2003 German GP Saturday Qualifying

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The Saturday Qualifying session for Round 12 of the 2003 F1 season at Hockenheim.

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00:00:30Hello and welcome to Speed Channel's coverage of final qualifying for the 12th round of the

00:00:37Formula One World Championship. It is the German Grand Prix this weekend. I'm Rick DeBruhl. Joining

00:00:42me as always, David Hobbs, Steve Matchett, and this guy, Nicholas Chiesa, the new kid on the

00:00:46block. We'll talk more about him in just a moment, but David, why don't you take us around the

00:00:50circuit before he gets there with the Porsche track map? Well, the Hockenheim Ring has been

00:00:54very different the last two years, much shorter than it used to be at 2.8 miles. We've got 17

00:00:58turns in there. The stadium where the checkered flag is, go down to turn one, very fast right

00:01:03hander. Then the whole circuit's four short. And turn six is where you're going to see all the

00:01:07overtaking action tomorrow. But the speed these days is from 12 through 17. The car's got a lot

00:01:13more downpours now than they used to have because they haven't got the long straight. So a lot of

00:01:16action in there. And of course, that's the stadium where everybody's watching.

00:01:22And right now, everybody's watching Villeneuve in the garage as he watches, the guy out on the

00:01:27track, Nicholas Chiesa. Nicholas Chiesa, who likely would have been qualifying first out

00:01:33anyway today. But the reason he's really out there today is because his car stopped as he

00:01:39pulled out on the track for his very first Formula One qualifying run yesterday. Apparently,

00:01:44he said it was, I guess, the stall control. Didn't quite have it figured out. And as a result,

00:01:47he stalled. Yep. And Paul Stollard looking a bit stalled at that note. Nicholas Chiesa,

00:01:51of course, standing in for Justin Wilson, who's moved up to the Jaguar team. So a great day for

00:01:56Justin Wilson. And a great day for Nicholas Chiesa, too, if he could make it stick.

00:02:02Nicholas Chiesa, who has been running Formula 3000 this year and has now finally moved up

00:02:07to Formula One, as David was just mentioning, by the fact that Justin Wilson's moved up to

00:02:12the Jaguar. And the rumor has it that he's brought about a million dollars in Danish Peugeot

00:02:17money along with him.

00:02:18So Nicholas Chiesa starts his very first qualifying lap for Formula One. And all Chiesa really needs

00:02:29to achieve here is just take it nice and steady, put the car back in one piece and put it on

00:02:36the grid. Don't make any mistakes. He did have one test day at Fiorano before. Even though they

00:02:47were in the middle of a testing band, he was allowed to go out and spend a day at Fiorano

00:02:53running around, getting used to the car. Imagine coming to this track if you had not had that

00:02:57opportunity.

00:02:59Boy, that would be a pretty stout track these days. And it's very, very hot today. The terrific

00:03:05temperature, right about 90 degrees. Track temperatures up around about the 130 mark. And it's humid.

00:03:16So it's a stern test. The race will be a really stern test tomorrow. Now he's into the stadium

00:03:20section. This is the Saks curve. Tight left-hander. And as you can see, that's where all the people

00:03:27are watching.

00:03:27Yeah, the stadium section is a really nice area where everybody, that's where all the

00:03:36main grandstands are located. Even back in the days, a 119.174, which for what it's worth

00:03:43is faster than he ran in the last practice session.

00:03:46And I would expect pole is going to be round about, you don't know how much fuel these guys

00:03:53are carrying, but it's going to be round about the 15, high 14, low 15.

00:03:58Chiesa in the 50-minute warm-up session didn't set a time. He was doing a lot of in-out laps,

00:04:05six in-out laps going out, doing one lap and back in without actually crossing the timing

00:04:10beam. And the mechanics and the engineers working to get him comfortable in the car just before

00:04:13this one lap special.

00:04:16In fact, he only did four laps in the last practice session. Jacques Villeneuve out on

00:04:22the track right now, the BAR.

00:04:25Looking a bit twitchy through turn one. In fact, he spun there yesterday, which is why

00:04:29he is going second today.

00:04:33A lot of discussion about his future in Formula One, whether he's going to be back next year

00:04:38and whether he'll be back with this team.

00:04:39In fact, there was a big powwow where they were discussing whether or not they're really

00:04:45giving his car enough effort.

00:04:49Well, easy for him to say, but of course, he's one of the highest paid drivers in Formula

00:04:52One and the team is not doing well.

00:04:55And it's one of those situations where one has to say what is wrong with his picture.

00:05:00Villeneuve not having very good results.

00:05:02Generally speaking, he's got as quick as his young teammate Jenson Button this year and

00:05:08getting paid a huge amount of money and a lot of angling to maybe try and get rid of

00:05:13him.

00:05:13Yeah, it's difficult.

00:05:15There's a lot of politics in Formula One.

00:05:17We all know that.

00:05:19Early on, it seemed highly unlikely that he would be back at all.

00:05:22And now at least there have been some rumors that, you know, assuming he's willing to be

00:05:25paid, you know, $500 a race or some meager amount that B.A.R. would be willing to have

00:05:30him back.

00:05:37A bit ragged at times, but Jacques Villeneuve easily knocks Nicolas Chiesa off the top spot

00:05:43by more than two seconds.

00:05:44David Richards looked like he was fairly satisfied with that time as well.

00:05:48It'll be interesting to see how that holds up as the course of the whole day goes along.

00:05:51It's a 117.090.

00:05:54Has Jacques Villeneuve atop the charts for a brief time?

00:05:58We'll come back with more qualifying from Hockenheim in just a moment.

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00:06:17Welcome back to qualifying at Hockenheim.

00:06:22German fans out in force because they've got plenty of drivers to root for in the Schumacher

00:06:27brothers.

00:06:28Nick Heitfeld, Heinz-Herrl Prensen.

00:06:30For right now on our track, it is a minority, Jas Verstappen.

00:06:36He should be able to out-qualify his new teammate, Nicholas Chiesa, pretty easily, having had a lot

00:06:42of Formula One experience.

00:06:47Yep.

00:06:48Verstappen made his debut in the sport in 1994.

00:06:51This will be his 103rd start.

00:06:53It's hard to believe that he's had 103rd, this will be his 103rd Grand Prix.

00:06:56He got his break in Formula One by virtue of JJ Leto's awful accident at Silverstone when

00:07:02he signed to Banneton, broke JJ Leto's neck.

00:07:07And Verstappen was signed on to Banneton as the test driver.

00:07:10Because of that situation, he was elevated straight into the race car, dumped straight

00:07:15into Formula One, and I think he did a pretty stout job, I have to say, in 94.

00:07:21And you were there, right with him.

00:07:24He was my man, yeah.

00:07:26Well, it might explain why in 102 Grand Prix, you can't drop your guard for a second, can

00:07:34you?

00:07:35Boy, he sets you up and just throws you on the rocks.

00:07:38And of course, this is also where he had that, both he and you together had that infamous

00:07:44pit stop with the flame-on special where it caught fire in the pits and very brief but

00:07:51spectacular fire.

00:07:55Second fastest, 119.023, and only about a tenth and a half faster than Nicolas Chiesa,

00:08:02which is kind of surprising.

00:08:03Nicolas Chiesa must be pretty happy with that, the amount of time he's had in the car to be

00:08:06less than a tenth slower than the Ausverstappen.

00:08:09Yeah, Chiesa's time at 119.174.

00:08:13There's Verstappen's time just popped up on the screen there, 19.023.

00:08:17So, a pretty stout job.

00:08:23Kimi Räikkönen just using one of the airlines in the McLaren garage to cool his

00:08:28something self down a little bit.

00:08:31Where are you going with that?

00:08:32Yeah, I was going to say, where are you going with that?

00:08:33Giancarlo Fisichella in the Jordan.

00:08:37I think it's time to move on, gentlemen.

00:08:38Giancarlo Fisichella in the Jordan.

00:08:42What a year.

00:08:42You know, he's only qualified in the top ten twice this year, I believe.

00:08:47He's got that victory from Brazil.

00:08:49A lot of talk about the fact that he had to renegotiate his contract with Eddie Jordan

00:08:54and that basically he went from being paid ten million.

00:08:57I think he's only actually gotten a couple million of that, and I think they've even allowed

00:09:00him to sell some of the signage on the car, trying to make up the excess money.

00:09:07Eddie Jordan was supposed to have an option on him for next year, and that's likely to disappear.

00:09:11Yeah, well, Giancarlo Fisichella 16.6.

00:09:16He has set the fastest first sector time of the day so far.

00:09:19Prior to that, it was Jacques Villeneuve of the 16.8, so already point toe up on Villeneuve's

00:09:23time in the first sector.

00:09:27Well, Fisichella also a lot of races under his belt.

00:09:30This will be 119th start.

00:09:31Got one win under it, and that, of course, was the Brazilian race this year,

00:09:34which was a somewhat fortunate thing in that wet-dry issue at the end there, but nevertheless,

00:09:40Fisichella always reckoned to be one of the best drivers out there, but has not been able

00:09:44to showcase his talent very well in the last couple of years with the teams he's been driving with.

00:09:50Once again, only qualified the top ten twice this year.

00:09:53Did it in Austria, did it in Brazil.

00:09:54Brazil, of course, turned into a victory after the complications with weather and accidents

00:09:59at the end of the race.

00:10:00Fisichella came away with his one and only victory.

00:10:04Now let's see if he can knock off Jacques Villeneuve.

00:10:07He does it.

00:10:07There you go.

00:10:09Yeah, fastest third sector time of the day as well.

00:10:1224 dead.

00:10:13It was a 24-1 on Villeneuve.

00:10:15Did not set the fastest second sector, but nevertheless, first and third top of the timesheet so far.

00:10:21Well, that is a really good run for Fisichella, who really, by the way things are going this

00:10:26year, certainly should not be quicker than Jacques Villeneuve, but on these qualifying

00:10:30days on Saturday now, you never know what these guys are carrying in terms of fuel.

00:10:35Well, this is interesting.

00:10:36When you look at his practice time from the third session, he ran a 117.583.

00:10:42Now, a lot of times we'll see the times drop because of the fuel load that they're throwing

00:10:46on there, but this time he's improved by almost a second, about eight-tenths of a second.

00:10:51So Eddie must be pretty happy with that.

00:10:59Next man out on the track is Jordan number two, this one belonging to Ralph Fuhrman.

00:11:06Ralph Fuhrman was slower this morning than Fisichella, but yesterday he was actually a

00:11:10hair quicker.

00:11:11Only one time this year has Furman out-qualified Giancarlo Fisichella.

00:11:33I'd like to see if he could do it again, I'm sure.

00:11:37It's a long time.

00:11:41Brown, tight hairpin, the spitz curve, there's the cable camera, shot we're getting right

00:11:46there, and the car just simply outpowers the cable camera.

00:11:51Now, into the stadium, Section One.

00:11:58And these guys have got an engine update as well.

00:12:01This race, a lot of the teams have been working on engine updates for this track.

00:12:04See, traditionally it used to be, this part of the season for this race, an absolute out-and-out horsepower track for those long straights.

00:12:13The team's still working to get as much horsepower around here, but it's nowhere near as quick as it used to be.

00:12:19Well, Ralph Furman isn't going to be quicker than his teammate today.

00:12:21He was quicker yesterday, but I don't think today he's going to end the probably third.

00:12:25Indeed, that's what he gets, and he'll move both of the Minardis down a notch.

00:12:29So is Giancarlo Fisichella in Jordan number one, who's fastest?

00:12:32Jacques Villeneuve is second fast for the time being.

00:12:35This man, Ralph Furman, has moved his way into third.

00:12:41Furman's tied.

00:12:45The Jordan team looking on fairly legmatic look on all their faces there.

00:12:51No visible signs of elation or joy.

00:12:55A little lock up here as he comes into the sacks curve, are we at?

00:12:59Unlike Fisichella, who easily outdid his time from the third session, Ralph Furman only very slightly improved his time.

00:13:06What you were talking about at the top of the show, David, when we're looking at the track map, that the cars are actually quicker now because of the circuit modifications through the tight interfield section by virtue of the fact that they are running more downforce on the car.

00:13:20In the old days, old days, only up to a couple of years ago, with those long straights, the teams had to trim the downforce off.

00:13:26They had no choice because it would really just take too much of that straight line speed away with the drag.

00:13:32These cars generate a huge amount of drag, which is the absolute negative effect of the airflow and over the car.

00:13:38So you want to take that away down the straights, but by virtue of they're not having to use those straights any longer, the teams can crank a little more downforce on the car, and that helps the car nail it to the track through those infield sections.

00:13:49About 15% quicker now than they used to be through the stadium.

00:13:52Which is a huge amount.

00:13:53It is.

00:13:54Yeah.

00:13:55Used to be a spectacular track where they would, as Kimmy continues to cool himself down, it was great where they'd blast through the forest sections.

00:14:02It was almost like having two totally different tracks for the drivers.

00:14:05We're going to take a brief break.

00:14:07We'll come back, and Christiana DeMotta will head out on the track with his Toyota.

00:14:11Don't go away.

00:14:24Welcome back to Speed Channel's coverage.

00:14:26You're qualifying for the German Grand Prix.

00:14:28Christiana DeMotta out on the track right now.

00:14:30DeMotta, who was the leader at Silverstone, led 17 laps as a result of all the changes that took place in the odd pit stop sequence.

00:14:40Not bad, though, leading 17 laps through the very first season of Formula One.

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00:15:07And DeMotta starts his lap.

00:15:10Christiana DeMotta yesterday had the unfortunate privilege of being the slowest missed in the runner out there.

00:15:14But I'm not sure whether Christiana has been here before.

00:15:20He might have been, but it would have been at least six or seven years ago.

00:15:25Yeah, which would have been the old configuration of the course.

00:15:27Yeah, it would have been completely...

00:15:28Exactly, that's right.

00:15:29And he did say afterwards in some of the post-race, post-qualifying interviews yesterday,

00:15:34that he sort of made a lot of mistakes on this track.

00:15:40He was 13th fastest in the last practice session.

00:15:4416.7 through sector one, which would actually put him in second spot so far

00:15:54if he was going to continue that through the whole three sectors.

00:15:59Wow, now look at that, big drop for him.

00:16:04Almost a half a second faster than Giancarlo Fisichella.

00:16:10Seems very likely that DeMotta is going to be back at Toyota next year.

00:16:14They've been very happy with him this year.

00:16:16There was some talk early on that he wasn't living up to their expectations,

00:16:18but when you figure...

00:16:19Oh, crikey!

00:16:22And he's still...

00:16:24Oh, man, that was scary.

00:16:26Talk about a heart stopper.

00:16:29Just talking about living up to expectations, and he almost...

00:16:32There you were.

00:16:33Wrote the whole thing off right there.

00:16:35Oh, my God.

00:16:35That would have been a...

00:16:36That, of course, is because of that downforce that Steve was talking about.

00:16:40They're coming out of here much quicker than they used to.

00:16:43There we go.

00:16:43Oh, talk about a tank slap.

00:16:45Look at that rubbery left on the road.

00:16:47The engineers yesterday were saying that this corner right here

00:16:51becomes a logical extension of the track.

00:16:53Well...

00:16:54It only becomes a logical extension of the track

00:16:57if the drivers keep pinching it.

00:17:00And you can only pinch it so far before it'll bite you.

00:17:03Boy, it had quite a bit of understeer, you know, going into it.

00:17:06You could see it as he came in, and then it took him a bit too wide,

00:17:09but...

00:17:10Phew!

00:17:10Boy, oh, boy.

00:17:12Great recovery.

00:17:13A very good recovery, which makes him faster so far than 16.5.

00:17:17I guess without that, it would have been probably about a 16.41,

00:17:21something like that.

00:17:21So, this is something we've talked about in the past,

00:17:24but if they made the curbs a little steeper,

00:17:28like they did at Magna Corp,

00:17:29where we saw those new curbs that put very tall outer shoulders on them,

00:17:32it stops the drivers doing that,

00:17:34and really, the drivers have to stay true to the course layout,

00:17:38and that is the bit in between the white lines.

00:17:41You keep pinching it.

00:17:42Why?

00:17:43As any driver would ask, why?

00:17:45Well, you can get to a point where you can cut off the entire stadium section,

00:17:49just simply hop straight over the grass and miss it out.

00:17:51You know, we have to follow the track.

00:17:54Well, a little adventure for Cristiano De Mata,

00:17:56but fortunately, he survives it and comes across the line.

00:17:59Right now, he's the fastest qualifier out there,

00:18:01not likely to hold on to that spot for too long.

00:18:05De Mata's time, 1.16, 5.50, as you say, Rick,

00:18:09first is time of the day.

00:18:11And a Michelin runner, of course, De Mata.

00:18:15A second quicker than he was this morning.

00:18:19Well, he said he was making mistakes yesterday,

00:18:21and he did very well up until that last turn today.

00:18:24About the same as he did yesterday.

00:18:26A little bit, in fact, a fraction slower than he did yesterday

00:18:28in the provisional qualifying.

00:18:30And speaking of a fraction slower,

00:18:32it is Nick Heifeld in the Sauber right now,

00:18:34and he is about a second off the pace that Cristiano De Mata set.

00:18:39Cristiano De Mata set the fastest second sector time of the day so far

00:18:44with a 35.6.

00:18:46Nick Heifeld is fourth.

00:18:47He's going to move Ralph Furman,

00:18:50and the Oscar stopping down his slot.

00:18:51But meanwhile, Cristiano De Mata will hold on to the number one spot

00:18:55for the time being.

00:18:56And you have to think, ultimately,

00:18:57that might have been a pretty fast time

00:18:59if he could have held on to that last turn.

00:19:01We'll take a brief break,

00:19:02and we'll come back with more qualifying from Germany right after this.

00:19:06Back at the Hockenheim ring,

00:19:12where qualifying is underway for the German Grand Prix.

00:19:16Nick Heifeld in the Sauber qualified just a few moments ago.

00:19:19Next up will be his teammate, Heinz-Herald Frensen.

00:19:23Both of whom we hear are under the gun from this man, Peter Sauber,

00:19:27who's not looking very happy.

00:19:29Although I don't know if you can really blame these two guys.

00:19:30Well, of course, that's my point.

00:19:32I mean, who knows?

00:19:33The car, the whole combination has gone downhill rapidly this year,

00:19:37and part of their woes are bound to be the tyre.

00:19:41Yeah.

00:19:44Well, we were going to ride on board there with you for a moment,

00:19:47but the moment has passed.

00:19:49Well, I was talking about De Mata being on the Michelins.

00:19:52Here are the temperatures, look.

00:19:53Air temperature at 90.

00:19:55Track temperature's at 118 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:19:59That's 48 degrees Celsius.

00:20:00About half the temperature that will boil water.

00:20:04Well, the feeling up and down the paddock is that Michelin, again,

00:20:08if it stops like this, they will have the tyre of the day.

00:20:11And certainly yesterday's practice times confirmed that.

00:20:13It was pretty much a 50-50 clean split day between Bridgestone and Michelin runners.

00:20:18Yeah, when you say 50-50, the top 50% are on Michelin,

00:20:21the bottom 50% are on Bridgestone.

00:20:23We're on Bridgestone, yeah.

00:20:24We're watching Frenzen now on the Sauber of Bridgestone's shop team,

00:20:28but I don't think these tyres are just not going to be able to do the job.

00:20:34And Cristiano De Mata's time there at 116.550,

00:20:36so really an indication of the quality of those, to say, Michelin tyres.

00:20:42This is right on the look of Frenzen.

00:20:43He's going to be really neck and neck with his teammate.

00:20:47He could, his time is very comparable to Nick Hyde,

00:20:50but it all depends how he gets to these last three or four corners.

00:20:52Just displaces him.

00:21:04So Heinzel Frenzen will get fourth and knock Nick Heidfeld down to fifth.

00:21:08Well, in fact, he ended up nearly half a second quick, his fourth tenths quick,

00:21:11so pretty good time for Heinzel,

00:21:13but Peter Sauber not looking exactly ecstatic about it,

00:21:16and I think Frenzen and Heidfeld getting a bit of a load of flack here from Peter Sauber

00:21:21and I don't think it's really...

00:21:23I think the car engine package has definitely gone down,

00:21:27despite the fact they got last year's Ferrari engine gearbox.

00:21:29They've had a lot of reliability problems.

00:21:33Well, it wasn't that long ago that they were talking about how great Nick Heidfeld was doing,

00:21:36you know, raising the bar for Sauber,

00:21:38and that suddenly he's now the problem.

00:21:40It just doesn't make a lot of sense.

00:21:42It certainly could be one of those times where they add another driver

00:21:44and the results don't change one bit.

00:21:49Now then, Jensen Button takes the track.

00:21:52Jacques Villeneuve has already qualified.

00:21:54He ran a 1.17.090 in the first BAR,

00:21:59and now it is BAR number two with Jensen Button.

00:22:01Jensen Button had a great race, whoa, two weeks ago in England

00:22:04when his suspension broke during his qualifying run there,

00:22:08so he had to start from the back.

00:22:14Honda's involvement with BAR just seems to keep growing and growing.

00:22:18I was hearing the other day in testing that the Honda engineers are now developing their own gearbox internals,

00:22:24the gear ratios that put inside the BAR transmission.

00:22:27Honda engineers working on that as well,

00:22:29and this is all beginning to seem to me that this is probably a prelude to Honda possibly forming their own team,

00:22:36or at some point, probably a couple of years down the road,

00:22:39making an offer to buy the entire BAR operation and turn it into Honda Racing.

00:22:45Well, his first sector was a bit disappointed, to say the least, I'd say.

00:22:48He's probably three-tenths slower than Cristiano de Mata.

00:22:53Still not, he could end up, he could end up third.

00:22:59He's actually just a little bit slower than his teammates at this point.

00:23:01Cristiano de Mata had a second sector of 35.6,

00:23:09and Jenson Button has his is 36.4 tenths slower.

00:23:14Jenson just hanging on to this lap.

00:23:16Yeah.

00:23:17Six.

00:23:18Wow.

00:23:18Not a very good qualifying time for Jenson Button at all.

00:23:21Yeah, that's behind Nick Heidfeld and Heinz-Herald Frensen.

00:23:24And exactly, almost exactly a second slower than his teammate,

00:23:27which is not what he or David Richards, who we just saw there briefly, were wanting.

00:23:33Goes very wide here in the stadium.

00:23:35Oops.

00:23:36That he's up a couple of tenths right there.

00:23:39Makes for a nice arc.

00:23:40Yeah.

00:23:41That really was pinching a bit too much, wasn't it?

00:23:47Goes back to the David Hobbs anti-gravel area.

00:23:51Yeah, that used to be gravel, and obviously significantly better as asphalt.

00:23:55Well, yeah, and all the Formula 1 drivers are with you on that, David.

00:23:59Have we been saying that's what we want?

00:24:01We love it.

00:24:02More of that, please.

00:24:04All right, first of the major players is going to be coming up in a moment.

00:24:07That is going to be David Coulthard in the McLaren.

00:24:11Well, of course, apart from taking a bit more road like that,

00:24:13when you spin, the car stops so much quicker on the aft arm than it does in the gravel,

00:24:19through which it tends to bounce and fly.

00:24:21David Coulthard having a bit of a lackluster weekend so far.

00:24:24David has been quick to admit that he has not been good at these Saturday qualifying sessions,

00:24:30and right now he's just a notch slower than Christiana De Mata,

00:24:34which makes you think, boy, De Mata's time,

00:24:36how nice it would have been if he could have held on to that last turn.

00:24:38Yeah.

00:24:38Yeah, I think he lost probably tenth and a half, two tenths there.

00:24:45Coulthard is out in the spare car by virtue of the fact that during the last session,

00:25:06last practice session, he spun and ended up in the tire barrier.

00:25:09His first two sectors so far are absolutely neck and neck with Christiana De Mata.

00:25:17And if he can hang on in his last turn, one would assume that he should come out faster.

00:25:25Let's see how he does across the line.

00:25:27Can't beat Christiana De Mata.

00:25:31David Coulthard is second fastest.

00:25:33His third sector was pretty slow.

00:25:36And the third sector really is in the entire infield section there,

00:25:40what they call the stadiums.

00:25:41It's 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

00:25:45There again with the McLaren and David Coulthard in particular,

00:25:50you never know what their race strategy is going to be tomorrow.

00:25:54And obviously today the qualifying speed is set somewhat by their race strategy

00:25:58because it depends how much fuel they've got on board.

00:26:00Well, you can see the heat haze coming off the tarmac.

00:26:02Yeah, it is hot.

00:26:04In the last couple of weeks,

00:26:05there's been a lot of speculation about David Coulthard's future

00:26:07as to whether he was going to be back at McLaren or not.

00:26:09Now things seem to be settling down

00:26:11and everybody seems to be assuming that he will be back.

00:26:13Although, as we were joking,

00:26:15Formula One contracts written in stone are easily crushed.

00:26:20Yeah, written in sandstone.

00:26:22You can easily describe over the top of that, can't you?

00:26:23115 degrees now.

00:26:25Look, track temperature, so a drop of three degrees.

00:26:27That will help a tad with engine performance.

00:26:31I don't think it really is enough to affect tire performance,

00:26:34but once the temperature starts to drop a little bit

00:26:37and the air becomes more dense,

00:26:39there's more oxygen per cubic foot of air.

00:26:43The device there that Räikkönen is using

00:26:45to cool himself down there,

00:26:46we saw that air hose,

00:26:49it's designed to slip over the axle stub

00:26:51and then they put the wheel nut onto the top of it

00:26:54and it blows air through the brake duct,

00:26:57through the axle, through the brake duct

00:26:58and through the cooling vents and the disc

00:26:59to try and dissipate some of the heat build-up

00:27:01in the brake disc

00:27:02once they bring the car back in after a run.

00:27:04I'm sure it keeps all those bear engines cool too, doesn't it?

00:27:07Absolutely.

00:27:08And it keeps a driver cool on occasion.

00:27:11A multi-purpose tool, as the case may be.

00:27:14You saw the course workers out there

00:27:16clearing off all the debris

00:27:17that the drivers have been adding to the track

00:27:19slowly but surely.

00:27:21Meanwhile, Olivier Panisse is going to be up next.

00:27:23We're going to take a quick break

00:27:26and when we come back,

00:27:27see Toyota number two

00:27:29as it qualifies out on the track.

00:27:31Be right back with more in just a moment.

00:27:33Does Bernie Ecclestone know about this guy?

00:27:42He does now.

00:27:43Back at Germany where we got fans

00:27:45climbing the trees to get whatever view they can

00:27:48of the German Grand Prix.

00:27:51Bernie knows about him.

00:27:52He's probably charged him for that tree.

00:27:54That's Pierre Depasquier,

00:27:56the head of Michelin there,

00:27:57talking with the Toyota engineers.

00:28:00It's Obey Anderson there,

00:28:01the vice president of the Toyota race.

00:28:03And because Cristiano de Mata

00:28:05still sitting on top of the timesheets

00:28:07of P1 at the moment.

00:28:09And oh, what might have been

00:28:10if he hadn't gone off.

00:28:11We'll talk about that more coming up.

00:28:12But don't forget,

00:28:13later this morning,

00:28:14we'll have coverage of the eighth round

00:28:16of the International Formula 3000 Championship.

00:28:18That's also going to be from Germany as well.

00:28:21Coverage will begin an hour later than usual.

00:28:23It's going to be at 10.30

00:28:24in the morning Eastern time.

00:28:26Jorn Vertheim can actually clinch

00:28:28the Drivers' Championship today,

00:28:29so you won't want to miss it.

00:28:30Once again,

00:28:31that's one hour later than normal

00:28:32at 10.30 in the morning Eastern time,

00:28:35only here on speed.

00:28:41Olivier Panisse will be out next,

00:28:43but then it's going to be this guy right here,

00:28:44Michael Schumacher.

00:28:47There goes Olivier Panisse

00:28:48out in the car.

00:28:50We have had another rise in temperature.

00:28:52Look at that now.

00:28:53Temperature, 120 degrees.

00:28:5586.

00:28:56No wonder Kimi Räikkönen

00:28:57is suffering, David,

00:28:58with that heat we were saying earlier on.

00:29:00Now, the guys from Finland,

00:29:01they're really not used

00:29:02to this sort of heat at all, are they?

00:29:03That is blinding temperature.

00:29:05And it's fairly humid.

00:29:06The humidity is only supposed

00:29:07to be around about the 35% mark,

00:29:09but it feels a lot hotter than that.

00:29:13It feels a lot more humid sticking out.

00:29:15Maybe Coulthard striding back

00:29:17after his qualifying run

00:29:18where he is second so far.

00:29:21Clearly Toyota

00:29:21has been doing a lot of work

00:29:23overnight on the cars.

00:29:24Remember yesterday when we were doing

00:29:25the provisional qualifying show

00:29:27we were saying that they were running

00:29:27the car a little bit too low.

00:29:28We could see it bottoming it out

00:29:29an awful lot.

00:29:31Sparks being thrown up

00:29:32by the titanium skids

00:29:34and the, for want of a better word,

00:29:36wooden plank underneath.

00:29:37It's not really made of wood any longer.

00:29:39It's more of a composite material.

00:29:41But Toyota have obviously

00:29:42done a good job,

00:29:43looked at all the data

00:29:44and I think just lifted

00:29:45that car up a little bit.

00:29:47It's so clearly paying off.

00:29:49But a lot of it

00:29:50must be down

00:29:51to the quality of the run.

00:29:54Olivier Panisse

00:29:55who's out warming up right now

00:29:57this morning

00:29:57in the final practice session

00:30:00had a 117.169.

00:30:02Now his teammate,

00:30:03Cristiano de Mata

00:30:04is more than half a second

00:30:06faster than that

00:30:07a little while ago

00:30:08when he qualified.

00:30:11Once again,

00:30:12they're all playing

00:30:13with various fuel loads.

00:30:14You don't quite know

00:30:15how equal all the cars are

00:30:16but the benchmark

00:30:18for the time being

00:30:18it is the very first Toyota

00:30:20that qualified,

00:30:20Cristiano de Mata.

00:30:21Now it's Olivier Panisse

00:30:23out there

00:30:23trying to see

00:30:23if he can knock him off.

00:30:25Olivier Panisse

00:30:26should out-qualify

00:30:28his teammate.

00:30:29A lot more experience

00:30:30in Formula 1

00:30:31and that's for Dead Shore

00:30:32and has at least

00:30:34raced here once before

00:30:35unlike his teammate.

00:30:36And look at that,

00:30:37he's two thousandths

00:30:38of a second quicker

00:30:39in that first sector.

00:30:40Down to the hairpin.

00:30:45The only real

00:30:46overtaking spot here.

00:30:49Good piece of action

00:30:50there later on

00:30:51this morning

00:30:52in the Formula 3000

00:30:53on the opening lap.

00:30:54Watch out for that turn.

00:30:57There was the car

00:30:58grounding out

00:30:59a little bit there

00:30:59but they've all been

00:31:00doing that.

00:31:01There's quite an undulation

00:31:03on the track

00:31:04at that point

00:31:04and seeing a lot of

00:31:05cars bottoming out

00:31:06and all in all

00:31:07this car is working

00:31:08significantly better

00:31:09than it was yesterday.

00:31:10But they run in

00:31:13a lot of wing

00:31:13on the back.

00:31:15See those

00:31:16three elements there

00:31:17so that'll help

00:31:18them through that stadium

00:31:19such we talked

00:31:19about before

00:31:20and because they've

00:31:21got a huge amount

00:31:22of grunt

00:31:22from this Toyota engine

00:31:23they can afford

00:31:25to run it.

00:31:27Alright, Olivier Panisse

00:31:28coming around.

00:31:29Pretty easy

00:31:30by the leveling.

00:31:32Bingo.

00:31:32Indeed, by half a second

00:31:34but once again

00:31:35you have to remember

00:31:35how the big mistake

00:31:36that DeMotta made

00:31:38in that final turn

00:31:38that probably cost

00:31:39from usually

00:31:39three or four tenths

00:31:41of a second.

00:31:41Yeah, but he was

00:31:42two tenths up

00:31:44Rick.

00:31:4535.4 in sector two

00:31:47which is the quickest

00:31:47time of the day

00:31:48so far

00:31:49and DeMotta's time

00:31:4934, 35, 6

00:31:51so two tenths up

00:31:52in the middle section.

00:31:53And I think

00:31:54probably Panisse

00:31:55carrying just a tad

00:31:56more downforce

00:31:57on the rear

00:31:58of that car

00:31:58to help him

00:31:59through that section.

00:32:00Well that is a good

00:32:01time from Olivier Panisse.

00:32:03What did he do

00:32:04this morning?

00:32:04He did a 17.1

00:32:06this morning

00:32:06in the free practice

00:32:08yesterday afternoon

00:32:09qualifying.

00:32:11He did a 15.4

00:32:13so obviously

00:32:13he's carrying more fuel

00:32:14than he was yesterday

00:32:15and the car

00:32:15looks better.

00:32:16Yeah.

00:32:17Alright,

00:32:17you hear all

00:32:18those air horns?

00:32:24Those horns

00:32:24are not

00:32:25for the Toyota

00:32:26they're for this guy

00:32:28right here

00:32:29Michael Schumacher

00:32:30This is not

00:32:35where you normally

00:32:35see Michael Schumacher

00:32:36qualify

00:32:37in the middle of the field

00:32:37he usually runs last

00:32:39on these Saturday

00:32:40the crowd

00:32:40going absolutely

00:32:42wild.

00:32:48and he has started

00:32:50his qualifying lap

00:32:51and he's working

00:32:53at the wheel there.

00:32:53He was working

00:32:54at the wheel there.

00:32:55I think he lost

00:32:55a bit of time

00:32:56going there.

00:32:59Still a tenth off

00:33:00on Panisse.

00:33:02Now yesterday afternoon

00:33:03Schumacher and Barrichello

00:33:04were both quick

00:33:05in that first sector

00:33:06and they lost out badly

00:33:07in these last two sectors.

00:33:12No camera on the rail there.

00:33:16Again,

00:33:17Ferrari are running

00:33:18significant amount

00:33:19of downfalls

00:33:19on the car

00:33:20look at the rear wing

00:33:20configurations

00:33:21that should help

00:33:22them right here

00:33:23he was quickest

00:33:23through sector one

00:33:25of course

00:33:2516.6

00:33:2616.7

00:33:27was Panisse's time

00:33:28through sector one

00:33:29and not faster

00:33:34than Olivier Panisse

00:33:35at this point in time.

00:33:36This is not

00:33:37what the Ferrari

00:33:37would expect

00:33:38to be slower

00:33:38than Toyota

00:33:39and Olivier Panisse

00:33:40and Schumacher

00:33:41has admitted

00:33:42he's never quite

00:33:43been able to figure

00:33:43this track out

00:33:44he's only qualified

00:33:45in the pole here

00:33:46once

00:33:46that was last year

00:33:47and now

00:33:48as he comes around

00:33:49is he going

00:33:49to be able

00:33:49to beat the Toyota

00:33:50can he gain

00:33:54in that last sector

00:33:55yes he managed

00:33:57to make it faster

00:33:58in the last sector

00:33:58he comes away

00:34:00with the

00:34:00momentary pole

00:34:02boy oh boy

00:34:03I suspect

00:34:04it is momentary

00:34:05because we've got

00:34:06Rubens Barrichello

00:34:09coming up next

00:34:10who suspected him

00:34:11yesterday

00:34:11but then we have

00:34:12Raikkonen

00:34:13Alonso Weber

00:34:14Trulli Montoya

00:34:14and Schumacher

00:34:15all of whom

00:34:16have been quicker

00:34:16than Michael Schumacher

00:34:17so far

00:34:18and in fact

00:34:19if he doesn't

00:34:19improve this position

00:34:20this would be

00:34:21his worst qualifying

00:34:23for Ferrari ever

00:34:24we'll be right

00:34:25back in just a moment

00:34:26from Germany

00:34:27back at Germany

00:34:32Michael Schumacher

00:34:33just a few moments

00:34:34ago qualifying

00:34:34for the race

00:34:35here at Hockenheim

00:34:36still searching

00:34:37for the ever

00:34:38elusive 50th victory

00:34:40for Ferrari

00:34:42for Michael

00:34:44meanwhile

00:34:46he's going to have

00:34:48a hard time

00:34:48getting it this weekend

00:34:49because he's going

00:34:50to be starting

00:34:50potentially from the

00:34:51middle of the track

00:34:52there is his teammate

00:34:56Rubens Barrichello

00:34:56and the sister

00:34:57F2003 G8

00:34:59to start his lap

00:35:00the winner

00:35:02at Silverstone

00:35:02two weeks ago

00:35:03very different line

00:35:07through there

00:35:08than his teammate

00:35:08Barrichello

00:35:10quickest

00:35:11of the day

00:35:12through the first

00:35:13set to 16-5

00:35:14remember this is the track

00:35:23where he got his

00:35:23very first victory

00:35:24back in 2000

00:35:26which like his last

00:35:28victory

00:35:29had a protester

00:35:29running out

00:35:30onto the track

00:35:30and which like last

00:35:32week was an

00:35:33absolutely great race

00:35:34he qualified 18th

00:35:36that day

00:35:36and the rain came

00:35:38and well

00:35:39it was a tremendous

00:35:40race for Rubens

00:35:41Barrichello

00:35:41as was last weekend

00:35:43wow

00:35:44look at that

00:35:45a big leap

00:35:46up on his teammate

00:35:4735.3

00:35:48set to turn

00:35:49and he carrying

00:35:50left shield

00:35:51should be

00:35:55comes to the stadium

00:36:01section

00:36:01to finish off

00:36:02the lap

00:36:03and will he knock

00:36:04off his teammate

00:36:04from the fastest

00:36:05position for the day

00:36:06easily

00:36:08by four tenths

00:36:09of a second

00:36:10well done

00:36:13Rubens

00:36:13Barrichello

00:36:14well not even

00:36:15slightly

00:36:16I mean that

00:36:16put a serious

00:36:17period on that

00:36:1816-5

00:36:19sector 1

00:36:1935.3

00:36:21sector 2

00:36:2123.5

00:36:23sector 3

00:36:23all three

00:36:24sector times

00:36:25fastest times

00:36:26of the day

00:36:26so far

00:36:27for Rubens

00:36:28Barrichello

00:36:28and that chassis

00:36:29right

00:36:30that was a 15-4

00:36:31yesterday after

00:36:32Ralph Schumacher

00:36:33did a 1-14-2

00:36:36but of course

00:36:371-14-4

00:36:38but of course

00:36:38today he'll

00:36:39probably have

00:36:39more fuel

00:36:40than he had

00:36:40on board

00:36:40yesterday

00:36:41so this

00:36:41could get

00:36:42down to a

00:36:43very good

00:36:44qualifying position

00:36:45for Rubens

00:36:46Barrichello

00:36:46see Ferrari

00:36:48have had to

00:36:48open up those

00:36:49gills on the

00:36:50bodywork almost

00:36:51to the maximum

00:36:52now to try and

00:36:52help with that

00:36:53engine cooling

00:36:53Rory Byrne always

00:36:55said this car

00:36:56cools very well

00:36:57just like the

00:36:57R23B the

00:36:58Renault chassis

00:36:59dissipates the

00:37:00heat very well

00:37:00which is great

00:37:01for the aerodynamics

00:37:01but all the

00:37:03teams are struggling

00:37:03to dissipate that

00:37:04heat from

00:37:05underneath the

00:37:06bodywork today

00:37:06that's for sure

00:37:07Justin Wilson

00:37:08the new Jaguar

00:37:09driver out on

00:37:10the track

00:37:10and he hasn't

00:37:12done very badly

00:37:13this weekend

00:37:14he's been pretty

00:37:14close to being

00:37:15on the pace

00:37:16with his teammate

00:37:16Mark Webber

00:37:17he's done

00:37:18incredibly well

00:37:19obviously bearing

00:37:20mind this is his

00:37:21first Formula 1

00:37:21season anyway

00:37:23and he didn't

00:37:24race in this

00:37:25configuration last

00:37:26year in Formula

00:37:263000 either

00:37:27last time he ran

00:37:29here was two

00:37:29years ago

00:37:30when they were

00:37:30using the long

00:37:31forest section

00:37:32so the only

00:37:34bit of the track

00:37:35he knows really

00:37:36is the stadium

00:37:37he's not used

00:37:39to the car

00:37:39as well

00:37:40I mean this

00:37:40is the first

00:37:41time the guy

00:37:41has actually

00:37:42sat in the

00:37:42Jaguar

00:37:43as he got

00:37:44to the track

00:37:45fortunately

00:37:47he gets to

00:37:48take part

00:37:48in the private

00:37:49test session

00:37:50on Friday

00:37:50morning

00:37:51which gave

00:37:52him a couple

00:37:52extra hours

00:37:53of running

00:37:53right now

00:38:00he is

00:38:01significantly

00:38:02off the

00:38:02pace

00:38:02of our

00:38:04full sitter

00:38:04Rubens

00:38:05Barrichello

00:38:05he's going

00:38:09to be

00:38:107 to 8

00:38:11unless he

00:38:12picks up

00:38:12a lot

00:38:12for this

00:38:13stadium

00:38:14section

00:38:15man

00:38:21he is

00:38:2410th

00:38:24that is

00:38:25behind

00:38:26Nick

00:38:26Heidfeld

00:38:27Heinz

00:38:28Errol

00:38:28Frensen

00:38:28Jack

00:38:30Villanelle

00:38:30the only

00:38:32person

00:38:33noted

00:38:33in front

00:38:34of him

00:38:34is

00:38:34Jensen

00:38:35Button

00:38:35the Jag

00:38:36team

00:38:36looking a

00:38:36bit

00:38:36disappointed

00:38:37at that

00:38:37no doubt

00:38:39he is

00:38:40too

00:38:40the goal

00:38:42was to

00:38:43bring this

00:38:43guy up

00:38:44and

00:38:44improve

00:38:45the team

00:38:45chance

00:38:46of scoring

00:38:46a few

00:38:46extra

00:38:47points

00:38:47but it's

00:38:48going to be

00:38:48difficult

00:38:49looking that

00:38:49far back

00:38:49we'll be

00:38:50back

00:38:51welcome back

00:39:02qualifying for

00:39:03the German

00:39:03Grand Prix

00:39:04underway

00:39:04Juan Pablo

00:39:05Montoya

00:39:05sitting in

00:39:06the garage

00:39:06standing as

00:39:07the case

00:39:07may be

00:39:08getting ready

00:39:08to go

00:39:09out

00:39:09Justin

00:39:11Wilson

00:39:12qualified

00:39:12just a

00:39:13moment ago

00:39:13in the

00:39:14Jaguar

00:39:14for the

00:39:14first time

00:39:15but now

00:39:15it is

00:39:16Kimi

00:39:16Reikening

00:39:16the guy

00:39:17who's

00:39:18second in

00:39:18points

00:39:19the

00:39:19Drivers

00:39:20Championship

00:39:20this year

00:39:21boy they

00:39:39break late

00:39:39don't they

00:39:40and so

00:39:41far he is

00:39:42not faster

00:39:42than Rubens

00:39:43Barrichello

00:39:43at least

00:39:44in the

00:39:44first

00:39:44second

00:39:44very close

00:40:04to Rubens

00:40:04Barrichello

00:40:05all right

00:40:08can he

00:40:08gain it in

00:40:09this last

00:40:09sector

00:40:09can he figure

00:40:10out a way

00:40:10to take the

00:40:11pole away

00:40:11from Rubens

00:40:12Barrichello

00:40:12at least

00:40:13the provisional

00:40:14pole

00:40:14nice tight

00:40:20line there

00:40:21through that

00:40:21last corner

00:40:22comes across

00:40:23the line

00:40:24not faster

00:40:27than Rubens

00:40:27Barrichello

00:40:28he is second

00:40:29fastest

00:40:29but he is

00:40:31qualifying ahead

00:40:32of Michael

00:40:32Schumacher

00:40:33the guy that

00:40:35he is trailing

00:40:36in the championship

00:40:37right now

00:40:37he is 62

00:40:38points to

00:40:39Michael Schumacher

00:40:3969 points

00:40:41good run

00:40:45from Kimi

00:40:45and I wonder

00:40:46whether or not

00:40:46looking at these

00:40:47times with

00:40:48Barrichello at the

00:40:49top of the list

00:40:50and we were

00:40:50thinking about

00:40:51the performance

00:40:51of the Bridgestone

00:40:52how much fuel

00:40:54are Ferrari

00:40:54going to be

00:40:55running

00:40:55kind of makes

00:40:56me think

00:40:57they must

00:40:57be running

00:40:57very light

00:40:58I wonder

00:40:59whether

00:40:59well could

00:41:01well be

00:41:02Kimi Räikkönen

00:41:02and McLaren

00:41:03thinking we

00:41:03need to get

00:41:04onto the

00:41:04front of the

00:41:05grid if

00:41:05possible

00:41:05to hold

00:41:06up those

00:41:06Ferraris

00:41:07if they

00:41:07think they're

00:41:07on a light

00:41:08strategy

00:41:08three stops

00:41:09we need

00:41:10to control

00:41:11the race

00:41:11from the

00:41:11front of the

00:41:12grid

00:41:12of course

00:41:12everybody

00:41:13wants to

00:41:13get to

00:41:13the front

00:41:13of the

00:41:14grid

00:41:14but

00:41:14they really

00:41:16will have

00:41:16to push

00:41:16that extra

00:41:17tent

00:41:17if they

00:41:18can think

00:41:18they can

00:41:19get ahead

00:41:19of Ferrari

00:41:20and hold

00:41:22we're going

00:41:24to take a

00:41:24brief break

00:41:25Kimi Räikkönen

00:41:25is qualified

00:41:26you see the

00:41:27team not

00:41:27totally excited

00:41:28about that

00:41:29we've got a

00:41:29couple of

00:41:30Renaults

00:41:31up there

00:41:31left

00:41:32we've got

00:41:32the two

00:41:33Williams

00:41:33and Mark

00:41:34Weber

00:41:34don't go

00:41:35wet

00:41:35welcome back

00:41:38to Speed

00:41:38Channel's

00:41:38coverage of

00:41:39qualifying from

00:41:40the German

00:41:40Grand Prix

00:41:41Rick DeBruy

00:41:43David Hobbs

00:41:44Steve Matchett

00:41:45here as

00:41:45Fernando Alonso

00:41:46takes the

00:41:46track

00:41:47Alonso who

00:41:49just turned

00:41:4922 years

00:41:51old

00:41:51won't be

00:41:52able to

00:41:52win a

00:41:53race

00:41:53as a

00:41:5321 year

00:41:54old

00:41:54we kept

00:41:54thinking

00:41:55that might

00:41:55be possible

00:41:56this year

00:41:56but isn't

00:41:57going to

00:41:57happen

00:41:57but he

00:41:57could still

00:41:58be the

00:41:58youngest

00:41:58winner

00:41:59ever

00:41:59because he's

00:42:00at this

00:42:01point still

00:42:02younger than

00:42:02Bruce McLaren

00:42:03who won

00:42:04his first

00:42:05race at

00:42:0522 years

00:42:07and 104

00:42:07days

00:42:08he's got a

00:42:12bit of time

00:42:12left to

00:42:13break that

00:42:14record

00:42:14had a pole

00:42:15this year

00:42:15of course

00:42:15in Malaysia

00:42:16so he is

00:42:18obviously a

00:42:18very quick

00:42:19him and Mark

00:42:20whoever have

00:42:20been the

00:42:21lads of

00:42:21the year

00:42:22there's no doubt

00:42:22about it

00:42:23don't forget

00:42:27coming up

00:42:28tomorrow on

00:42:28Speed Channel

00:42:29is your home

00:42:29for road racing

00:42:30the American

00:42:31Le Mans series

00:42:32invades

00:42:32Tra Riviere

00:42:33we'll have live

00:42:33coverage

00:42:34beginning at

00:42:352.30 in the

00:42:36afternoon

00:42:36eastern time

00:42:37don't forget

00:42:37you won't want

00:42:38to miss the

00:42:38amazing prototypes

00:42:39tearing up

00:42:40the Canadian

00:42:40streets

00:42:41again it's

00:42:42tomorrow at

00:42:422.30 only

00:42:43here on

00:42:43Speed

00:42:44and the

00:42:44Tra Riviere

00:42:45street circuit

00:42:46can be a

00:42:46little bit

00:42:47on the

00:42:48narrow side

00:42:48sometimes

00:42:49when it

00:42:49comes to

00:42:49those big

00:42:50cars going

00:42:50through

00:42:50those big

00:42:51cars going

00:42:52under that

00:42:52bridge there

00:42:52will be

00:42:53absolutely

00:42:53outstanding

00:42:54watching those

00:42:55ALMS cars

00:42:56going through

00:42:56those streets

00:42:57and the Canadian

00:42:58crowd absolutely

00:42:58love that event

00:42:59it's a great

00:42:59event

00:43:00great event

00:43:01to go to

00:43:01it is

00:43:02it's about

00:43:0290 miles

00:43:03or so north

00:43:04of Montreal

00:43:05between Montreal

00:43:06and Quebec

00:43:07City

00:43:07and very pleasant

00:43:09city and they

00:43:09really put on

00:43:10a great show

00:43:11there

00:43:11everybody there

00:43:12loves it

00:43:12and a lot of

00:43:13great fan

00:43:13support

00:43:14meanwhile it

00:43:17is qualifying

00:43:17for the German

00:43:18Grand Prix

00:43:19Fernando Alonso

00:43:20the young

00:43:21stud of the

00:43:22year

00:43:22who's made

00:43:24such a big

00:43:25impression on

00:43:25everybody

00:43:26did a 15-2

00:43:28yesterday in

00:43:28qualifying

00:43:29provision

00:43:29qualifying

00:43:30did a 16-2

00:43:31this morning

00:43:32in practice

00:43:32so he could

00:43:34easily be up

00:43:35there with

00:43:35Rubens Barrichello

00:43:36you're talking

00:43:37about Alonso's

00:43:38possibilities of

00:43:39winning a race

00:43:40and of course

00:43:40you always have to

00:43:41be in the right

00:43:42car at the right

00:43:42time but it's

00:43:43not inconceivable

00:43:44but this is

00:43:44this could well

00:43:45be the right

00:43:46car at the right

00:43:47time the way

00:43:48it's going

00:43:48the performance

00:43:48from this car

00:43:49improves

00:43:50every race

00:43:52and every

00:43:52Tesla

00:43:53Mike Gascoigne

00:43:56the technical

00:43:56director

00:43:57an aerodynamicist

00:43:58really in his

00:43:59own right

00:44:00but he is

00:44:01really jumping

00:44:02up the rankings

00:44:03of engineers

00:44:04that you want

00:44:06on your team

00:44:06and Toyota

00:44:07have apparently

00:44:08put in a

00:44:09huge offer

00:44:10to secure

00:44:11the services

00:44:12of Mike

00:44:13Gascoigne

00:44:13next year

00:44:14however

00:44:15he was going

00:44:16to say

00:44:16despite that

00:44:17he's about

00:44:19half a second

00:44:20slower

00:44:20than Rubens

00:44:21Barrichello

00:44:22yeah

00:44:23a good half

00:44:25second slow

00:44:26because he was

00:44:26slower in the

00:44:27first sector

00:44:27as well

00:44:27so very likely

00:44:29he should end up

00:44:30fourth

00:44:30that would knock

00:44:31Olivier Pannese

00:44:32and the Toyota

00:44:32down

00:44:33let's see what

00:44:33he does

00:44:34oh he's

00:44:35fifth

00:44:36he's going to

00:44:37split the Toyota

00:44:37as he's behind

00:44:38Pannese

00:44:39and just ahead

00:44:39of Cristiano

00:44:40Domada

00:44:40yeah

00:44:4123-9

00:44:42in sector

00:44:42three

00:44:43it's a

00:44:45point

00:44:45four

00:44:45down

00:44:46on

00:44:46Barrichello's

00:44:46time

00:44:47and once

00:44:48again

00:44:48we don't

00:44:49know

00:44:49what kind

00:44:49of fuel

00:44:49loads

00:44:49are running

00:44:50so

00:44:51so far

00:44:51the

00:44:52Toyotas

00:44:53are looking

00:44:53incredibly good

00:44:54Olivier Pannese

00:44:55is fourth

00:44:55and he obviously

00:44:57can't be worse

00:44:57than eighth

00:44:58and Cristiano

00:44:59Domada

00:45:00is sixth

00:45:00so

00:45:01both going

00:45:02I guess

00:45:02a lot better

00:45:03than they thought

00:45:03they were going

00:45:04to go

00:45:04this time

00:45:04yesterday

00:45:05and remember

00:45:06Domada

00:45:06who's about

00:45:07a tenth

00:45:07of a second

00:45:07or so

00:45:08behind

00:45:08Fernando

00:45:10Alonso

00:45:10made that

00:45:11huge mistake

00:45:11in the final

00:45:12turn

00:45:12that easily

00:45:13cost him

00:45:14three or four

00:45:14tenths

00:45:14of a second

00:45:15it nearly

00:45:18was a

00:45:18a really

00:45:19huge mistake

00:45:21potential

00:45:23disaster

00:45:24all right

00:45:25Mark Webber

00:45:25out there

00:45:26now

00:45:26Mark Webber

00:45:27who in

00:45:28the morning

00:45:28final practice

00:45:30was seventh

00:45:32fastest

00:45:32with a

00:45:33116

00:45:34474

00:45:35just saw

00:45:37the graphic

00:45:38pop up on

00:45:38screen there

00:45:39track time

00:45:39one degree

00:45:40these cars

00:45:43don't have

00:45:44whip around

00:45:44just because

00:45:49you can go

00:45:49over that

00:45:50part of the

00:45:50track

00:45:50doesn't mean

00:45:51you should

00:45:51wow

00:45:55he's only

00:45:55a tenth

00:45:56down

00:45:56even with

00:45:56them

00:45:57absolutely

00:45:58Weber who

00:46:01now has

00:46:02a pretty

00:46:02serious

00:46:03potential

00:46:04teammate

00:46:04and Justin

00:46:05Wilson

00:46:05although not

00:46:06being challenged

00:46:07by him too

00:46:08much right

00:46:08they were

00:46:09they were very

00:46:09big rivals

00:46:10in Formula

00:46:103000

00:46:11with Justin

00:46:12Wilson winning

00:46:13Justin

00:46:14Wilson won

00:46:15the Formula

00:46:153000

00:46:15championship

00:46:16that year

00:46:16and Mark

00:46:17Webber

00:46:17finished

00:46:17second

00:46:18but Mark

00:46:19Webber

00:46:19made it to

00:46:21Formula

00:46:21One first

00:46:22by virtue

00:46:22of ending

00:46:23up at

00:46:23Minardi

00:46:23last year

00:46:24and Justin

00:46:24Wilson

00:46:25had to wait

00:46:25until this

00:46:25year

00:46:26well

00:46:29that's a

00:46:30pretty good

00:46:31start

00:46:31second

00:46:31sector

00:46:32there

00:46:3235

00:46:3435-5

00:46:35in sector

00:46:362

00:46:3635-3

00:46:37so only

00:46:37.2

00:46:38down

00:46:38on

00:46:38Marichello's

00:46:39time

00:46:39through the

00:46:40middle

00:46:40of the

00:46:40track

00:46:40I think

00:46:43he'll

00:46:43end up

00:46:43fifth

00:46:44depending

00:46:44how

00:46:44he

00:46:44just

00:46:45oh

00:46:45gone

00:46:46way

00:46:46wide

00:46:46there

00:46:47go

00:46:49ahead

00:46:49there

00:46:49oh

00:46:50you can

00:46:50only

00:46:50make

00:46:50so

00:46:51many

00:46:51mistakes

00:46:51on

00:46:51the

00:46:52lap

00:46:52and

00:46:52it

00:46:52will

00:46:52cost

00:46:53you

00:46:53if

00:46:53he

00:46:53gets

00:46:53eighth

00:46:53fastest

00:46:54concentration

00:46:55he just

00:46:56saw

00:46:56the

00:46:56back

00:46:56end

00:46:56start

00:46:57to

00:46:57step

00:46:57out

00:46:57David

00:46:58just

00:46:58prior

00:46:58to

00:46:58when

00:46:59he

00:46:59went

00:46:59a

00:46:59little

00:46:59bit

00:46:59deep

00:46:59and

00:46:59I

00:47:24we

00:47:26can't

00:47:26take

00:47:26break

00:47:27back

00:47:28back

00:47:30back

00:47:32in

00:47:33Germany

00:47:33these

00:47:33were

00:47:33the

00:47:33problems

00:47:34that

00:47:34Mark

00:47:34Weber

00:47:34had

00:47:35just

00:47:35a few

00:47:35moments

00:47:35ago

00:47:35as he

00:47:36was

00:47:36trying

00:47:36to

00:47:36qualify

00:47:37and you

00:47:37see

00:47:37the

00:47:38guys

00:47:38in

00:47:38pitlane

00:47:39going

00:47:39oh

00:47:39you're

00:47:39not

00:47:40supposed

00:47:40to

00:47:40do

00:47:40that

00:47:40Mark

00:47:41Yarno

00:47:42truly

00:47:43Renault

00:47:44number

00:47:44two

00:47:44is

00:47:44out

00:47:45there

00:47:45Fernando

00:47:45Alonzo

00:47:46has

00:47:46already

00:47:46qualified

00:47:47he

00:47:47is

00:47:47fifth

00:47:48fastest

00:47:48on

00:47:48the

00:47:49day

00:47:49Yarno

00:47:52truly

00:47:52has

00:47:53really

00:47:53stepped

00:47:54up

00:47:54the

00:47:54plate

00:47:54this

00:47:54year

00:47:55Alonzo

00:47:55gave

00:47:56a nasty

00:47:56scare

00:47:57in the

00:47:57first

00:47:57couple

00:47:57of

00:47:57races

00:47:58and

00:47:58truly

00:47:58has

00:47:59responded

00:47:59and

00:48:00truly

00:48:00is

00:48:00not

00:48:00far

00:48:00off

00:48:01the

00:48:01pace

00:48:01right

00:48:01now

00:48:01only

00:48:0233

00:48:02thousandths

00:48:03of a

00:48:03second

00:48:03behind

00:48:03Rubens

00:48:04Barrichello

00:48:18not

00:48:20my

00:48:21language

00:48:21kind of

00:48:29echoes

00:48:29through

00:48:30the

00:48:30stadium

00:48:30section

00:48:31beginning

00:48:31of the

00:48:32section

00:48:32he's

00:48:33just

00:48:33about

00:48:33a

00:48:33tenth

00:48:34and

00:48:34a

00:48:34half

00:48:34slower

00:48:34right

00:48:35now

00:48:35than

00:48:35Rubens

00:48:35Barrichello

00:48:36he's

00:48:38been

00:48:38on

00:48:38the

00:48:38front

00:48:39row

00:48:39twice

00:48:39this

00:48:40year

00:48:40of course

00:48:41Yarno

00:48:41truly

00:48:41was

00:48:41on

00:48:42the

00:48:42front

00:48:42row

00:48:42just

00:48:42two

00:48:42weeks

00:48:43ago

00:48:43with

00:48:43Rubens

00:48:44Barrichello

00:48:44which

00:48:45I

00:48:45think

00:48:45is

00:48:45about

00:48:45where

00:48:45he's

00:48:46going

00:48:46to

00:48:46end

00:48:46up

00:48:46now

00:48:46if

00:48:47he

00:48:47gets

00:48:47this

00:48:47last

00:48:47sector

00:48:48right

00:48:48he

00:48:48could

00:48:48easily

00:48:48end

00:48:49up

00:48:49just

00:48:50pipping

00:48:50Kimi

00:48:51Räikkönen

00:48:51but it's

00:48:52going to

00:48:52be

00:48:52nip

00:48:52and

00:48:52tuck

00:48:53of

00:48:54course

00:48:54he

00:48:55does

00:48:55it

00:48:55he

00:48:56is

00:48:56second

00:48:56fastest

00:48:57he

00:48:57knocks

00:48:57Kimi

00:48:58Räikkönen

00:48:58down

00:48:58but

00:48:59there

00:49:00are

00:49:00still

00:49:00two

00:49:01Williams

00:49:02to

00:49:02go

00:49:03and I

00:49:03have

00:49:03a

00:49:03feeling

00:49:04that

00:49:04these

00:49:04two

00:49:04Williams

00:49:05are

00:49:05going

00:49:05to

00:49:05be

00:49:05one

00:49:06and

00:49:06two

00:49:06the only

00:49:07question

00:49:07is

00:49:07will

00:49:08it

00:49:08be

00:49:08Ralph

00:49:09Schumacher

00:49:10or will

00:49:10it

00:49:10be

00:49:11Juan

00:49:11Pablo

00:49:11Montoya

00:49:12but not a

00:49:15bad run

00:49:15by

00:49:15Jarno

00:49:15Truly

00:49:16excellent

00:49:18now so

00:49:21that makes

00:49:21it out

00:49:22qualifying on

00:49:23Alonso

00:49:237 to 5

00:49:25yeah

00:49:27they'll be

00:49:27very pleased

00:49:28with that

00:49:28qualified

00:49:30McLaren

00:49:31and that

00:49:31qualified

00:49:32Ferrari

00:49:33two of the

00:49:33biggest

00:49:34names in

00:49:34motorsport

00:49:35and these

00:49:37are still

00:49:37a fairly

00:49:38young team

00:49:39jelling as

00:49:40Renault

00:49:40and the

00:49:42secret now

00:49:42is not to

00:49:43blow that

00:49:43sophomore

00:49:43jinx next

00:49:44year

00:49:44you've made

00:49:45the progress

00:49:45it seems like

00:49:46so many times

00:49:46a team

00:49:46nibbles away

00:49:47like Sauber

00:49:48they nibble

00:49:49away

00:49:49and then

00:49:50suddenly

00:49:50they fall

00:49:50back

00:49:51alright

00:49:51now it is

00:49:51time to

00:49:52see

00:49:52who's

00:49:53really

00:49:53going to

00:49:53be on

00:49:53the pole

00:49:54for the

00:49:54German

00:49:54Grand Prix

00:49:55Juan Pablo

00:49:55Montoya

00:49:56in the

00:49:57Williams

00:49:58BMW

00:49:58this is

00:50:01where he

00:50:02got his

00:50:02first pole

00:50:02back in

00:50:032001

00:50:04only

00:50:08five

00:50:09thousandths

00:50:09of a

00:50:09second

00:50:10slower

00:50:10than

00:50:11Rubens

00:50:11Barrichello

00:50:12in the

00:50:13very first

00:50:13sector

00:50:14these are

00:50:15two sectors

00:50:15where the

00:50:16BMW

00:50:16engine

00:50:17and the

00:50:17Michelin

00:50:18Tire

00:50:18is going

00:50:18to make

00:50:18up time

00:50:19into that

00:50:22very fast

00:50:23run up

00:50:24to that

00:50:24hairpin

00:50:25and a

00:50:25very fast

00:50:25run

00:50:26out

00:50:26of it

00:50:26the

00:50:30old board

00:50:30there

00:50:30leaving

00:50:30yeah

00:50:31that's

00:50:32that

00:50:32undulation

00:50:32you can see

00:50:33there's

00:50:33two big

00:50:34yellow

00:50:34streets

00:50:35across the

00:50:35track

00:50:35there

00:50:35where

00:50:36everybody's

00:50:36been

00:50:36bottoming

00:50:37out

00:50:37you can live

00:50:39with that

00:50:39if he

00:50:40just does it

00:50:40there as

00:50:41well

00:50:41same deal

00:50:42and he

00:50:43and he

00:50:43is faster

00:50:43now

00:50:44by about

00:50:44a tenth

00:50:44and a

00:50:45half

00:50:45over

00:50:45Rubens

00:50:46Barrichello

00:50:46fastest

00:50:47second

00:50:47sector

00:50:48time of

00:50:48the day

00:50:4835.2

00:50:5035.3

00:50:51for

00:50:51Barrichello

00:50:52so 0.1 up

00:50:53in the middle

00:50:53of the track

00:50:54and this car

00:50:56has been working

00:50:56well David

00:50:57it's been working

00:50:58well

00:50:58he's got plenty

00:50:59of road left

00:50:59there

00:51:00comes out

00:51:00he should

00:51:01take pole

00:51:02doesn't make a

00:51:03mistake

00:51:03and he

00:51:04indeed

00:51:04is three tenths

00:51:05of a second

00:51:06faster than

00:51:06Rubens

00:51:07Barrichello

00:51:07there will be

00:51:09a Williams

00:51:09on the pole

00:51:10the question

00:51:11is

00:51:11will

00:51:12Ralph

00:51:13be able

00:51:14to knock

00:51:14him off

00:51:14because Ralph

00:51:15will be our

00:51:15final qualifier

00:51:16today

00:51:17yeah look at

00:51:17that

00:51:1735.2

00:51:18sector 2

00:51:1923.3

00:51:20sector 3

00:51:21both

00:51:22fastest

00:51:22second

00:51:23and third

00:51:24sector

00:51:24times of

00:51:24the day

00:51:25it was just

00:51:26a Nats

00:51:26Todger

00:51:26down

00:51:26on

00:51:27Barrichello

00:51:28's time

00:51:28through the

00:51:29first sector

00:51:29but that

00:51:30car

00:51:31this car

00:51:32really to me

00:51:32has been

00:51:33the story

00:51:33of the year

00:51:34technically

00:51:34how they

00:51:35managed to

00:51:35turn it

00:51:35around

00:51:36from the

00:51:36middle

00:51:36of the

00:51:36season

00:51:36from

00:51:37Monaco

00:51:37on

00:51:37we saw

00:51:38the back

00:51:39end

00:51:39really

00:51:39stepping

00:51:40out

00:51:40and

00:51:40getting

00:51:40very

00:51:41wild

00:51:41and

00:51:41out

00:51:41of

00:51:41control

00:51:42Montoya

00:51:43making the

00:51:43better use

00:51:44of that

00:51:44car than

00:51:45Ralph

00:51:45Schumacher

00:51:45in those

00:51:45conditions

00:51:46but now

00:51:47since

00:51:47Monaco

00:51:48they've been

00:51:48working

00:51:48relentlessly

00:51:49on the

00:51:49rear end

00:51:50grip

00:51:50the

00:51:50mechanical

00:51:50grip

00:51:51and

00:51:51it

00:51:52is

00:51:52paying

00:51:52dividends

00:51:53right

00:51:53there

00:51:53it is

00:51:54now

00:51:54it's

00:51:55an intense

00:51:56battle

00:51:56between

00:51:57Ralph

00:51:57there

00:51:57and

00:51:58Montoya

00:51:58because

00:51:58last

00:51:59week

00:51:59by coming

00:52:00second

00:52:00Ralph

00:52:01Schumacher

00:52:01not scoring

00:52:02any points

00:52:02at all

00:52:02he's

00:52:02two

00:52:03previous

00:52:04races

00:52:04Montoya

00:52:05now leads

00:52:06Schumacher

00:52:06in the

00:52:06world

00:52:06championship

00:52:07by one

00:52:08point

00:52:08what can

00:52:09yeah

00:52:10exactly

00:52:10what can

00:52:11Ralph

00:52:11Schumacher

00:52:12do

00:52:12to take

00:52:14P1

00:52:14the German

00:52:16fans want

00:52:16to see

00:52:17it happen

00:52:1716

00:52:20five

00:52:20he's up

00:52:2153

00:52:22thousandths

00:52:22of a second

00:52:23faster than

00:52:23his teammate

00:52:24Juan Pablo

00:52:25Montoya

00:52:27has 10

00:52:28poles

00:52:28in his

00:52:28career

00:52:29Ralph

00:52:30Schumacher

00:52:30has

00:52:30four

00:52:31this

00:52:33is

00:52:33going

00:52:33to

00:52:33push

00:52:33his

00:52:33brother

00:52:33down

00:52:34to

00:52:34six

00:52:34which

00:52:41will

00:52:41put

00:52:41him

00:52:41on

00:52:41the

00:52:41dirge

00:52:42side

00:52:42of

00:52:42the

00:52:42track

00:52:42which

00:52:42he

00:52:43doesn't

00:52:43like

00:52:43the

00:52:43Ferrari

00:52:44traction

00:52:44control

00:52:44knowledge

00:52:45or

00:52:46the

00:52:46Renault

00:52:48let's

00:52:48see

00:52:48the second

00:52:49sector

00:52:49time

00:52:50this

00:52:50will

00:52:50be

00:52:50critical

00:52:51in

00:52:51terms

00:52:51of

00:52:51whether

00:52:52he's

00:52:52going

00:52:52to

00:52:52knock

00:52:52by

00:52:53about

00:52:53two

00:52:54tenths

00:52:54of a

00:52:54second

00:52:54right

00:52:55now

00:52:55unless

00:52:55he

00:52:55makes

00:52:55a

00:52:55mistake

00:52:56he

00:52:56should

00:52:57have

00:52:57the

00:52:57pull

00:52:57first

00:52:58two

00:52:58sector

00:52:59times

00:52:59all

00:52:59the

00:52:59facets

00:53:00of

00:53:00the

00:53:00day

00:53:00for

00:53:00the

00:53:01final

00:53:01runner

00:53:01ralph

00:53:02schumacher

00:53:0216

00:53:025

00:53:03sector

00:53:031

00:53:0435

00:53:04dead

00:53:05sector

00:53:052

00:53:06long as

00:53:06he

00:53:06doesn't

00:53:07do

00:53:07a

00:53:07Christiana

00:53:07de

00:53:08Mata

00:53:08right

00:53:08here

00:53:08he

00:53:09should

00:53:09have

00:53:09it

00:53:09well

00:53:10plenty

00:53:10of

00:53:10road

00:53:10left

00:53:11ralph

00:53:14schumacher

00:53:14across

00:53:15the

00:53:15line

00:53:16and

00:53:16he

00:53:16doesn't

00:53:17do

00:53:17it

00:53:17he

00:53:18lost

00:53:19it

00:53:19in

00:53:19the

00:53:19final

00:53:19sector

00:53:20I

00:53:20can't

00:53:21believe

00:53:21it

00:53:21I

00:53:21thought

00:53:21for

00:53:22sure

00:53:22he

00:53:22had

00:53:22that

00:53:23boy

00:53:23he

00:53:23was

00:53:24so

00:53:24far

00:53:24up

00:53:25how

00:53:25did

00:53:25he

00:53:25do

00:53:25that

00:53:26two

00:53:26tenths

00:53:27down

00:53:27on

00:53:28Montoya

00:53:2923

00:53:293

00:53:30sector

00:53:303

00:53:31for

00:53:31Montoya

00:53:3223

00:53:325

00:53:33for

00:53:34ralph

00:53:34schumacher

00:53:35jerry

00:53:35berger

00:53:36looking

00:53:36on

00:53:36there

00:53:36with

00:53:36a

00:53:37wry

00:53:37smile

00:53:37jerry

00:53:38berger

00:53:38last

00:53:39win

00:53:39coming

00:53:40here

00:53:40at

00:53:40yeah

00:53:41in

00:53:421997

00:53:42driving

00:53:43the

00:53:43bellotons

00:53:44yeah

00:53:44exactly

00:53:45on

00:53:46the

00:53:46old

00:53:46circuit

00:53:46yeah

00:53:47so

00:53:48German

00:53:49crowd

00:53:49going

00:53:50wild

00:53:50David

00:53:50Coulthard

00:53:51mulling

00:53:52things

00:53:52over

00:53:53somewhat

00:53:53David

00:53:53Coulthard

00:53:54is going

00:53:54to end

00:53:54up

00:53:54tenth

00:53:55Michael

00:53:56Schumacher

00:53:56is going

00:53:56to end

00:53:57up

00:53:57sixth

00:53:57he's

00:53:58not

00:53:58used

00:53:58to

00:53:58being

00:53:59down

00:53:59there

00:53:59that

00:54:00far

00:54:01from

00:54:01the

00:54:01front

00:54:01and

00:54:01remember

00:54:02that

00:54:02big

00:54:02string

00:54:02of

00:54:02poles

00:54:03that

00:54:03Juan

00:54:03Paulo

00:54:03Montoya

00:54:04had

00:54:04last

00:54:04year

00:54:04this

00:54:05is

00:54:05his

00:54:05first

00:54:06one

00:54:06this

00:54:07year

00:54:07that's

00:54:10right

00:54:10and

00:54:10of course

00:54:10M.

00:54:12Schumacher

00:54:12has

00:54:12been stuck

00:54:13in 54

00:54:14poles

00:54:14now

00:54:15for

00:54:15some

00:54:15time

00:54:16here

00:54:16on

00:54:16the

00:54:16back

00:54:17of

00:54:17the

00:54:17body

00:54:17work

00:54:23new

00:54:24engineer

00:54:25he used

00:54:25to be

00:54:25working

00:54:26with

00:54:26Williams

00:54:26a long

00:54:26while

00:54:27ago

00:54:27he's

00:54:28responsible

00:54:28for

00:54:28the

00:54:28ground

00:54:29effects

00:54:29car

00:54:29but

00:54:29Frank

00:54:30Durney

00:54:30and

00:54:30the

00:54:30aerodynamics

00:54:30have been

00:54:31working

00:54:31on the

00:54:31rear end

00:54:32of

00:54:32that

00:54:32car

00:54:32they

00:54:33put

00:54:33like

00:54:34a

00:54:34dorsal

00:54:36fin

00:54:36down

00:54:36the

00:54:36back

00:54:36of

00:54:36the

00:54:37body

00:54:37work

00:54:37and

00:54:37a

00:54:37little

00:54:37fin

00:54:38down

00:54:38towards

00:54:38the

00:54:38bottom

00:54:38to

00:54:39help

00:54:39with

00:54:39straight

00:54:40line

00:54:40stability

00:54:41there

00:54:42he is

00:54:42Montoya

00:54:42on

00:54:45the pole

00:54:45at the

00:54:46German

00:54:46Grand Prix

00:54:47for the

00:54:47second

00:54:47time

00:54:48in his

00:54:48career

00:54:48although

00:54:49it's

00:54:49the

00:54:49first

00:54:49time

00:54:49with

00:54:50the

00:54:50newly

00:54:50configured

00:54:50track

00:54:51and

00:54:52we're

00:54:52talking

00:54:52about

00:54:52the

00:54:52run

00:54:53he had

00:54:53last

00:54:53year

00:54:53remember

00:54:54he had

00:54:54seven

00:54:54pulls

00:54:55five of

00:54:55them in a

00:54:55row

00:54:56from

00:54:56Monaco

00:54:56to

00:54:57France

00:54:57there's been a lot of discussion lately as to what his status with the team is

00:55:02and whether he's going to be back next year

00:55:04obviously the more you talk about a driver at Williams the better they do

00:55:09hot day in the German countryside but the German fans relatively happy while it's not a German driver on the pole it is German engines on the front row let's listen to Peter Windsor and the driver one German Grand Prix a warm welcome to our fastest three qualifiers in third third quickest for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Rubens Barrichello

00:55:37and dominating the front row for the third time this year Ralph Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya for BMW Williams Juan Pablo your first pole of the year

00:55:47I know it's amazing it took quite a long time to get it and I'm very pleased with it the car you know it's been working good all weekend yesterday you know the strategy you know in my car was really good as today we got more running in the tire we were going to race and it really paid off we did a lot of development in the car and I think we got a really good race car as well

00:56:06very very hot out there talk about the race tomorrow tire wear and of course the effect on you as a human being

00:56:13I think it's going to be pretty interesting it's going to be you know hard physically and mentally

00:56:16because you're going you know you're going to be sweating a lot and I think you know the car is going to be having a hard time and I think it's going to show you know the reliability is going to be a big factor and whoever

00:56:27you know I think we've been pretty strong this year on that and if we can keep it I'll be really good for the championship

00:56:32Ralph they started cheering lots of noise two-thirds of the way around your lap but it all fell slightly away towards the end there

00:56:39yeah in the last two corners I had simply a bit too much energy and I just lost it there

00:56:43but even then it was very very close and I'm pleased with the lap I must say

00:56:48wasn't so happy in the beginning of yesterday even this morning we struggled a bit to find the right balance so

00:56:54you know team did a good job car did the job so first row it's brilliant

00:56:59you've done a very good job so far I'm not talking about the championship not talking about the

00:57:03slight lead your brother has in the championship what are your thoughts going into the race tomorrow

00:57:07this could be a critical race

00:57:09yeah I mean you know try uh try to take it from the start and hopefully you know get for the first

00:57:14few corners of right and then see I mean last year uh was a bit unlucky so hope I have a bit more luck

00:57:20with the ability here this year and see where it ends up

00:57:23Rubens Ferrari looked to be a little bit in trouble on Friday but a great recovery this morning you were

00:57:30second quickest this morning and a great qualifying lap from you

00:57:32yeah absolutely I think the car um in actual fact is a lot better than than yesterday so thank you

00:57:39to the team to the engineers mechanics I think we we improve a hell of a lot uh the car

00:57:44um you know I was very close to the pole but I think the time that the the guys from Williams did

00:57:51was quite difficult to beat but uh that's the limit I could could get it was was a really good lap

00:57:57from my side so I'm looking forward I mean it's uh whatever comes tomorrow it's uh it's an open

00:58:04mind I mean it's I have to have a good start and and see if I can go for for the top step

00:58:10where do you think BMW Williams have the edge at the moment

00:58:13difficult to know because um I should ask them uh to see it but it's uh you know on the first sector

00:58:22we pretty much uh matched um second sector is where it's where they they can do a good time

00:58:28uh as well the third but I made a lot of improvements on the third sector since yesterday

00:58:33my tires are lasting very well up to there uh but the most important thing is that uh this morning

00:58:39running um you know like a lot of laps the tar was surviving very well and I'm quite optimistic for

00:58:46that then tomorrow we have to see I mean it looks like we are in Malaysia so it's so hot and we have

00:58:53to see who is the most uh consistent one uh doing the good times and now if we could have a word

00:58:59from each of you in your own language so Juan Pablo Montoya has the German Grand Prix pole for the

00:59:03second time in his career of course the last time he had it he didn't finish the race I think he wants

00:59:08a different result next weekend back at the Hockenheim ring the German Grand Prix qualifying has come to

00:59:16an end and Juan Pablo Montoya has the first pole of this year remember he had seven last year only one

00:59:21so far this season although he started on the front row twice now it's time to start three now it's

00:59:28time to start from the front all right let's talk about the warm-up that happened just before the

00:59:32qualifying session saw the cars roll out Justin Wilson once against a lot of smoke we saw smoke

00:59:38coming out of the Jaguars back at Silverstone but not a big problem he ended up at that point he was

00:59:42going fourth fastest Cristiano de Mara then was um ended up P1 temporarily with a good time

00:59:50then his teammate snatched it away from him and he got P1

00:59:56Toyota begins to look better and of course as the day wound out they end up in uh seventh and ninth

01:00:06Michael Schumacher ended up fourth fastest in the warm-up a little glimpse of the fact that he was

01:00:12not going to be exceptionally fast when qualifying him and this guy Montoya what a shock he actually

01:00:18ended up being the fastest guy in the warm-up as well just as he was a few just a short time later in

01:00:24qualifying session and David Coulthard he was 10th he was 10th fastest which ultimately ended up being

01:00:31his qualifying spot as well see a great overhead view of the track we'll be right back in a moment

01:00:36welcome back to Germany where qualifying is ended for the race at Hockenheim tomorrow and

01:00:54Juan Pablo Montoya is the guy who was fastest today David he certainly was and the whole car just

01:01:01looked great the whole time he used up a little bit of extra road there as he comes down to the very

01:01:06fast turn one and the car looked good through there a lot of people going a lot wider than that and

01:01:11looking a lot more vertical movement on the car looking good all the way down of course it's always

01:01:18a sign of good car when it doesn't seem to be fast that's when they always are and that first sector

01:01:24with just five thousand seconds off there but he picked up a lot for this next sector

01:01:30braking unbelievably late in this tight hairpin makes a really great apex and comes out with

01:01:37really plenty of road to spare gets the car honking down this long straight into right-hander turn seven

01:01:45down to turn nine again he runs right over the apex but comes out with plenty of road to spare

01:01:52car looking absolutely great all through this whole run look at that a lot of people running almost

01:01:56onto the green there but not one Pablo the car looking incredibly stable as he said in his post qualifying

01:02:03interview the car he thinks he's got a good race card if it looks like that in a race he's got a heck of a race car

01:02:09and this is where he picked up the time his teammate ralph schumacher ralph was a bit quickly those

01:02:14first sectors but again one Pablo looking incredibly smooth and unruffled through that last very important

01:02:20sector he was fastest there but we didn't know if it was going to hold and when ralph schumacher went

01:02:25out turned out montoya was the leader and don't forget to today i should say we are going to have

01:02:32coverage of the formula 3000 race from germany and that's coming up at 10 30 in the morning eastern time

01:02:37jorn verheim could potentially clinch the championship today but once again it's not

01:02:42immediately for quality following qualifying like it normally is so stick around at 10 30 eastern time

01:02:47and then the german grand prix will be live tomorrow at 7 30 eastern time that is 4 30 in the morning for

01:02:55all you west coast folks let's take a look some of the highlights from last year's german grand prix

01:03:01as always the german crowd out in force to cheer on their returning champion

01:03:07michael schumacher who at this point in the season had already clinched the championship

01:03:12in fact it was the schumacher brothers who would lead at the start

01:03:16leading away from rubens barichello

01:03:18who was once again having to start in the back of the car after problems with the ferrari

01:03:23on having got through turn one and this is on lap 12 one pablo montoya and kimmy reich

01:03:28put on a battle for fourth place that will live in their memory for a long time absolutely side by side

01:03:33wheel to wheel all through those tight turns 7 8 9 10 11 look at this side by side slots in just

01:03:41beautifully there kimmy reich then but then on pablo comes up alongside him again and just about here

01:03:47forces kimmy reich then onto the gravel side by side wheel to wheel but kimmy's on the outside

01:03:53has to take a bit of a wide line gets in the gravel stays in there but has to give best there lock it up the left front

01:03:59while pablo montoya finally finally makes the pass what a great battle well terrific strategy but terrible luck for ralph schumacher

01:04:07first he gets held up by yarno truly meanwhile ralph would stay out while michael pitted cut three straight fast laps to build a lead

01:04:14but watch this when he goes into the pit he gets stuck behind jock villeneuve right there that is going to cost him some very precious seconds as he's going in

01:04:23and cost him the lead and quite possibly cost him the race

01:04:27tough day for reich then his tire delaminates there

01:04:31has a detour through the gravel but makes it back but then with six laps to go

01:04:35his race ends right there in the tire barrier so reich then had a very eventful day

01:04:41so it turned out to be a pretty triumphant homecoming for michael schumacher as he claimed his ninth win of the year

01:04:47that tied the single season victory record with five races still yet to run

01:04:52it was michael's 14th straight podium and 21st win in the last 33 races at that point

01:04:58now congratulations from his brother at the end of the race

01:05:02just part of the spectacular season that turned into a fifth record championship

01:05:08from michael schumacher very different look this year he's not going to be starting from the front row

01:05:14he's going to be starting from row number three much more difficult to pull off the victory this year

01:05:19he'll be back

01:05:20welcome back to the german grand prix qualifying is over one pablo montoya his first poll of the year

01:05:27and it is the ninth time that williams has had the poll position for the german grand prix

01:05:32not bad just edging out his teammate ever so slightly by about two hundredths of a second

01:05:39take a look at the times you see

01:05:44literally eighteen thousandths of a second separate one pablo montoya and ralph schumacher

01:05:50a great run there by rubens barricchello the fastest bridgestone runner by quite a long way

01:05:54jano truly coming up just a little bit short there

01:05:57kimi reich in a couple of tenths behind him

01:05:59all those cars of course have checked the barricchello on a michelin that you see on that front page there

01:06:04and michael schumacher the second bridgestone car

01:06:08olivier pannis having a pretty good run there in the toyota

01:06:11alonso not having such a good run in his renault

01:06:13and christiano de mada also having a good run in the toyota

01:06:17christiano de mada of course leading 17 laps of british grand prix

01:06:20couple of weeks ago cool tired 10th spot can't be that happy with that

01:06:23mark webber's jag was a bit off the face today

01:06:26uh fisher keller in the jordan there

01:06:29jack droner had a fairly lackluster run in the var but nothing like as lackluster as his teammate

01:06:35jensen but of course justin wilson the slowest michelin car out there

01:06:40well that wraps up qualifying for the german grand prix

01:06:43where indeed juan pablo montoya has grabbed the poll

01:06:47don't forget tomorrow at 7 30 in the morning live coverage of the german grand prix we'll start

01:06:51with the actor pre-race show but coming up in one hour at 10 30 eastern time

01:06:55live coverage of the eighth round of the international formula 3000 championship

01:07:00so for david hobbs and steve match and i'm rick de brule

01:07:03we expect to see you back here in one hour for formula 3000 from hockenheim

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