been there, and they

00:58:59are meant to be running this new

00:59:01development engine. It has a

00:59:03little bit more power.

00:59:07An overtaking going on there further down the field

00:59:09with one of the Benettons slipping by.

00:59:11Alexander Wirtz.

00:59:19Further up the field, of course, with the

00:59:21fair old dice going on with Ralf Schumacher

00:59:23and Giancarlo Fisichella.

00:59:25Fisichella was well up there and seemed to

00:59:27drop back at the beginning and looked like he might

00:59:29have been having some selection problems with the gears

00:59:31and he got it all going again, but he did

00:59:33seem to be drifting back quite dramatically

00:59:35earlier on. Now this is Wirtz

00:59:37and Mika Salo

00:59:39battling. And the minorities

00:59:41right behind them.

00:59:45So this would be for 7th place.

00:59:47Here comes Zonta.

00:59:51He's obviously on a two-stop strategy

00:59:53or it's a very short two-stop strategy

00:59:55coming in this early.

00:59:57Unless he has a problem.

00:59:59Ooh!

01:00:07Good stop. What a great stop.

01:00:09So I

01:00:11guess he'll be on a two-stop or

01:00:13lighter fuel load for the second stint.

01:00:18He'll be behind that pair. He'll be behind

01:00:20that pair as he comes up,

01:00:22that's for sure, as they're headed through

01:00:24the Kirby Grander right now.

01:00:26Interesting battle here in that neither of these

01:00:28drivers will be in Formula One next year.

01:00:30Wirtz will be McLaren's test driver

01:00:32and Salo goes to test for Toyota

01:00:34who will enter the sport and

01:00:36compete in 2002.

01:00:38We'll be right back.

01:00:42Welcome back to the

01:00:44Italian Grand Prix at Monza

01:00:46where Michael Schumacher leads

01:00:48Mika Haakonen now by over

01:00:50six seconds.

01:00:52Two weeks from today

01:00:54we'll all be in

01:00:56Indianapolis and our coverage begins

01:00:58Friday. Now these are eastern

01:01:00daylight times.

01:01:02Indianapolis is on eastern standard

01:01:04time. Two hours of practice, live

01:01:06qualifying Saturday and the

01:01:08U.S. Grand Prix an hour of pre-race

01:01:10and then the race

01:01:12on Sunday,

01:01:14September 24th.

01:01:20So that's Mika Salo

01:01:22dispatching Alexander Wirtz

01:01:24and that will move Salo up the board

01:01:26to 7th. Here come the

01:01:28minorities running 9th and 10th

01:01:30Janai and Matsukane.

01:01:32They have been caught by Pedro

01:01:34Diniz and Jean Alessi.

01:01:40There's more happening back there than there is down here

01:01:42it's for certain. Haakonen having a very

01:01:44lonely race and Michael Schumacher could be very

01:01:46happy to have a lonely race just where he is

01:01:48as Haakonen goes around the Parabolica

01:01:50leads on to the big straightaway.

01:01:52Six and a half seconds between the two of them. Michael

01:01:54up to 215 miles

01:01:56an hour as he comes into the first chicane.

01:02:00Schumacher has not won since

01:02:02Canada. And that was

01:02:04six races ago.

01:02:06Haakonen has been atop the podium

01:02:08three times since then.

01:02:10Pultard and Barrichello have also

01:02:12won since Schumacher's

01:02:14last victory. Schumacher

01:02:16won here in 96 and 98.

01:02:18Do nothing about it in 99

01:02:20of course because he was off injured.

01:02:22Here he is in

01:02:24dominating form today. Ferrari

01:02:26certainly showing it's

01:02:28mettle today. They're running the low

01:02:30downforce setup that basically they ran at

01:02:32Hockenheim back in the German Grand Prix.

01:02:34Rubens Barrichello's

01:02:36doing a lot of testing and they say what a great job

01:02:38he's been doing. Zonta having

01:02:40a look down the inside of

01:02:42Is that

01:02:44Nalazi?

01:02:46Zonta

01:02:48had pitted and

01:02:50Nalazi gave him a wave

01:02:52waved him by. Gave him the

01:02:54corner. Doesn't happen

01:02:56much these days but Nalazi

01:02:58one of the

01:03:00most experienced driver out there being a real

01:03:02gentleman. Having his

01:03:04180th career start today

01:03:06Jean Nalazi. He scored

01:03:08two poles in Formula One both coming here at

01:03:10Monza but those were in the glory days.

01:03:12He was such a hero wasn't he with these Italian

01:03:14young Sicilian

01:03:16absolute hero with Ferrari

01:03:18with great great teamwork

01:03:20team running they had with

01:03:22Gerhard Berger the Ferrari team mate for so long

01:03:24and of course they both went to Benetton

01:03:26Schumacher's

01:03:28opening up a gap of 5 to 6 tenths

01:03:30of a second every lap on

01:03:32Mika. Mika has never won this race

01:03:36Last year was leading it

01:03:38spun off the track, car stalled

01:03:40and

01:03:42short end to a very difficult

01:03:44day

01:03:46what became a very difficult day because

01:03:48Eddie Irvine

01:03:50scored one point here in Monza

01:03:52last year to tie Haakon

01:03:54for the World Championship

01:03:56Despite

01:03:58Mika beating there's a bit of

01:04:00argy bargy going on there

01:04:02Zonta's trying to slip by

01:04:04Yes he's got the speed. Is he going to get by

01:04:06on the braking? Yep he does

01:04:08That's Donitz. Haakon is charged through the field

01:04:10Yes he comes up behind the two Menardis

01:04:16But the Ferrari

01:04:18overtaking manoeuvre

01:04:20or the manoeuvre of Haakon and overtaking

01:04:22the Ferrari at Spa the other day I think

01:04:24put the Italians

01:04:26although it was Ferrari I think the Italian fans

01:04:28were so taken with that incredible piece of driving

01:04:30by Haakon and they

01:04:32Haakon's gone up in their estimation. They're very very

01:04:34fond of him. You get a lot of support here

01:04:37I think you get a lot more if you finish

01:04:39your second tissue

01:04:45We're seeing a lot of the Menardis today

01:04:47as we've

01:04:49explained in prior broadcasts

01:04:51all of the 135

01:04:53countries that televised Formula

01:04:55One take the same video feed

01:04:57from the site and since

01:04:59we're in Italy it's an Italian television crew

01:05:01providing the pictures and so you're going to see

01:05:03a lot of Ferrari and Menardi because

01:05:05those are the Italian teams

01:05:07Well they certainly deserve it because they're

01:05:09running the two year old Ford engine

01:05:11and the thing is it's as heavy

01:05:13as a bulldozer going down the straight

01:05:15aerodynamically isn't too clever either

01:05:17next year they could well be running Supertec

01:05:19the Renault Supertec engine which of course

01:05:21will be a little outdated but certainly be

01:05:23a heck of a lot faster. It'll be the same engine that Zonta's

01:05:25got in his. No I'm sorry not the car

01:05:27the engine. It's the engine that the Benetton's have got

01:05:29in their car. They'll be running next year

01:05:31in the Menardis

01:05:33So here's Zonta making the pass

01:05:35on Mazzacani

01:05:39Oop oop

01:05:41That was Benet's overshooting the hole

01:05:43shooting across the chicane

01:05:45He won't get penalised for that as long as he didn't

01:05:47make up any time. Well he probably saved his tyres

01:05:49a little bit

01:05:51Here's the overtake again. Zonta goes by

01:05:53on the inside

01:05:55moves across

01:05:57Well it's going to be a long day for the

01:05:59stewards and I noted the stewards list

01:06:01on one of the fine sheets that came out Saturday

01:06:03include one Burdette Martin

01:06:05and Birdie Martin was the

01:06:07chief steward of the Trans Am here in America

01:06:09some 30 years ago

01:06:11still very active

01:06:13in the sport. He's one of the stewards here

01:06:15They have summoned

01:06:17post race

01:06:19Coulthard, Barrichello, Frentzen,

01:06:21Trulli, De La Rosa

01:06:23Irvine and Jensen Button

01:06:25for a chat. There's

01:06:27three different incidents they've summoned them for

01:06:29One assumes they're asking

01:06:31Jensen what he was being such an idiot for on the straight

01:06:33Do you know what Jensen

01:06:35Button did is so easy to do because you're sitting

01:06:37there behind the group and you start to accelerate down

01:06:39the straight thinking everybody's going to pick up speed

01:06:41you mustn't lose time. He goes down in front of you

01:06:43Typical situation that happens on freeways

01:06:45when somebody in front slows down and everybody

01:06:47bangs in the back of each other

01:06:49Not to be done in a Formula 1 car

01:06:51at 200 though. No

01:06:53Look at Zonta sweeping by

01:06:55Well so when I said

01:06:57I said the minorities were just slow

01:06:59it wasn't a complaint

01:07:01it's just kind of simple fact that they

01:07:03don't have the top end straight away speed

01:07:05Denise again

01:07:07Going again through the cross. He'll get penalized

01:07:09for that. If he does it

01:07:11more than once they're going to stop him

01:07:13and have a chat with him about it. There's a replay

01:07:15of Zonta getting a little bit deep on the brakes

01:07:17Remember the inside will not be quite

01:07:19as good and there we see

01:07:21Denise going straight across

01:07:23He's got his own lane there

01:07:25Actually he's probably getting good grip through there now

01:07:27enough people have done it. Right

01:07:29Michael Schumacher right where

01:07:31he wants to be. Out front and all

01:07:33alone. He has

01:07:35increased his advantage over

01:07:37Mika Hakkinen by about half a second a lap

01:07:39but you see he doesn't have the fastest straight away speed

01:07:41again. Egbel Hamady

01:07:43Peter Spokov at the top of the day

01:07:45the aerodynamicist and engineer for Arrows

01:07:47Very great low down

01:07:49force car and they have the fastest

01:07:51trap speed of the day. About

01:07:53223 miles an hour. That's pretty

01:07:55darn quick. We'll see plenty of that in Indianapolis

01:07:57in a couple of weeks. I'm real sure

01:07:59about that. What's your guess

01:08:01Derek for top speed at Indy?

01:08:03Well I said 220 ever since I first

01:08:05went there and I'm sure it'll be around that mark

01:08:07I'm sure it'll be 220. Now whether they

01:08:09decide to run a high down force setup

01:08:11at Indy

01:08:13which means they'll be obviously slower on the straight

01:08:15but quicker around the infield is all to be

01:08:17decided at the time so they could be a bit

01:08:19slower as Salo comes in again

01:08:21for a stop. Remember he came in very

01:08:23early on for a long long stop of over a

01:08:25minute while the pace car was out

01:08:27Yeah it's going to be a very interesting

01:08:29circuit in two weeks because of all of the

01:08:31short squirts and tight corners in the

01:08:33infield requiring maximum down force

01:08:35and then that long run from

01:08:37Indianapolis turn two all the way around

01:08:39one and up the front straight away

01:08:41where you're going to need maximum

01:08:43low down force. Just you know

01:08:45hydraulic adjustable wings would be nice

01:08:47Get the best of both worlds. We had hydraulic

01:08:49believe it or not when I first drove

01:08:51at Monza in Formula 1 or the only time

01:08:53in Formula 1 on the works Ferraris

01:08:55we had just hydraulically adjustable

01:08:57wings on the car which were banned subsequently

01:08:59and as we came up to the corners

01:09:01we would just press the button on the steering wheel

01:09:03and the wing would tilt up at the rear

01:09:05give you down force, go around the corner, it would flatten out

01:09:07The only thing is

01:09:09you had to remember to press the button before you arrived

01:09:11otherwise you'd gotten there and gotten a lot of trouble

01:09:13as the car was out of shape. Now as soon

01:09:15as I say that General Motors engineers

01:09:17invented that with the Chaparral

01:09:19Can-Am type car, that movable wing

01:09:21somebody will jump on their computer

01:09:23and email us that the Mercedes had

01:09:25speed brakes, air brakes back in

01:09:271955 and that was really

01:09:29the beginning of all that and I guess

01:09:31it was

01:09:33So Michael Schumacher has

01:09:35set fastest lap of the race once again

01:09:37as his fuel load dwindles

01:09:39We've completed 30 laps in the Italian Grand Prix

01:09:41on Fox Sports Net

01:09:44Welcome back to Fox Sports Net

01:09:46at Monza, Italy

01:09:48for the Italian Grand Prix

01:09:50Just for stopping

01:09:52the 3rd place car has just made a pit stop

01:09:54about 9 seconds for the arrows

01:09:56so that will elevate

01:09:58Ralf Schumacher 3rd, Kazukella the 4th

01:10:00Wurz and Zonta

01:10:02is the battle we're seeing right now

01:10:04as Riccardo Zonta

01:10:06remember stopped back at lap 23

01:10:08is climbing his way back up

01:10:10through the field

01:10:12He's got another stop to make, of course

01:10:14which is very unfortunate, hence he needs to go

01:10:16ahead of Wurz and steam on

01:10:20He's the only 2-stop car

01:10:22in the race

01:10:24Wonder if Ferrari had

01:10:26planned a 2-stop strategy for Schumacher

01:10:28but it's obvious now that he started

01:10:30on full tank since he's been out there

01:10:32for 32 laps, remember we ran the first

01:10:3410 or so laps under caution

01:10:36for the 2 lap 1 accidents

01:10:38and that

01:10:40may have altered the strategy

01:10:42of some of the teams that had figured

01:10:442 stops would be needed to control tyre wear

01:10:46We'll be getting

01:10:48some blue flags fairly shortly

01:10:50because there's one of the 2

01:10:52Genet comes in

01:10:54of the Minardi team

01:10:56Good run for them today, goodness

01:10:58Superb in front of the home crowd

01:11:00So far no engine problems, just pray and hope

01:11:02it continues the whole way, no traction control

01:11:04for that team

01:11:07Schumacher

01:11:09steaming past the pits

01:11:11catching up, ooh

01:11:13the blue car

01:11:15of the Prost team

01:11:17pulled well over to let Michael by

01:11:19coming into the first chicane

01:11:21That was a Lacey who's had a dismal day

01:11:23and certainly not a season

01:11:25but much to speak of

01:11:27There are the top 6, Ferrari, McLaren

01:11:29Williams, Benetton, Benetton

01:11:31BAR

01:11:33Benetton

01:11:35Sauber and Minardi

01:11:37are the only teams with 2 cars

01:11:39in this race

01:11:41For the first time they were so far

01:11:43behind the incident that they didn't get entangled

01:11:45in it, usually you get so many

01:11:47further back in the field you always get involved

01:11:49in the incident

01:11:53Here's the colour to Wurz

01:11:558.4 seconds

01:11:57We saw the gap Wurz to Zomper

01:11:59is nothing

01:12:06Now Zonta next year

01:12:08his fortunes are a bit uncertain

01:12:10he has been offered a test drive

01:12:12by McLaren

01:12:14who if they've

01:12:16actually hired Alexander Wurz as a test driver

01:12:18don't really have a seat

01:12:20available but I'm not sure quite how firm

01:12:22that deal is

01:12:24and there is

01:12:26Schumacher going past one of the Minardis

01:12:28yet again

01:12:30Hakkinen has just got by

01:12:32one of the other Minardis

01:12:34Matsukane

01:12:38and the comparison of lap times

01:12:40Hakkinen is now

01:12:42quicker than Schumacher and is eating up

01:12:44some of that distance

01:12:46hasn't had to wrestle with quite as much

01:12:48traffic as Michael has as yet

01:12:50Michael's being very cautious in traffic

01:12:52far more cautious than we've seen him before

01:12:57Mick Hagen hasn't been happy

01:12:59with the car much this weekend and has been

01:13:01so far in the race complaining of oversteer

01:13:04which of course means once those rear tyres

01:13:06start to go all you do is magnify the problem

01:13:08and they slide even more and more

01:13:10and Schumacher I believe

01:13:12is just conserving his tyres

01:13:14knowing the problems that one can have

01:13:16remember we're up to 34 laps now

01:13:18or 35 laps

01:13:20which is well inside the one stop window

01:13:24which would have been between 31 and 33

01:13:26so obviously Schumacher

01:13:28is staying out as long as he can

01:13:30as long as he can keep these good times rolling

01:13:32and come in so he's got fresh tyres

01:13:34and has to put less fuel on to complete the race

01:13:36fifth place at stake

01:13:38here comes Zonta

01:13:40he's going to be so frustrated

01:13:42because he knows he needs to get ahead here

01:13:44to get some time on the rest of the pack

01:13:46because he's got another stop to make

01:13:48there may be a little nail biting

01:13:50in the Ferrari pit because

01:13:52Barrichello's retirement

01:13:54last race was due to his running out of fuel

01:13:56as he came to the pit lane

01:13:58for service

01:14:00didn't quite calculate it right

01:14:02and Rubens ran out of fuel

01:14:04it's not a good thing at all to do that

01:14:06he wasn't the only car that weekend to have fuel problems

01:14:08at Spa

01:14:10of course that often happens

01:14:12fuel calculations go astray

01:14:14when the track is wet

01:14:16and the race has to be run in damp conditions

01:14:18yes

01:14:20but also here Derek, I don't think anybody really

01:14:22calculates since they don't run caution laps

01:14:24in practice

01:14:26nobody calculates fuel mileage under caution

01:14:28so

01:14:30certainly Michael has a fuel pressure warning

01:14:32on that car

01:14:34but they don't have a fuel gauge like we have

01:14:36in our road cars

01:14:38so it's really all up to Ross Brawn

01:14:40and Sean Taught to calculate

01:14:42what Schumacher's perceived

01:14:44fuel usage would be

01:14:46and try to wait as long as possible

01:14:48to bring him in

01:14:50I wonder how much longer they'll leave him out

01:14:52because they just can't afford to gamble away

01:14:54ten points

01:14:56is that Zonta in the pits again?

01:14:58yes, this would be his second stop

01:15:00they decided it's better to get him out of the way of Wurtz

01:15:02get this fuel stop done and then get him on his way

01:15:04with a clear road

01:15:06very wise bit of work there

01:15:08so he ran 23 laps on his first tank

01:15:10and just 14

01:15:12on the second

01:15:16meanwhile Ferrari and several of the others

01:15:18and Hackett and McLaren have not been in at all

01:15:20but they'll be in shortly I feel sure

01:15:26Schumacher using all the road

01:15:28last lap

01:15:30he got the quickest lap of the race

01:15:32so he's still pressing on

01:15:34pulling down on Micasalo now

01:15:40Ferrari has won

01:15:42the Italian Grand Prix 12 times

01:15:44McLaren 7, Lotus 5

01:15:46and Williams 5

01:15:50remember that Schumacher has won this race twice

01:15:52and Hockenheim has not

01:15:54scored in the Italian Grand Prix

01:16:06Micasalo and

01:16:08moves aside

01:16:10I can't believe it, Ferrari actually had 6

01:16:121-2 victories here at Monza

01:16:14that's quite something isn't it?

01:16:16that's amazing

01:16:18and in fact

01:16:20Dirk they had a 1-2-3

01:16:22victory of Phil Hill

01:16:24in 1960

01:16:26not only the first American to win a world championship

01:16:28Grand Prix but the last driver to win

01:16:30an F1 race in a front engine

01:16:32car

01:16:34Ferrari finished 1, 2, 3 and 5

01:16:36on Tripsworth 5th

01:16:38in that race in 1960

01:16:42Pedro Diniz brings his Sauber in for attention

01:16:46he is the 8th place car

01:16:48as he enters pit lane

01:16:521, 2, 3

01:17:0011 and a half second stop

01:17:02is a bit long

01:17:06but he's back out so it's Schumacher

01:17:08Hockenheim

01:17:12and should they finish in this order

01:17:141, 2 it would be the first time since San Marino

01:17:16the third race of the season

01:17:18that there's been a 1, 2 Schumacher Hockenheim

01:17:20finish

01:17:22look at Schumacher's last three laps

01:17:24he's really turning it on towards the end of this stint

01:17:26he knows his rubber can handle it

01:17:28so he's really

01:17:30that is not the way to take the chicane

01:17:32puts a lot of dirt on the road

01:17:34for the others

01:17:36Genet

01:17:38looks like he may have been looking

01:17:40in his mirrors too much as he came in there

01:17:42wondering where the others were and that was it

01:17:44because he saw probably a blue flag, Hockenheim coming behind

01:17:46wanted to get out of his way

01:17:48and he certainly did

01:17:50but that would have delayed Mika somewhat there

01:17:52and there's activity at Ferrari, Derek

01:17:54looks like at 39 laps

01:17:56they'll bring Michael in for his one stop

01:17:58as you said just now

01:18:00he's turning the

01:18:02the wick up a little bit, trying to get some really quick laps in

01:18:04much quicker than Mika these last few laps

01:18:06so that he can go in

01:18:08sort of making the point

01:18:10and knowing that the tyres will last

01:18:12because obviously he is conserving tyres

01:18:14here he comes

01:18:16they'll time the fuel flow

01:18:18so he gets in just enough

01:18:20speed limit as he comes up

01:18:24only

01:18:2614 to go

01:18:28they may finish fueling

01:18:30before the tyres

01:18:32just about the same time

01:18:34superb stop by Ferrari

01:18:40here he comes

01:18:42so the lead changes hands

01:18:44for the first time today

01:18:46on Schumacher's pitstop, Mika Hockenheim

01:18:48leader in the world championship

01:18:50and trying to three-peat

01:18:52as the world driving champion

01:18:54goes into the lead for the first time today

01:19:02superb piece of driving by these two drivers

01:19:04one has to say

01:19:06Schumacher and Mika Hockenheim

01:19:08absolutely immaculate driving

01:19:10after the incidents at the beginning

01:19:12so Hockenheim has yet to make his

01:19:14pitstop. Schumacher has

01:19:16made his. Ralf Schumacher sits third

01:19:18and Fisichello fourth. You're watching Formula

01:19:20One on Fox Sportsnet

01:19:24Welcome back to Monza and the

01:19:2651st Italian Grand Prix

01:19:28the 50th to be contested

01:19:30at this

01:19:32most historic of Formula One circuits

01:19:36lap one incidents

01:19:38took out of this race. Barrichello

01:19:40Coulthard, Trulli, Frentzen

01:19:42de la Rosa, Irvine

01:19:44and Herbert

01:19:46with Nick Heidfeldt going by the wayside

01:19:48soon thereafter. Jacques Villeneuve

01:19:50engine problems also out of the race

01:19:52Jensen Button

01:19:54almost ran over the field on the restart

01:19:56bounced off the retaining

01:19:58wall and out

01:20:00one of the interesting parts of this track

01:20:02race that's going on at the moment is the

01:20:04battle actually between Ralf Schumacher in third place

01:20:06and Fisichello in fourth

01:20:08so it's got to come in and stop

01:20:10but there's not very much of a gap between them

01:20:12at this time. So it's going to be interesting

01:20:14to see just how

01:20:16this turns out with their pitstops

01:20:18when they've had their pitstops

01:20:2213.6 seconds

01:20:24up with 12 laps

01:20:26to go

01:20:28McLaren Mercedes

01:20:30trying to

01:20:32run out that tank of fuel as much

01:20:34as possible so the number of laps

01:20:36they will need to add fuel for him to run

01:20:38he'll be as small as possible

01:20:40saving time on that pitstop

01:20:44they just don't dare run him out of fuel

01:20:46they certainly dare

01:20:48look at Mika

01:20:50you see him getting the opposite lock on as he came out of the

01:20:52Scari chicane

01:20:54very very fast chicane nonetheless

01:20:56come out there at 135 miles

01:20:58an hour

01:21:02going through the Parabolica about 115

01:21:06had an email question Derek

01:21:08one of our viewers

01:21:10about the numbers on these cars

01:21:12and why they're so hard to read

01:21:14with the transponders used for scoring

01:21:16you no longer have scores

01:21:18sitting up in a stand trying to identify the car by number

01:21:20drivers helmet becomes the primary

01:21:22means of identification and usually the numbers

01:21:24are used mainly by

01:21:26folks like us, the TV broadcasters

01:21:28and journalists and we're fairly low

01:21:30on Formula 1's priority these days

01:21:32no it should not be

01:21:34just depends how well

01:21:36McLaren can do it

01:21:38and it's vital that they get an immaculate

01:21:40stop maybe they'll adjust the car a bit

01:21:42remember at Spa they actually adjusted

01:21:44the differential on the car

01:21:46electronically they can adjust it

01:21:48so you obviously got a different sort of bias

01:21:50through the left to right rear wheels

01:21:52which enabled him to corner better

01:21:54here we go 13 seconds as he goes

01:21:56into the pits

01:21:58I think a lot of folks are

01:22:00underestimating what Haakon is up against

01:22:02this year there have been 6 drivers

01:22:04who could have won 3 consecutive

01:22:06world championships but only one

01:22:08Fangio achieved it

01:22:101954, 5 and 6

01:22:20excellent stop

01:22:22superb stop by McLaren

01:22:24he saved a second over

01:22:26there's the Ferrari and you can see the McLaren coming up

01:22:28the pit lane so they did make

01:22:30a little bit of time up there

01:22:32and Schumacher

01:22:34reassumes the lead

01:22:36as we assumed he would

01:22:42lap 1 accident one of the track side marshals

01:22:44was apparently hit with debris

01:22:46and there was certainly plenty of it flying around

01:22:48and it's been taken to the Monza

01:22:50hospital

01:22:52in serious condition

01:22:54so we hope for his recovery

01:23:01and now it's Benetton's turn in the pit lane

01:23:03and it's Hertz

01:23:10good stop, what a stop

01:23:12mind you of course each stop

01:23:14is really down to how long the tyres take

01:23:16Mike as you said because the fuel is

01:23:21now we'll see whether Haakon can get a charge

01:23:23on the way he did at Spa

01:23:25and catch Michael Schumacher up

01:23:27I have to admit the whole length

01:23:29of the second coming to view at the back of the straight there

01:23:31one has to admit that

01:23:33the Ferrari does seem to have the edge this weekend

01:23:35oh dear that's not what

01:23:37Mika wanted as the Minardi

01:23:39pulls over and blocks him out

01:23:41not good at all

01:23:43then lets him go through at the Parabolica

01:23:51well you've got two drivers, Derek

01:23:53who have a chance to double their point total

01:23:55today for the entire season, Verstappen and Zonta

01:23:57should they each move up a spot

01:24:01it shows you the speed of that McLaren

01:24:03he's pulling 353km

01:24:05which is

01:24:07222mph

01:24:09as Ralf Schumacher comes in

01:24:23Ralf having to dodge

01:24:25Fisichello

01:24:27coming out, uh oh, trouble

01:24:29Fisichello waving, gesturing wildly

01:24:31the car won't

01:24:33will it just go to gear?

01:24:35he's got the wheels, the wheels are spinning at the back

01:24:37he's going to have to drop it on the road

01:24:39he says start again, start the engine again

01:24:41come on keep starting it

01:24:43oh dear, he came into the pits four

01:24:45but he got the wheels turning as you can see

01:24:47but every time

01:24:49he can't get a gear transmission I would suggest

01:24:51every time it gets a gear it stalls

01:24:55oh my goodness

01:25:01after such a fine pit he's driving

01:25:05that looks like the starter motor

01:25:07turning it over, yeah the starter motor is the one

01:25:09that's turning the wheels

01:25:11he just can't get it fired up can he

01:25:13now a little steam from the front brakes

01:25:15because he's had his foot on the brakes

01:25:17to stop it flying forward

01:25:19while the wheels are turning as well

01:25:21so he's hooking on there

01:25:23he's got it on the jack, they're going to drop it

01:25:29there it goes, there it goes

01:25:31but my goodness the old

01:25:35oh dear, oh dear

01:25:37jack it up again, put the starter motor in the back

01:25:39don't know how far up the pit lane

01:25:41they can go

01:25:43looks like they're not yet into

01:25:45Arrow's pit

01:25:49engine just doesn't sound good

01:25:53oh so frustrating

01:25:55as a guy tries to get a gear

01:25:57is he going to get it

01:25:59there he goes, he's got it

01:26:01brilliant at last

01:26:03oh dear, oh dear

01:26:05that's so sad for all that effort

01:26:09now it's restart me

01:26:11he's saying

01:26:15if you're fluent in sign language

01:26:17Schumacher down the back straight

01:26:19coming into the parabolic

01:26:21turn

01:26:23Hacken not in sight that time

01:26:25Hacken of course somewhat held up by

01:26:27the move by the Minardi if you remember

01:26:29under braking for the last time through the corner

01:26:31Verstappen

01:26:33what a great day he's having

01:26:35he's going to be up to

01:26:375th place next time around

01:26:39with Fisichella's problems

01:26:41I'm sorry up to

01:26:434th place

01:26:47Fisichella will drop down the board

01:26:49that was one of the Saubers that looked like

01:26:51short cutting the chicane

01:26:53not sure how much further he got

01:26:55than that, the car came through very slowly

01:27:01Arrow's next year will have

01:27:03the Peugeot in inverted

01:27:05commas

01:27:07this is the Sauber again

01:27:09going across the dirt

01:27:11he's got to get a penalty for it at some point

01:27:13he can't keep running across it

01:27:15he's doing that about every lap

01:27:17but as I said Arrow's

01:27:19will be running this new

01:27:21Asian Technologies Group engine next year

01:27:23which really is the Peugeot this year

01:27:25having had a dismal, miserable time

01:27:27with Prost

01:27:29I don't know if that's a step forward for Walker-Scholl

01:27:31but maybe it will be a step forward with a partnership

01:27:33with Peugeot or with that group

01:27:37look at the speed he has

01:27:43not good on very high downforce circuits

01:27:45oh my goodness on these low downforce circuits

01:27:47they really do work

01:27:49well that's why Indy's going to be so interesting

01:27:51because you'd expect that car to be very slow

01:27:53through the infield and then be a rocket around the oval

01:27:55can't wait for two weeks time

01:27:57in the US Grand Prix

01:27:59but we have 8 laps to go here at Monza

01:28:01Michael Schumacher leading Mika Hakkinen

01:28:03Ralph Schumacher and Jos Verstappen

01:28:07welcome back to Monza in the Italian Grand Prix

01:28:09the battle shaping up on the track

01:28:11is going to be Riccardo Zonta and Alex Wurtz

01:28:13in 5th place

01:28:15there's a look at the leaders lap times

01:28:17and Mika Hakkinen is quicker than Schumacher

01:28:19at this stage of the race

01:28:21but he's going to have to erase

01:28:23a deficit of more than 10 seconds

01:28:27well another little quote from the paddock

01:28:29David Cordard saying that

01:28:31Frentzen's driving like an absolute idiot

01:28:33at the moment, like a maniac

01:28:35and we saw some of Frentzen's driving at

01:28:37Spa in practice

01:28:39nearly putting David off the road

01:28:41even qualifying yesterday

01:28:43slowing Cordard down in the chicane

01:28:45and then today it's pretty obvious that

01:28:47Frentzen was the instigator

01:28:49of the incident at the second chicane

01:28:51and he has said as much Derek

01:28:53he said that he misjudged his braking point

01:28:55coming into the corner

01:28:57and that was the reason why his car got out of shape

01:28:59contacted Rubens

01:29:01Rubens has been very vocal

01:29:03in his displeasure with Frentzen's tactic

01:29:05Jarno Trulli has stood silent

01:29:07on the matter

01:29:09and that's exactly what David said

01:29:11very tough day

01:29:13for all five drivers involved

01:29:15and taken out of the race

01:29:17in that lap one crash

01:29:19give you one more look at it here

01:29:21that's Frentzen sideways

01:29:23Trulli to the left

01:29:25Barrichello and Coulthard

01:29:27and eventually

01:29:29Dolorosa really wasn't that far

01:29:31behind these cars and might have missed it

01:29:33but he caught a wheel

01:29:35that might have come off one of these Jordans

01:29:37and bounced up and over

01:29:39there goes his wing

01:29:41and here he comes into the picture

01:29:43and how he didn't land on the top of Barrichello

01:29:45we will never know

01:29:47and the other miracle of all this

01:29:49is the fact that there was no fire

01:29:51that is the outstanding thing of modern day racing

01:29:53that they seem to have

01:29:55completely overwhelmingly come

01:29:57absolutely amazing the way fire has been negated

01:29:59let's hope a hundred percent

01:30:01but one can never say that

01:30:03and once again

01:30:05the drivers involved

01:30:07one of the trackside marshals though was injured

01:30:09and was told fairly seriously

01:30:11he's been removed to the local hospital

01:30:13and that is the latest update we have

01:30:15Ralph locking up his brakes

01:30:17as Verstappen is giving him

01:30:19a fairly hard time there

01:30:23now that gap is down to about five seconds

01:30:25between them for third and fourth

01:30:27Mika Hakkinen pulled a few tenths

01:30:29off Michael Schumacher that lap

01:30:31but I think with so few laps to go

01:30:33Schumacher is now

01:30:35biding his time, Ralph again locking up that inside tyre

01:30:37of course it is in the unloaded tyre

01:30:39Hakkinen makes no bones

01:30:41about overtaking a Menardie this time

01:30:43it is the other Menardie I believe

01:30:45nonetheless he goes through in positive terms

01:30:51well what this result would do is erase

01:30:53the effect of Belgium

01:30:55where Hakkinen

01:30:57and Schumacher finished 1-2

01:30:59and it would bring

01:31:01the drivers championship

01:31:03to within two points once again

01:31:07well at least it keeps it really exciting

01:31:09going into the last three races

01:31:11with Indianapolis, Malaysia and Japan

01:31:13five laps to go

01:31:15and the workload really increases on the teams

01:31:17as this is the last drive two race

01:31:19the last European race of the year

01:31:21the rest are flyaways

01:31:23United States, Japan and Malaysia

01:31:25so there once again

01:31:27Hakkinen is quicker

01:31:29than Schumacher

01:31:31eating into that advantage

01:31:33at five laps to go

01:31:35with Ralph Schumacher third for Williams

01:31:37then Arrows, Benetton and B.A.R.

01:31:39six different constructors

01:31:41in the points

01:31:43then the two Sauers, the two Menardies

01:31:45Fisichella after that dreadful pitstop

01:31:47and Jean Alessi

01:31:49who has had a nice tour of Monza today

01:31:51but unfortunately not much

01:31:53that you could call a race

01:31:55there's Hakkinen coming to view

01:31:57he has picked up quite a bit of time on Michael

01:31:59but with so few laps, five laps to go

01:32:01it's hardly likely he's going to catch him

01:32:03unless Schumacher has a problem

01:32:05one has to make a comment about the circuit

01:32:07they put these new chicanes in

01:32:09but they've actually made the curving much smoother

01:32:11and everybody says oh that's because of Ferrari

01:32:13because Ferrari like a very very smooth circuit

01:32:15and the McLaren works well

01:32:17on a bumpy curved circuit

01:32:19and the Ferrari doesn't

01:32:21instigated the changes in the chicanes

01:32:23but for McLaren I reckon they've lost four tenths

01:32:25of a second

01:32:27and that makes all the difference

01:32:29Hakkinen would have been on pole

01:32:31but for those four tenths

01:32:33and weren't Trulli's comments after qualifying

01:32:35to Peter prophetic

01:32:37when he talked about how it would be

01:32:39at the chicanes on the first lap

01:32:41mind you it was the second chicane that created it

01:32:43not the first but of course

01:32:45I would have thought the first was much tighter

01:32:47because it seemed so much slower

01:32:51it destroys the drivers driving skills

01:32:53in my opinion

01:32:55there's a lot of stress in the car

01:32:57there's nothing like a good old smooth

01:32:59safety reasons as we saw it really work today

01:33:01yes

01:33:03and you can't say

01:33:05you're right Derek

01:33:07everybody was talking about the first chicane

01:33:09as a possible problem

01:33:11because of the short distance between the start and the first chicane

01:33:13but no the field had plenty of time

01:33:15to get themselves sorted out before coming into the second chicane

01:33:17and no that's where the problem was

01:33:19where you would have thought

01:33:21they went through the first chicane one line of stern

01:33:23there wouldn't have been a schmuzzle at the second one

01:33:25Presetti Irvine never got second chicane

01:33:27he did go out at the first one

01:33:29so Schumacher

01:33:31trying to hold on to a seven second lead

01:33:33for stopping and work

01:33:35you see seven seconds apart

01:33:37and now Hakkinen

01:33:39having a little trouble here

01:33:41with the back marker

01:33:43blue flags waving

01:33:45as that

01:33:47Sauber

01:33:49put aside here

01:33:51and Hakkinen

01:33:53takes the inside line

01:33:55so he's set fastest lap of the race

01:33:57but will it be enough

01:33:59Michael Schumacher leads from Mika Hakkinen

01:34:01Ralph Schumacher and Joss Verstappen

01:34:03you're watching the Italian Grand Prix

01:34:05on Fox Sports Net

01:34:09Welcome back to Monza

01:34:11as the laps wind down

01:34:1353 make up the race today

01:34:15Schumacher

01:34:17there's the Ferrari

01:34:19there's the McLaren

01:34:21but in this championship

01:34:23it's been five races since Schumacher

01:34:25has been atop the podium

01:34:27even though Barrichello has a win in that time

01:34:29it's Michael that's fighting Hakkinen

01:34:31for this drivers championship

01:34:33and Mika has won three times since Michael

01:34:35was last to winner

01:34:37I'd just love to see

01:34:39how Barrichello was to do

01:34:41in this field today

01:34:45Schumacher wins, he will tie Ayrton Senna

01:34:47for second on the all time

01:34:49Formula 1 win list

01:34:5310 behind the great Professor Prost

01:34:55you can hear the old

01:34:57sirens going and the fans

01:34:59starting to get a bit worked up

01:35:01at this Ferrari V3

01:35:09Hakkinen continues to lower the fastest lap standard

01:35:15there you see him just into view

01:35:19must be frustrating Derek

01:35:21he's got it down to 5.5, he can see the Ferrari

01:35:23so close and yet so far

01:35:25but he knows he can do very little about it

01:35:27and Michael

01:35:29sitting in there going

01:35:33the podium finishers

01:35:35which right now could include

01:35:37the brother Schumacher

01:35:41final lap, it's going to be a great day

01:35:43for Jas Verstappen and for Arrows

01:35:45with a fourth, their best of the season

01:35:47Alex Wurz

01:35:49in position to pick up two points

01:35:53which will be the only two

01:35:55he's had this year

01:35:59and Riccardo Zonta

01:36:03this is Wurz's first finish

01:36:05in the points this year and also

01:36:07the second for Zonta

01:36:09he'll double his point total

01:36:13if he wins today

01:36:17it's Michael Schumacher's third victory here

01:36:19Piquet had four victories here

01:36:21Alan Prost three, Ronnie Peterson three

01:36:23the great Sterling Moss and the great Juan Manuel Fangio

01:36:25both had three as well

01:36:27but this will be brilliant for Schumacher

01:36:29brilliant for Ferrari and great for the World Championship

01:36:31to see this man have victory here

01:36:35and you hear the horns in the background

01:36:37as the Tofosi tune up

01:36:39ready to celebrate

01:36:41Ferrari victory on Italian soil

01:36:43well I hope we get some of that noise

01:36:45when we get to Indianapolis Mike

01:36:47I hope we can get some real

01:36:49I know a lot of Ferrari club people are going to it

01:36:51I hope we get tremendous Ferrari fans

01:36:53and of course McLaren fans as well

01:36:59Ralph Schumacher third

01:37:01Verstappen

01:37:03where's Verstappen and Wurz, they were nose to tail

01:37:05a big weave toward the crew

01:37:07to acknowledge them

01:37:09Schumacher the winner

01:37:11Mika for second

01:37:15look at that car

01:37:17where's the Verstappen-Wurz battle

01:37:19they were nose to tail

01:37:25and I'm corrected

01:37:27thank you Fisichella

01:37:29behind Verstappen

01:37:33would have been tremendous

01:37:35because they were right there earlier on in the race

01:37:37well thank you, explain why they weren't showing it then

01:37:39here they come

01:37:41here they come

01:37:43Wurz being pushed by Fisichella

01:37:45sorry Verstappen, but I wonder if Verstappen

01:37:47knows the situation

01:37:49Fisichella is a lap down after that dreadful pit stop

01:37:51and Verstappen is going to come home

01:37:53and finish fourth

01:37:57Fisichella 11th as you see

01:37:59great finish for Arrows

01:38:01remember of course that Fisichella is Italian

01:38:03as we ride with him

01:38:07good for Ferrari

01:38:09a superb piece of engineering there

01:38:11to keep that car up together

01:38:13and of course the more disasters you have

01:38:15over the previous races

01:38:17the more critical, the more sort of nervous

01:38:19you become every race

01:38:21wondering if it's really going to work this time

01:38:27this is Ferrari's 13th victory at Monza

01:38:29the home ground of Ferrari

01:38:31somebody said the spiritual home of Ferrari

01:38:33from Paul the checkered flag

01:38:35Schumacher surrendered the lead

01:38:37only when he made his pit stop

01:38:39and took it back when Hockenden

01:38:41entered the pit lane

01:38:43there's some happy fans there

01:38:47they're pretty enthusiastic out there

01:38:49they have to be

01:38:51this is really the

01:38:53whole total sport for Italy

01:38:55along with soccer

01:38:57there's not much else that they don't adore

01:39:03Ferrari

01:39:09needs to be pure speculation

01:39:11he says the only way you can find out who the best driver is

01:39:13is to put the two drivers in identical cars

01:39:15and since that's not going to happen with he and Hockenden

01:39:17he says it's not important

01:39:19what the trend looks like

01:39:21the only important thing is that we are still

01:39:236 points, now 2 points behind Mika

01:39:25and going into today

01:39:27there's still 40 points to score

01:39:29so everything is open

01:39:31and in this sport everything can change

01:39:33from one race to the other

01:39:35everything is still possible for us

01:39:37and as long as it is

01:39:39we will not give up and we will work

01:39:41even harder, they have done that today

01:39:43in fine fashion

01:39:45look at those fans pouring down the track

01:39:47Mika Hockenden must be very satisfied

01:39:49really with his drive

01:39:51he wasn't happy with the car all weekend

01:39:53had the misfire during qualifying

01:39:55and had this bad handling

01:39:57wasn't at all happy with it

01:39:59never have been up at the same speed

01:40:01as the Ferrari, another excellent job

01:40:03by him, but one has to salute Ferrari

01:40:05and of course Michael Schumacher

01:40:07doing a superb job

01:40:09there are the new points that show Michael Schumacher

01:40:11within 2 points

01:40:13of Mika Hockenden

01:40:15Michael won here

01:40:17in 96 and 98

01:40:19missed the races

01:40:21in 94 and of course

01:40:2399 due to injury

01:40:25and was punted out of the lead by Damon Hill in 1995

01:40:27that was a nice gesture

01:40:29there I think by Mika Hockenden

01:40:31came down and shook Michael's hand

01:40:33that's his brother Ralph

01:40:35Michael was actually

01:40:37talking about maybe having a drive in the McLaren

01:40:39sometime, he said I know it's a better drive

01:40:41than the Ferrari

01:40:43I want to see if it drives

01:40:45as well as it looks like it does

01:40:47when we are out on the circuit

01:40:49they are happy there

01:40:51they are happy

01:40:57Mika Hockenden

01:40:59was the

01:41:01first big hug

01:41:07come back that they

01:41:09have done

01:41:11from Belgium where they were

01:41:13clearly off the McLaren pace at Spa

01:41:15they are the first 3 cars

01:41:17sitting in part

01:41:19Schumacher thought he better put his wheel

01:41:21back on if he gets into trouble

01:41:23if he doesn't

01:41:25I just love

01:41:27he gives the prancing horse on the nose

01:41:29a pat

01:41:31he clearly

01:41:33had a great car today

01:41:35they made the car

01:41:37that's really interesting

01:41:39Michael's shouldered the

01:41:41role of development driver

01:41:43for his entire tenure at Ferrari

01:41:45and yet here they found that

01:41:47the setups that Ruben worked on

01:41:49they were well rewarded

01:41:51at least Michael was

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01:42:05the Tifosi are swarming

01:42:07the front straight away

01:42:09Michael Schumacher

01:42:11Mika Hockenden and Ralf Schumacher pull into

01:42:13park for May

01:42:15Ralf climbs out to congratulate

01:42:17his brother as does Mika

01:42:19there's your top 3 Ferrari

01:42:21McLaren Williams

01:42:23Arrows in 4th, Benetton in 5th

01:42:25B.A.R. in 6th, it'll take a long look

01:42:27in the history book to find 6 constructors

01:42:29in the first 6 spots

01:42:31then the 2 Saubers, the 2 Minardis

01:42:33Fisichella after that hapless

01:42:35pit stop and John Lacey

01:42:39so Hockenden leads the points now by

01:42:41just 2 as they head for Indianapolis

01:42:43David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello

01:42:45well back, Ralf Schumacher and

01:42:47Fisichella

01:42:49Jack Villeneuve put nothing on the board today

01:42:51nor did Jenson Button, Frentzen, nor truly

01:42:53Salo and Verstappen

01:42:55moves up now with 5 points

01:42:57Eddie Irvine, De La Rosa

01:42:59Zonta now with 2

01:43:01and Alex Wurz with his first 2 points of the season

01:43:03and in the constructors championship

01:43:05well it brightens up a bit there

01:43:07McLaren Mercedes 131, Ferrari 127

01:43:09Williams 34, Benetton 20

01:43:11Jordan 13, B.A.R. 13

01:43:13and Arrows 7

01:43:15Sauber 6, Jaguar Cosworth 3

01:43:20so let's go

01:43:22to the podium

01:43:24well Michael Schumacher

01:43:26is certainly jubilant over this one

01:43:28can you imagine he's waited some while for this

01:43:30in front of his home crowd as it were

01:43:32an amazing piece of work by both him

01:43:34and Hockenden and of course young

01:43:36Ralf Schumacher in the Williams

01:43:38yet again

01:43:40third time this year

01:43:42the Schumacher brothers have been together on the podium

01:43:44yeah they're proud

01:43:46shouting Schumi there

01:43:48as we listen to a national anthem

01:44:18cheering

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01:46:38and they did have a development engine in that Ferrari today.

01:46:44Campari is the title sponsor of the Italian Grand Prix,

01:46:48but as usual, atop the podium, it will be Champagne.

01:46:59Do you think they love it or what?

01:47:01Michael is dousing his crew below.

01:47:10And Mika Hakkinen having his fair share of pouring it down Michael's neck,

01:47:13but Michael says, I want it on the other side, right where my mouth is.

01:47:18Genuine, really genuine enthusiasm today.

01:47:23Third time we've seen the Schumacher brothers there this year on the podium together.

01:47:32If you're going to win, Monza is the place to win if you're a Ferrari driver.

01:47:36Real enthusiasm.

01:47:38I must say, Michael does show a special emotion when he's won a race,

01:47:42particularly when you haven't won one for a while,

01:47:44and your brother's standing next to you.

01:47:46Yes, very special.

01:47:48And very gracious.

01:47:49As Michael hopped out of the car,

01:47:50Mika was the first to come over and shake his hand and congratulate him.

01:47:54Michael doesn't want to leave that podium, he wants it for himself today.

01:47:57And look at these folks.

01:47:58They don't want him to leave.

01:47:59They're going to be there for hours.

01:48:01You won't be getting out of Monza for ages yet.

01:48:03Forget that early flight home.

01:48:05He said, I'm staying here, I love it.

01:48:07I have to say, he is the king.

01:48:09He is today, and we will hear from the podium finishers

01:48:13at the Unilateral Press Conference in just a bit here, so stay with us.

01:48:18Michael Schumacher has won the Italian Grand Prix.

01:48:21You're watching Formula One on Fox Sportsnet.

01:48:29At Monza, Italy, some sad news.

01:48:31The trackside crews reacting to the news.

01:48:34The 31-year-old fire marshal was hit by flying debris in the Lap 1 accident,

01:48:39went into cardiac arrest, was taken to Monza Hospital,

01:48:42where he has died from his injuries.

01:48:45So our thoughts are with all those who come and volunteer at all these races.

01:48:50And let's go to the Unilateral Press Conference.

01:48:53Three finishing drivers at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix.

01:48:57It's Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, and Ralf Schumacher.

01:49:00Michael, many, many congratulations.

01:49:02It's your sixth win of the season, but you've not had one for six races.

01:49:04You've done it in front of your home fans, the Tifosi.

01:49:06You must be delighted.

01:49:08Yeah, I think delighted is the wrong word.

01:49:10I have no vocabulary for anything higher than that.

01:49:15I'm sorry, but I'm just happy.

01:49:18I'm just exhausted.

01:49:21Yeah.

01:49:23I'm not sure if you're aware, but this is your 41st victory,

01:49:26which puts you at equal second all-time with Ayrton Senna.

01:49:29Do those records mean a lot to you?

01:49:31Yes, it does mean a lot to me.

01:49:36Sorry.

01:49:51Thanks, Michael.

01:49:53Mika, for the last two races,

01:49:55Michael's been, I think, magnanimous enough to admit that,

01:49:58on the day, you had the faster car, the McLaren.

01:50:00Do you think today that Ferrari was just the faster car?

01:50:04Can we have a break?

01:50:11Go to Ralf. Ralf can continue.

01:50:16Okay, Ralf.

01:50:18Ralf, you're unique of the three drivers we have here,

01:50:20because you actually saw that very big second chicane incident.

01:50:24Can you perhaps talk us through how you saw it

01:50:26and how you managed to avoid it?

01:50:28Well, basically, I just saw a lot of dust coming out

01:50:31and car parts flying around,

01:50:33and Jack and me managed somehow to go around,

01:50:36but it looked really terrible.

01:50:39I mean, someone was hurted, as we saw,

01:50:42but I don't know who it was.

01:50:44Talking back to your own race again,

01:50:46when you actually were driving long,

01:50:48you saw Ricciardo, Zonta and Jos Verstappen drive past you.

01:50:51Do you think, oh, dear, I'm on the wrong strategy?

01:50:54Well, we always knew that someone would like the strategy,

01:50:58but, you know, as Monza is on the longer strategy,

01:51:01you usually have the upper hand,

01:51:03and we were quicker than Verstappen at the end of the day,

01:51:07and I knew that we could be quicker than Zonta,

01:51:09so I didn't worry too much.

01:51:12Back to Mika now.

01:51:14Ladies and gentlemen, via Perseverance's live television.

01:51:17Mika, as I said before, do you think this day for the Ferrari

01:51:20was the faster car compared to McLaren?

01:51:22I'm sorry? Can I ask it?

01:51:24Do you believe today that Michael had the faster car?

01:51:27He said in the last couple of races that you had the faster car.

01:51:31A little bit, yes.

01:51:33Not much, but enough.

01:51:37Now, when you came out from the pit stop,

01:51:40you actually then went, despite the fact it was very unlikely

01:51:42you were going to be able to catch up, Michael,

01:51:43you actually went and put in a series of very quick laps,

01:51:45including the fastest lap of all.

01:51:47Why was that?

01:51:48Well, we made some modifications during pit stop,

01:51:51and it made the balance of the car better,

01:51:53but not enough, obviously, and the gap was too much for Michael,

01:51:56so it was impossible really to catch him,

01:52:00and also back markers was...

01:52:03A couple of Minardis was quite a pain, you know,

01:52:06they didn't let overtake so easily,

01:52:08so I lost maybe two, three seconds because of that,

01:52:10but at the end of the day, that is not an excuse or anything,

01:52:14but I believe that Michael did not have no reason to anymore

01:52:19to push maximum anymore at that time,

01:52:21so that was the situation.

01:52:26Michael, are you okay to go on?

01:52:28Yes.

01:52:29You are obviously very emotional about this.

01:52:31Why does this mean so much to you?

01:52:34Ask me another question, please.

01:52:36Perhaps we should just go straight to the languages for the...

01:52:39Thank you very much for everybody, guys.

01:52:40Perhaps, Joe, you can use something in German, please, Michael.

01:52:43I think to understand Michael's emotion,

01:52:45you have to appreciate he was 20 points in the lead of the World Championship,

01:52:48he hasn't won a race for six races,

01:52:50he's in front of this Japosi alongside his brother.

01:52:53I mean, amazing emotion.

01:52:55We'll be right back.

01:52:56De Monza to wrap things up.

01:52:57You're watching Formula 1 on Fox Sportsnet.

01:53:03In two weeks, we'll be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

01:53:06as they welcome Formula 1 for the very first time.

01:53:10And Fox Sportsnet will have live coverage

01:53:13of Friday practice at noon and 2 p.m.

01:53:16Live coverage of qualifying Saturday, 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

01:53:20And on race day,

01:53:23the U.S. Grand Prix at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time,

01:53:26except 5 p.m. Central in Chicago,

01:53:296 p.m. Eastern in Florida and New York.

01:53:31And Midwest Sports Channel will air the U.S. Grand Prix

01:53:34at 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time.

01:53:36So we'll see you then.

01:53:39Well, last year, Mika Hakkinen spun off the track in the lead

01:53:42and collapsed emotionally at trackside.

01:53:45This year, Michael Schumacher wins.

01:53:47Breaks down in the press conference.

01:53:49Last year's winner, Frentzen, is this year's GOAT

01:53:52in the second chicane of the first lap.

01:53:56This was, of course, the first chicane.

01:53:57This is the second chicane.

01:53:58You see De La Rosa sailing by on the side of his car,

01:54:02caused by Heinz Frentzen.

01:54:04Very, very silly move,

01:54:05but one of those things that happens at these first

01:54:07or second corner incidents when into a chicane.

01:54:12Talk about silly moves.

01:54:13Here comes Button. Full steam ahead.

01:54:15At the front of the pack, it's slowed,

01:54:17and he bounces off the guardrail and is out of the race.

01:54:20As is Jacques Villeneuve as his engine expires,

01:54:22or he certainly said it stopped,

01:54:24but it does when it blows up.

01:54:27Good bit of overtaking, which didn't quite come off there,

01:54:30but it did there as Zonta goes by Verstappen.

01:54:33Superb driving by Zonta.

01:54:35Actually, both drivers had a tremendous race.

01:54:39Michael Schumacher trying to get by one of the Minardis,

01:54:42and he does, but he's playing it very cool today.

01:54:44Michael needed those points so desperately.

01:54:47Super pit stops by the Ferrari crew.

01:54:52And as Haakonen comes in for his stop,

01:54:54Schumacher goes back to the lead and is never headed.

01:54:57We will see you in two weeks

01:54:58at the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

01:55:00For Derek Bell and Peter Windsor, I'm Mike Joy.

01:55:02So long from Monza.

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