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The 2nd Friday Practice Session for Round 3 of the 2004 F1 season at Sakhir.
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00:00About 20 miles southwest of the island kingdom, capital of Manama, Bahrain, is the town of
00:13Sakhir, with the mosque, of course, the centerpiece of this predominantly Muslim country, the
00:19first country in the Middle East to host a round of the Formula One World Championship
00:23in the 50-plus years of the series.
00:26Hello, everyone. I'm Bob Barsha. Welcome to formal Friday practice for the Formula One Grand
00:33Prix of Bahrain. David Hobbs and Steve Matchett alongside, as always, the cars rolling out
00:38for the second of two Friday practices. There's Rubens Batekello. He and teammate Michael Schumacher
00:43dominated the first practice. Gentlemen, let's take a look at the highlights of Friday's first
00:49session. The track, built at a cost of some $150 million U.S., features this nine-story tower,
01:00the top floor of which is reserved for the pleasure of His Majesty, the King of Bahrain.
01:05All the cars went on track for a formation lap, and when they got down to business, the honor
01:09of first spin on the new circuit went to the Williams BMW of Ralph Schumacher. Meanwhile,
01:16the honor of the fastest lap in the session went to his brother Michael in the Ferrari,
01:19whose very first time out on the track. He was nearly a second and a half quicker than
01:23anybody else. Maintained that throughout the session.
01:26Cristiano De Mata in the Toyota, trying to come to grips, as it were, with the new track.
01:31He spun and not to be outdone. His teammate, the senior driver in the series now, Olivier Penis,
01:36also did a roundabout. Jordan's third driver, trying to come to grips in the car, and Steve
01:43Maché says he's an absolute pig. Hmm, Steve, my telephone's ringing already, doubt that a lot
01:48would disagree. At the end of the session, Rubens Barichello trying to get back at his
01:52teammate Michael Schumacher, but he was held up briefly by Ralph, and he let Michael's little
01:58brother know, what's the matter for you? Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barichello, and BAR Honda
02:06test driver Anthony Davidson of Great Britain, the fastest cars in the session. Juan Pablo Montoya
02:13and Jenson Button doing good work. Ricardo Zonta set the first official timed lap. The Toyota
02:18tester went on to do the most laps of the session, 21 in all. The fastest car in a straight line
02:23was Davidson in the BAR Honda, topping 201 miles per hour. Both Renaults not doing perhaps
02:31as well as they thought, and the Jags, too, a little bit off the pace. You see Bjorn
02:37Vertheim, their third driver, five seconds slower than Michael Schumacher, over five seconds slower.
02:42Pretty dusty old track, as you can see the dust being blown up everywhere off the wheels as
02:48they come down the main straight. The vortex behind the car absolutely filled with the brown dust,
02:53obviously the sand being sucked up, and a very clag building track. This will be as the weekend
02:59goes on, as the sand and the rubber all get rolled up into some pretty unpleasant offline clag.
03:09The teams have all been very worried about the amount of sand, as you rightly say, David.
03:14I was talking to Ferrari's technical director, Ross Braun, about an hour or so ago.
03:20It is saying that Ferrari have developed some new heavy-grade air filters for the opening sessions
03:26only of this Grand Prix weekend for fear of the detrimental damage to the engine, bearing in mind
03:34that it would be one engine for Grand Prix weekend. They have got other air filters in line as well,
03:39and should the dust start to clear away, they will change air filters. Of course, they've also had to put additional air filters
03:45on things like the alternator cooling ducts and whatever to try and keep that sand from destroying the internals of the engine.
03:53Big concern, and they were saying, really, what we're worried about really as far as dust is not so much the dust on the track now,
04:00that will clear away as the session progresses. It's when the cars start to slide wide into the runoff areas and pull that huge
04:06billowing cloud of dust as we were watching the first practice session. Really, it's quite terrible, the dust on the track.
04:12The old one-engine rule is really going to be put to the test this weekend because people did a lot of practice this morning,
04:17which they tried normally not to do at all in that very first session, because obviously today was to have to get data and learn the track.
04:23And they all rushed out for this session, too, which again is unusual. So they're going to put more miles than usual on the engine,
04:30plus, of course, they've all got that problem to sand.
04:33They're going to follow Ralph Schumacher. The blowing sand has been a problem, and officials have taken steps.
04:40They have actually sprayed an adhesive product, or glue, if you will, along the dunes, along the boundaries of the track.
04:48They say that's really all we can do.
04:53They say that's really all we can do.
05:09An awful lot of flat-out running around the $150 million Bahrain International Circuit, making its debut on the world stage this weekend.
05:20We'll be right back to practice.
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05:38There's Kimi Raikkonen pulling off track
05:41as we welcome you back to the second practice session
05:43on the Friday of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
05:46Raikkonen stopped on track before the end of the morning session.
05:50Fernando Alonso and the Renault did the same,
05:52but this is obviously a serious mechanical problem for the Fenn
05:56who has yet to finish a race in 2004.
06:00Boy, Kimi Raikkonen, I mean, everybody through the winter testing
06:03and especially early on when this car first came out,
06:06one of the first cars out,
06:08everybody looking at Kimi is a really definite hope for the World Championship
06:12and his hopes for that are just absolutely tanking
06:16every time he gets on the track.
06:18Tanking, indeed, you just saw a sheet of flame
06:20come out of the exhaust outlets on the back of the MP419
06:23as Raikkonen switched it off.
06:25So my guess is that further lump woes continue
06:28for the McLaren-Mercedes team.
06:31There's a flamelight coming out of the right-hand bank.
06:34Well, now we're about to find out
06:36how well the Bahraini emergency crews go to work.
06:38Many of them were trained at the Australian Grand Prix,
06:41and there they are.
06:45That's nicely contained.
06:46Yeah, so Mercedes-Benz and McLaren
06:49continue to have a pretty dismal 2004 season.
06:53We're looking at it.
06:53That looks unusually black smoke for an engine block.
07:01That's the body work on fire.
07:02I was just wondering that.
07:03Well, be it.
07:04Remember that McLaren have been working
07:06on this very tight engine and transmission installation
07:09and with the hydraulic hard lines as well
07:11has been giving them a lot of problems.
07:12Hard lines as opposed to the flexible air-equipped hoses.
07:16And to try and get the very tight body line they want
07:19or Adrian Newey wants for the aerodynamics
07:21has been causing them problems.
07:23Incredibly difficult to extract the heat
07:25from underneath the body.
07:28And that means an awful lot of valuable practice time
07:32will be lost to the McLaren team
07:33and especially Kimi Raikkonen.
07:35There's Ron Dennis, the team managing director,
07:37a man under some pressure at this point.
07:40Let's take a look at the previous problem
07:42suffered by Kimi Raikkonen.
07:43In the season opener in Australia
07:46a very short distance into the race
07:49when the engine seized up at the rear
07:51a sheared water pump was fingered
07:53as the culprit.
07:58So that meant his Australian Grand Prix.
08:00Then two weeks ago at the Malaysian Grand Prix
08:03another heavy mechanical failure.
08:06This one well into the race
08:07while Raikkonen was running in a podium position
08:09as I recall.
08:10and shows his frustration there.
08:15Not very gentlemanly.
08:16Not very gentlemanly.
08:17But on the other hand
08:18I can kind of understand
08:19where he's coming from that.
08:20Well, that problem of course
08:22on Raikkonen's car
08:23will cost him 10 spots on the grid
08:25because he'll have to change engine.
08:28At least we're assuming.
08:29I should say we're assuming
08:31it's an engine failure.
08:31We don't know that
08:32but it certainly looks like it.
08:33If they do have to change engine now
08:34of course with a one engine
08:35for Grand Prix rule
08:37that will require 10 spots back
08:39on the grid for Kimi Raikkonen
08:40and come qualifying.
08:41Oh, big problems.
08:43And there you get an idea
08:43of the dust.
08:44And he's only just offline.
08:46I mean he's on the actually
08:47really on the curb
08:48on the checkered curb
08:49to the edge of the track
08:50and you see the dust coming up there.
08:52Just what Ross Braun
08:53was explaining to us earlier on
08:54that that's going to be the problem
08:55with that dust blowing
08:56across the track.
08:57Right now Michael Schumacher
08:59has set fast time
09:00at 1 minute 33.337.
09:04That would only have been good
09:05for 5th place
09:08in the morning practice.
09:09Now we have a Jordan off.
09:12Somebody else's day
09:13is brought to a premature close.
09:16David Coulthard
09:17and the other McLaren
09:18is actually humming along
09:19pretty good.
09:19He's only a tenth of a second
09:21off Michael Schumacher's time.
09:24German Nick Heidfeld
09:25climbs out.
09:32There's the peace sign
09:33on the engine cover.
09:35The latest in a series
09:36of international messages
09:39of peace
09:40that the Jordan team
09:42is displaying on their cars
09:43in conjunction with a program
09:45sponsored by the organizers
09:46of this race.
09:47They'll have a different message
09:48of peace on the car
09:50at each round of the championship.
09:52On board with Rubens Baracchello.
09:54A little bit of a lockup there
09:55as you enter that right-hander.
09:58Just at fast time.
10:08Cruise mode now.
10:09It's going to set a huge idea
10:10of what the track looks like
10:11from the driver's point of view.
10:13Very, very flat.
10:14Not many distinguishing marks
10:16off the track either.
10:19Into the pit lane.
10:20No.
10:24Speaking of the track,
10:25let's have a look at the track, Mac.
10:26Fifteen turns,
10:27as you saw from Rubens' car,
10:28very little elevation change.
10:30Very hard on brakes here.
10:31Down to turn one,
10:32four,
10:33and fifteen especially.
10:35The track moves around
10:36a lot between
10:37four and eleven.
10:39It's a bit of a straight down
10:39from ten to eleven
10:40where there should be
10:41an overtaking opportunity.
10:42But other than that,
10:43the track on the move
10:44all the time,
10:45which means, of course,
10:45difficult to overtake.
10:46But it is over 54 feet wide
10:48all the way around.
10:49It's very flat
10:50and obviously one hopes
10:51it'll be very smooth
10:52this time.
10:53But a little bit,
10:54but so flat,
10:55the fact that
10:56distinguishing marks
10:57for the drivers
10:58I think are going to be
10:58a little bit difficult.
11:00Run-up areas are great.
11:01Obviously no gravel cut here.
11:03Thanks to Porsche
11:04for bringing you
11:05the track map.
11:06On board again
11:06with Barkello.
11:08Let's hope we do a lap.
11:11As we've heard,
11:12over 200 miles an hour
11:13down the straight.
11:16Very tough break for one.
11:21Ooh, just that tough.
11:22Lighting up
11:23the left front Bridgestone.
11:26No apparent improvement
11:27for Barkello
11:28on that last lap,
11:29but he remains
11:30the fast man in the practice
11:31over his Ferrari teammate
11:32Michael Schumacher.
11:34Take a break
11:35and return
11:35for more practice
11:36from Bahrain.
11:38Stay with us.
11:38Welcome back
11:53to the Bahrain
11:54International Circuit
11:55in the town of Sakhir,
11:56about 20 miles southwest
11:57of the capital city
11:58of Manama
11:59in the island kingdom
12:01of Bahrain.
12:02The main island,
12:04barely 10 miles by 30,
12:06the population
12:06of just under
12:07700,000 people.
12:10Petroleum, of course,
12:11is the main national product.
12:15There's an awful lot
12:16at stake
12:17for this tiny
12:19but very wealthy country
12:20welcoming the Formula One
12:22World Championship,
12:23the first Middle Eastern
12:24country to do so.
12:26Rubens Barkello
12:27has improved
12:27the practice-leading time
12:29to 1 minute 32.4 seconds.
12:31Michael Schumacher
12:32who is now on track
12:33remains second
12:34at 1.333.
12:36David Coulthard
12:371.334
12:38and Anthony Davidson,
12:39the BAR Honda tester,
12:411.337.
12:43Test drivers again
12:44putting up a good show.
12:45Davidson is fourth.
12:47Ricardo Zantos
12:47fifth
12:48in the Toyota.
12:50Significantly quicker
12:51than either
12:51of his teammates.
12:52Olivier Pannis
12:55is down in 13th
12:56and Cristiano D'Amato
12:57is 15th
12:58at the moment.
12:58Of course,
12:58obviously,
12:59those guys
13:00will be testing
13:00more of a race setup
13:01than will Zonta.
13:03In addition
13:04to the blowing sand,
13:05one of the big concerns
13:06of this weekend
13:07was ambient temperature.
13:09Right now,
13:10it's fairly pleasant,
13:11about 88 degrees.
13:12You see the track temperature
13:13about 126.
13:15Very low humidity,
13:16of course.
13:18Forecast
13:18is for
13:19sunny skies.
13:20The question is,
13:21how hot will it get?
13:24Well,
13:24apparently,
13:24the wind's going to come
13:25out of the north,
13:26which everybody's
13:27very happy with
13:27because apparently,
13:28the south wind
13:29is what drags
13:29the sand and dust
13:30onto the track.
13:31So,
13:31the north wind
13:32and I imagine
13:32at this time of the year,
13:33the north wind also
13:34would be slightly cooler
13:36than the southerly wind.
13:37Now,
13:38this is something else,
13:39another storyline
13:39we have to keep in mind
13:41that there are a lot
13:42of heavy braking zones
13:44around this Bahrain track.
13:46You just saw the front
13:47disc light up on the BAR
13:48and a lot of black dust
13:50coming out of the cars
13:51already.
13:53We watch
13:53Ross Braun
13:55and Jean-Todd
13:56on the right
13:56looking
13:56at their telemetry screens
13:59but they will be
14:00keeping a careful watch.
14:01They're wanting to put
14:02a lot of fuel
14:02into these cars
14:03and force the brakes
14:05to work hard
14:05so they can have
14:06an idea of brake wear.
14:08What would be great
14:09concern to them
14:09is how much brake cooling
14:11they're going to have
14:12to put on the cars.
14:13The aerodynamicists
14:14do not want to put
14:15brakes on the car
14:16because it wrecks
14:17their airflow.
14:17The mechanical engineers
14:19of course
14:19do want to operate
14:20that's on their car
14:21because it gets them
14:22to the end of the race.
14:23Everything is a compromise.
14:29That shot gives you
14:30an idea of the scope
14:31of this racetrack.
14:32Built to seat
14:33just 65,000.
14:36Although they anticipate
14:37more than that
14:38showing up
14:38for this inaugural
14:39running of the Grand Prix
14:40but the country
14:41only has a few
14:42thousand hotel rooms
14:43so people will be
14:44coming in from
14:45everywhere this weekend.
14:48On board with
14:49Bjorn Hertheim.
14:50See he runs wide there.
14:51Look at the dust
14:52that kicks up
14:52and he's only like
14:53a foot off line
14:54or a foot off the track
14:55so it's going to be dusty
14:58pretty much all the weekend.
15:00Oh wow, look at that.
15:00Oh!
15:02Of course those hot tires
15:03pick up all that dust
15:04sticks to the tires
15:05so for the next few corners
15:07the car's pretty much rooted.
15:09Michelin's on the Jaguar
15:10Bridgestone's on the
15:12session leading
15:13Ferraris of course.
15:16Pierre Dupasquier
15:16head of Michelin
15:18come out with some
15:18quite acidic comments
15:20after the last race
15:21talking about the comparison
15:23between his tires
15:24Michelin and the Bridgestone
15:25saying
15:26there is no way
15:27that Bridgestone
15:28are producing better tires
15:29than ours.
15:29It's not possible.
15:30The problem lies
15:31within the teams themselves.
15:33They have to produce
15:34the better car.
15:34Our tires are not at fault.
15:36That's a marketing
15:37masterstroke.
15:39Juan Pablo Montoya
15:41on Michelin
15:41has now jumped
15:42into second spot
15:43with a 32.9
15:44a significant improvement
15:45for him over this morning.
15:47He and his teammate
15:48Ralph Schumacher
15:49both spinning now
15:50this morning.
15:55As an interesting
15:56thing going on
15:57there's been speculation
15:58that the track surface
16:00may favor
16:01the Bridgestone runners
16:03and specifically
16:04Ferrari.
16:06apparently
16:06that the asphalt
16:07mixture
16:08is a product
16:09made by the
16:10Shell Oil Company.
16:11Shell of course
16:12is the fuel
16:13and lubricant
16:13sponsor
16:14for the Ferrari team.
16:17And we understand
16:18that there was
16:18a section
16:19of this surface
16:20laid at the
16:21Ferrari testing track
16:22in Fiorano, Italy
16:23recently.
16:25So
16:26conspiracy theorists
16:27have at it.
16:28Yeah, I was going to say
16:30that is really
16:32clutching at straws
16:33because I guess
16:35if anybody has a
16:36anybody's got a lead
16:37here it is the fact
16:38that the Mark Genet
16:40the Williams test
16:41driver did like
16:4119 or 20 laps here
16:43just a couple of
16:44three weeks ago
16:44so they do have data
16:46so they do have data.
16:46That's Michael Schumacher
16:48going around.
16:50Wow!
16:51Got in him
16:52and what have I done?
16:53When was the last
16:53time you saw that?
16:55But in typical
16:56Schumacher fashion
16:57he makes a very
16:58clean 360 of it.
17:02Takuma Sato
17:02has gone P2
17:03a 1.32.8
17:04still 4 tenths
17:05off Barrichello's time.
17:07On board with Michael.
17:09Whoa!
17:10Oh boy!
17:11I think it just
17:12got into that dust.
17:13Yeah.
17:13Stepped out
17:13on the right rear.
17:14Yeah.
17:16And Michael is
17:18let's have another
17:19look at it.
17:20Among all of his skills
17:21his ability to handle
17:22a loose race car
17:23is peerless.
17:27Well these practice
17:28sessions
17:28and I'm sure
17:28that was just
17:29as you say
17:30just a matter
17:30of getting onto
17:31the dust
17:31but these practice
17:32sessions are typically
17:33where you will see
17:33the drivers pushing
17:34harder than normal
17:35finding the absolute
17:36envelope of that
17:37braking zone.
17:39Once they find that
17:39then they'll back
17:40off a little bit.
17:42Good look at the
17:42elaborate barge boards
17:44in white on the
17:45front of the Ferrari
17:45in the left front
17:46corner that is.
17:48Barrichello
17:48remains supreme
17:49at the moment.
17:56Welcome back
17:57to the Bahrain
17:57International Circuit
17:58and we have
17:5936 minutes remaining
18:01in the second
18:02of two Friday
18:02practice sessions
18:03for the Grand Prix
18:05of Bahrain.
18:06There's Michael
18:06Schumacher
18:07back in the Ferrari
18:07garages
18:08after a quick spin
18:09while we were away.
18:11Fernando Alonso
18:12in the Renault
18:13set quick time
18:14at 1 minute
18:1432.2 seconds
18:16two tenths
18:17under Rubens
18:17Barrichello's performance.
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18:30and we'll bring you
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18:33will be asking
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18:34Again, that's tomorrow
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18:38and the event
18:38is subject to blackout.
18:41This is Mark Webber
18:42in the Jaguar.
18:43Again, a lot of dust
18:44went out of
18:45Webber's front
18:46rims
18:47of the breaking.
18:48He's currently 11th.
18:52Ralph Schumacher
18:53just went fastest
18:54in the session
18:551.32.
18:58Come on,
18:59Mr. Timing.
19:06The track
19:07obviously is
19:08getting a little grip.
19:13That was nice
19:14there, wasn't it?
19:161.32.
19:171.06
19:19for Ralph.
19:30Notice the steering wheel
19:31and I'll be quiet.
19:39Turn 11.
19:44long, fast curves
19:48and a fairly hard
19:49break into this turn
19:51and a long
19:51straight out.
19:54That was pretty good.
19:55Nicely cool.
19:55Yeah, I've already
19:56heard that pretty flexing.
19:58That is a really
19:58tough corner.
20:00It's important
20:01because this long
20:02straight, I thought.
20:02This is another
20:03tough one.
20:06Bob, I don't want
20:07to put my voice
20:09over the top
20:09of the track
20:10too much
20:10but look at the
20:11angle of the
20:12steering wheel.
20:12They have not
20:13got the tracking
20:13of the steering wheel
20:14to the parallel
20:15run of the tire.
20:17Oh yeah.
20:17To the right-hand side.
20:18He's not squaring up
20:19on the straightaways.
20:20No, absolutely.
20:20He won't be pleased
20:20with that at all.
20:21It's Mario Thiessen
20:22who runs the BMW
20:23engine program.
20:25Now, I mentioned
20:26the steering wheel
20:26because last week
20:28when IRL IndyCar
20:29champion Scott Dixon
20:30went testing
20:30with Williams
20:31he said the steering
20:33wheel was
20:33absolutely overwhelmed
20:35him.
20:35He said there must
20:35be 40 buttons
20:36on the thing.
20:37I didn't know
20:37what to do.
20:39Well, he did well.
20:40I think he said
20:40what a mess, didn't he?
20:42The thing was too
20:43well, it was impressive
20:44but Paul Rickard
20:45first time he'd ever
20:46been there
20:46he was only
20:47four tenths of a
20:47second slower
20:48than Ralph Schumacher.
20:49Really impressive.
20:51Very impressive.
20:52Talking to one
20:52of the Williams
20:53Aero guys
20:54in between
20:56the two races
20:57and they're saying
20:57they've clawed
20:58about 2% more
20:59downforce
21:00out of the car
21:00in the wind tunnel
21:01in testing
21:02since the last race
21:03to this.
21:03Well, 2% doesn't
21:05sound much.
21:05Typically, you might
21:06be able to pull
21:07about 10% more
21:08downforce
21:08but nevertheless
21:09on 2,000 kilos
21:112% is a very
21:12useful thing
21:12to have on the car.
21:13It's certainly
21:13not a retrograde step
21:14and they're happy
21:15with it.
21:15What the Aero guys
21:16are saying is
21:17we think
21:17the Williams
21:19mechanical engineers
21:20are wanting to run
21:20the car too soft.
21:21It's moving around
21:22too much at the back
21:23and that's affecting
21:25the aerodynamics
21:25over the car.
21:27This is
21:27Minardi driver
21:28Gian Maria
21:30or Jimmy Bruni.
21:32Right now,
21:32it's Ralph Schumacher
21:33over Jenson Button.
21:36VAR going very well.
21:38Three in the top six.
21:52Welcome back.
21:54Second Friday practice
21:55for the Grand Prix
21:56of Bahrain.
21:56I'm Bob Varsha
21:57with Steve Matchett
21:58and David Hobbs.
21:59Glad to have you with us
22:00early, early
22:02on a Friday morning
22:03here on Speed Channel
22:04for covers of the
22:05Formula One World Championship.
22:06About 30 minutes
22:07to go in the session.
22:09The ride with
22:09Rubens Botticello.
22:10Ooh, a little bit
22:11of a lock up there.
22:12This is hard to tell
22:13whether it's early or late
22:14depending if you're
22:15on the West Coast.
22:15It could be just
22:16a good late night.
22:16a late Thursday night.
22:25Now that's a good solid
22:26break into that corner.
22:27That's one of the B.A.R.s.
22:36Jenson Button cranked out
22:39a pretty good time
22:39at 1.32-2
22:41as opposed to
22:42Ralf Schumacher's
22:431.32-1
22:44so pretty close there
22:46and Buttons
22:47winter testing time
22:49certainly
22:50looking pretty good now.
22:52He qualified fourth
22:53in Australia
22:54finished on the podium
22:55in Malaysia
22:55having qualified sixth
22:56and running stronger today
22:58so they keep this up
22:59for the rest of the season.
23:01Looks like B.A.R. Honda
23:02are going to have
23:02a much, much better season
23:04than they've been
23:05having in the past.
23:06Well, they think
23:06they've found
23:07about one and a half seconds
23:09by changing tyres
23:11to Michelin.
23:12I think they've found
23:14about half a second
23:15in the chassis.
23:16I was talking to Gary Savage
23:17the transmissions engineer
23:19at B.A.R.
23:20because they
23:21like McLaren
23:22have also got
23:23a carbon fibre
23:24composite gearbox
23:26on the back of their car.
23:27Gary Savage saying
23:28well, I'm like McLaren
23:29you know, bear in mind
23:30that our composite gearbox
23:32is working very well
23:33thank you.
23:33He's done over 22,000 clicks
23:35in testing.
23:37One of the Renaults
23:38running very wide
23:39on the last corner
23:40but they're somewhere
23:41having no problem
23:42with it at all
23:43and it's about
23:4323% lighter
23:45oh, look at the dust
23:47there
23:47for a moment there
23:48I thought it was
23:49exhaust smoke
23:52coming out of it
23:52Michael's having
23:55problems as well
23:56that was Joel Baumgartner
23:57in the other car
23:58the Minardi
23:58they're all beginning
24:00to suffer
24:01with that dust
24:01burn across the track
24:02it's kind of
24:03a catch-22 situation
24:04it self-generates
24:05the problem
24:06someone goes off
24:07the dust goes on the track
24:08somebody else goes off
24:09as a result of that
24:09more dust on the track
24:11to finish that thought
24:15on BAR's gearbox
24:16just 23% lighter
24:18than last year's
24:19transmission
24:19and already
24:20they think
24:20they can save
24:21another 20%
24:22in wait
24:23for the gearbox
24:24they're designing
24:24for 2005
24:26let's look at what
24:28happened to Michael
24:29and miss the apex
24:31got wide
24:32that's interesting
24:33at least you don't have to worry about grass
24:37and stuff
24:37blocking up the vents
24:38here do you
24:39just a bit of dust
24:39and look at it
24:40there's the Renault
24:44Alonso going
24:45ooh
24:45again just
24:47carrying too much speed
24:50into that
24:50and his car didn't turn
24:51well that last corner
24:53is one of those
24:54nasty little deceivers
24:55it's a very hard break
24:57and then the right hand flick
24:58and then
24:59it does another little
25:01right hand flick
25:02onto the straight
25:03so it's not exactly
25:04a straight forward corner
25:06people may be
25:07gearing up to try
25:08a little qualifying trim
25:09we're on
25:10although there is a lot of time
25:12to go in the session
25:13and the times have not
25:14come down significantly
25:15from the morning
25:16this morning
25:16Michael Schumacher led
25:17at 132.158
25:19right now Ralph Schumacher
25:21is the fast man
25:22at 132.106
25:24and Jensen Button
25:26in second
25:27has not eclipsed
25:28Michael's time
25:28from the morning
25:29about how quick
25:32these cars are going
25:33B.A.R.
25:34saying that they've made
25:35about a second and a half
25:36I shouldn't say B.A.R.
25:38if B.A.R.
25:39has said that
25:39I'm feeling in the pit lane
25:41that B.A.R.
25:41have made about a second and a half
25:42improvement with tyres
25:43general consensus
25:44about two seconds
25:46a lap
25:47the cars have improved
25:48from last year to this year
25:49by just redesigning
25:51the cars
25:51two seconds
25:52just one redesign
25:54Michael Schumacher
25:55ahead of his brother's pace
25:56through the first intermediate
25:57well when he went off
25:58on that previous lap
25:59he actually went off
26:00on turn two
26:01and I think he went off
26:02as a result of the dust
26:03that you just said
26:04right as we were watching
26:06Michael
26:06he said oh
26:07one of the Renaults
26:07has gone off
26:08and I think that's what
26:09put Schumacher off
26:10he got the dust
26:11of the Renault
26:11and
26:12that could happen a lot
26:14this weekend
26:14Michael currently ninth
26:16in the session
26:17but he has the quick
26:18first intermediate time
26:19now
26:19substantially
26:20the only man
26:23under 30 seconds flat
26:25these sessions on Friday
26:28and this is what
26:30Ferrari's view
26:30the session is worth
26:32to them
26:32that it's really a matter
26:34of just getting the tyre choice
26:35remember that the tyre
26:36suppliers are allowed
26:37to produce two different
26:38compounds
26:39for argument's sake
26:40for one to be better term
26:41hard and soft
26:42though it's
26:43kind of irrelevant
26:43from circuit to circuit
26:44what that means
26:45but they need to choose
26:47that tyre compound today
26:48because it needs
26:49the decision to the FIA
26:50of what compound
26:51they're using
26:51needs to be set by
26:52tomorrow morning
26:53before the qualifying
26:53sessions begin
26:54by three tenths
26:56Michael Schumacher
26:57sets fast time
26:58in the session
26:59how important
27:00is that tyre selection
27:01two weeks ago
27:02in Malaysia
27:02Rubens Barakello
27:03said that was
27:04the only difference
27:05between his pace
27:06and Michael's
27:07race winner
27:08welcome back
27:12to practice
27:12at Bahrain
27:13this is Fernando Alonso
27:14the brilliant young Spaniard
27:16in the Renault
27:17he has lost
27:18the right rear tyre
27:19carcass completely
27:20and he deposits
27:23some debris
27:23on the track
27:24which we saw
27:24one of the other cars
27:27run over
27:27boy that tyre
27:28has really come apart
27:30yeah that's been a
27:32that's been a feature
27:33of these
27:34tyres
27:34very hard
27:36stiff sidewalls
27:37on the car
27:37is that the special feature
27:38there's the Renault
27:39bodywork
27:40Sato running over
27:42at the B.A.R.
27:42that wouldn't have done
27:43the other side
27:45of his car
27:46you notice he came in
27:48just as soon as Alonso
27:49made his garage
27:50yeah the tyre's
27:51already gone at that
27:52stage
27:53it is kind of a
27:53it's something that we
27:55started to see
27:56last year
27:56there goes
27:57there it is
27:58just
27:58delamination
27:59exactly the same thing
28:00as that in Canada
28:01last year
28:03when the tyre
28:03just delaminated
28:04like that
28:05but what Mission
28:06are trying to do
28:07is control
28:07the sidewall movement
28:09remember they've got
28:09so little suspension
28:10movements on the cars
28:11and they're trying
28:13to control that
28:13by putting these
28:14very hard
28:15sidewalls
28:16onto the car
28:17and as soon as
28:17you get a puncture
28:18it's not necessarily
28:19that the tyre
28:20is just delaminated
28:21but once you get
28:22a puncture
28:22the thing then
28:23just rips itself
28:24off
28:24another look
28:26at Sato
28:27and he's jammed
28:28under the body
28:29Sato actually
28:30I surely could have
28:31made a bit of
28:31a better job
28:32of avoiding that
28:32that's what I thought
28:33I mean he just
28:33drove right over
28:34it
28:34well I wonder
28:35if it was just
28:35over the brow
28:36there's a bit
28:37of elevation change
28:37perhaps we're going
28:40to see the tyre
28:40come apart now
28:41there's Yarno
28:42truly
28:42the other Renault
28:44driver
28:44and he's got
28:45problems
28:45well it's just
28:46a downshift
28:47there I guess
28:47no I don't think so
28:49I don't know
28:50he's going
28:50probably switched
28:51the lump off
28:52when the telemetry
28:53readings started
28:54to go out of whack
28:54there but
28:55you do get a bit
28:56of a flame out
28:57on downshifts
28:57but it shouldn't
28:58normal that
28:59amount of flame
29:00so I think
29:01probably switch it
29:02off and hopefully
29:03hopefully they'll
29:04be able to save
29:04the engine
29:04because what they
29:05don't want to do
29:05of course
29:06as we keep saying
29:07this year
29:07they do not
29:08want to change
29:09lump because
29:09that'll cost them
29:1010 spots on the
29:11grid before
29:11qualifying
29:12if they change
29:13the engine
29:13after qualifying
29:14they will go
29:1620 spots back
29:17that's Flavio
29:18Briatore
29:18and of course
29:19Kimi Räikkönen
29:20looks like his
29:23engine went
29:23in the McLaren
29:24so he will go
29:2410 spots back
29:25wherever he
29:26qualifies tomorrow
29:27assuming
29:29as you said
29:30it's the engine
29:30local yellow
29:34yellows out for
29:35well
29:36truly
29:37there are certain
29:38things on the
29:39engine that the
29:39FIA will allow
29:40them to change
29:41the ancillaries
29:42such as the
29:43alternator
29:44the water pump
29:44the radiators
29:45the wiring looms
29:46control boxes
29:47but there are lead
29:48seals on such as
29:49the heads
29:50so they can't be
29:51removed
29:51the cylinder block
29:52is sealed
29:53and the crankcase
29:54itself is sealed
29:54to the sump
29:55underneath
29:55so the major
29:56mechanical components
29:57cannot be
29:58rebuilt overnight
30:00but the ancillaries
30:02can be changed
30:03of course we don't
30:04know what that is
30:05it's unlike to be
30:05an ancillary
30:06there's a group
30:09looking forward
30:10to a lot of work
30:11in the coming hours
30:12so truly goes
30:24behind the wall
30:25and of course
30:27it's a brand new
30:27track like this
30:28all these drivers
30:30kind of want as
30:30much track time
30:31as they can get
30:32and the teams
30:32the teams need
30:34the data
30:34absolutely
30:35Fernando Alonso
30:39was fourth
30:40before his tire
30:41problem
30:42Jarno truly
30:43twelfth
30:43the other Renault
30:45will be back
30:46to Bahrain
30:46in a moment
30:47welcome back
30:53Ralph Schumacher
30:53sits in the
30:54BMW Williams garage
30:56waiting his next
30:57turn on track
30:58with a little
30:59under 17 minutes
31:01and 30 seconds
31:01to go
31:02in this second
31:02and final Friday
31:03practice in preparation
31:04for the first ever
31:06Formula 1 Grand Prix
31:07in the Middle East
31:07so join us
31:08Sunday morning
31:09at 7 a.m.
31:10Eastern
31:10for live coverage
31:11of the inaugural
31:11Grand Prix of Bahrain
31:13as always
31:13we'll start things off
31:14with the Acura
31:15Pre-Race Show
31:16in which Peter Windsor
31:17will give us a good
31:18close look
31:19at this amazing
31:20new circuit
31:20then at 7.30 a.m.
31:22Eastern
31:22the cars
31:23will be rolling off
31:24for the first ever
31:24Grand Prix of Bahrain
31:26and like David Hobbs
31:27on a Saturday night
31:28the event
31:29is subject
31:29to blackout
31:30very good Bob
31:33this is one
31:36Pablo Montoya
31:37at this point
31:39languishes in
31:418th spot
31:42on the timesheets
31:43nearly 3 tenths
31:46slower
31:46on that first
31:4730 second segment
31:48it's a very tight
31:51turn 4
31:52his father Pablo
32:00is watching
32:00from the garage area
32:02so this ongoing debate
32:05between mechanical
32:06set up
32:06and aerodynamic
32:07set up
32:08what the aerodynamicists
32:08are so concerned about
32:09is they want the car
32:11to be kept
32:11as stiff as possible
32:12because they want
32:13the attitude of the car
32:14to remain neutral
32:15they don't want the
32:16chassis to roll
32:17from left to right
32:18because that
32:18screws up the airflow
32:20across
32:20and more importantly
32:22underneath the car
32:23there you
32:25and this is what
32:26this car was talking
32:26about
32:27he says
32:27you know
32:27you watch the back
32:28of the FW26
32:29on cornering
32:30and when he goes
32:31under heavy load
32:32on these corners
32:33you see the back end
32:34squat down and roll
32:35so that's great
32:36for mechanical grip
32:37but we hate it
32:38it's not what we want
32:40at all
32:40checking the time
32:44on
32:44boy
32:44he picked up a lot
32:46of time in that
32:47last sector
32:48didn't he
32:48oh yeah
32:49he was about
32:506 tenths off
32:51entering the final
32:52segment
32:52came up just
32:541 thousandth
32:57of a second
32:57so Rubens
32:58Barrichello
32:59has reasserted
33:00himself at the top
33:00of the time
33:01seats
33:01Montoya
33:02second
33:02Michael
33:02Schumacher
33:03now back
33:03in third spot
33:04if you're just
33:05joining this
33:06Kini Raikkonen's
33:07troubles continue
33:08with McLaren
33:08Mercedes
33:09he got in a
33:10total of
33:11one lap
33:12before the car
33:13failed him
33:14Nick Heidfeld
33:14in the Jordan
33:15got in five laps
33:16before he ground
33:18to a halt
33:18we've also seen
33:20Jarno Trulli's
33:21Renault stop
33:22on circuit
33:23among the top
33:25drivers
33:25Rubens
33:27Barrichello
33:28the fastest
33:29man of the
33:29session
33:29has turned
33:30just 11
33:31laps
33:31Montoya
33:3215
33:33same for
33:33Michael
33:34Schumacher
33:34Ralph has
33:3516
33:36Anthony
33:37Davidson
33:38who's still
33:38in the top
33:3910 in the
33:39BAR Honda
33:40has turned
33:4222 laps
33:43as the third
33:44driver
33:44which you
33:44would expect
33:45the third
33:45driver
33:46to be
33:47pounding out
33:47the laps
33:48testing things
33:48for the
33:49varsity
33:49drivers
33:50Ricardo
33:50Zonta
33:51has also
33:51done
33:5117
33:52laps
33:52the same
33:52situation
33:53a test
33:53driver
33:54for
33:54Toyota
33:55Jenson
33:57Button
33:57joins the
33:58crowd
33:58in the
33:581 minute
33:5931 second
34:00zone
34:00Button
34:00now
34:01fourth
34:01at
34:021.31.879
34:03you see
34:09that
34:09big
34:10thick
34:10black
34:11cord
34:11that the
34:11mechanic
34:12takes
34:12away
34:12out of
34:14the
34:14cockpit
34:14known as
34:15the
34:15umbilical
34:15cord
34:16which
34:17connects
34:17the
34:17car
34:18and
34:18all
34:18the
34:18sensors
34:19of
34:19control
34:19box
34:19is on
34:20the
34:20car
34:20into
34:21the
34:21telemetry
34:22systems
34:22built
34:22into
34:23the
34:23pit
34:24equipment
34:25that's
34:25Anthony
34:26Davidson
34:26there
34:26there
34:27again
34:27you see
34:27all that
34:27black
34:28heavy
34:29brake
34:30dust
34:30out
34:30of
34:30those
34:30carbon
34:31discs
34:31carbon
34:31rotors
34:32absolutely
34:33pouring out
34:34there
34:34wasn't
34:34it
34:35now you
34:38see why
34:39that
34:39discs
34:40there
34:41running
34:41at
34:41about
34:41what
34:4211
34:42to
34:421200
34:43C
34:43yeah
34:44about
34:44yeah
34:44you're
34:45absolutely
34:45right
34:45David
34:46about
34:461200
34:46C
34:47that's
34:48hot
34:48about
34:49600
34:50degrees
34:50core
34:50temperature
34:51see
34:51yeah
34:51so
34:521200
34:53F
34:53there
34:53about
34:53amazing
34:54product
34:55this is
34:57Giorgio
34:58Pantano
34:58Italian
34:59rookie
34:59I
35:04remember
35:04once
35:04at the
35:05Grand
35:05Prix
35:05of
35:05San
35:05Marino
35:06a
35:06member
35:06of
35:06the
35:06Williams
35:06team
35:07showed
35:07me
35:07Nigel
35:08Mansell's
35:09carbon
35:10fiber
35:10brake
35:10disc
35:11after
35:12the
35:12race
35:12and you
35:12could
35:13practically
35:13see
35:14through
35:14it
35:14we
35:15had
35:15taken
35:16it
35:16right
35:16down
35:16to
35:17this
35:17paper
35:17thinness
35:18and
35:18it
35:18obviously
35:19wouldn't
35:19have
35:19gone
35:19any
35:20farther
35:20right
35:21it's
35:22very easy
35:22to overlook
35:23these
35:23carbon
35:24rotors
35:2528
35:30mil
35:30thick
35:30but of
35:31course
35:31you have
35:31to bear
35:31in mind
35:32they have
35:32ventilation
35:33holes
35:33cast
35:34through
35:34the
35:34center
35:35of
35:35the
35:35core
35:35so
35:36the
35:36actual
35:37working
35:37thickness
35:38of
35:38the
35:38disc
35:38is
35:38down
35:38to
35:39probably
35:39about
35:3910
35:40millimeters
35:40of
35:40carbon
35:41material
35:41before
35:42you
35:42actually
35:42break
35:42through
35:43into
35:43those
35:43ventilation
35:44ducts
35:44and
35:46then
35:46if
35:46that
35:46happens
35:47of
35:47course
35:47you
35:47just
35:47go
35:47bang
35:48and
35:48the
35:48disc
35:48explodes
35:49let's
35:50go
35:50on
35:50board
35:50with
35:50Giorgio
35:51not
35:53belong
35:53to
35:54the
35:54bit
35:55thank you
35:57very much
35:58former
36:00F3
36:01champion
36:01formula
36:023000
36:03runner
36:03for many
36:03years
36:04quite the
36:05star
36:05in
36:06Italian
36:06karting
36:07as a
36:07young
36:07man
36:07spent
36:078
36:08years
36:08racing
36:09go
36:09karts
36:10in
36:10his
36:10native
36:11Italy
36:11he
36:16currently
36:16sits
36:17in
36:1716th
36:18position
36:18in
36:19front
36:19of
36:20the
36:20first
36:20jag
36:20of
36:21Mark
36:21Weber
36:21I'm
36:22sorry
36:23the
36:23second
36:23jag
36:24kristin
36:24kline
36:25the
36:25clean
36:25is
36:25the
36:25first
36:26jag
36:26and
36:2613th
36:27jag
36:27you're
36:27not
36:27having
36:27a
36:27very
36:27good
36:28weekend
36:28here
36:28either
36:29locking
36:31up
36:31that
36:32right
36:32front
36:32Michelin
36:33that's
36:33turn
36:33one
36:34this is
36:35a little
36:35flick
36:35in
36:36turn
36:36two
36:36DC
36:37just
36:37tenth
36:38on the
36:38timing
36:38seat
36:39right
36:39and
36:45of
36:45course
36:46the
36:46only
36:46McLaren
36:46still
36:47running
36:47yeah
36:48mcclaren
36:49yeah
36:49mcclaren
36:51not having a
36:52bad run
36:52in the
36:53salva
36:53he's
36:5411th
36:55flippe
36:57master
36:5714th
36:58wow
36:59sorry
36:59just again
37:00look at that
37:00incredible amount
37:01of breakers
37:02this must be
37:02giving the
37:03teams more
37:03concern
37:03I don't think
37:04they expected it
37:05to be
37:05quite this
37:06bad under
37:07broken
37:07checking the
37:10other third
37:10drivers
37:11ricardo
37:12zanta
37:12has turned
37:1220 laps
37:13for toyota
37:16bass
37:16linders
37:1720 laps
37:19timo
37:19glock
37:2021
37:20jurn
37:23vertheim
37:2318
37:24big indicator
37:28of whether
37:29or not
37:29the teams
37:30are prepared
37:30for this
37:31heavy
37:31break
37:31will be
37:31I think
37:32the
37:32McLaren
37:33if we
37:33get a
37:33good
37:33head-on
37:34shot
37:34of the
37:34McLaren
37:35have a
37:35look at
37:35the size
37:36of the
37:36breakers
37:36just
37:37typically
37:37McLaren
37:39run
37:39very
37:40large
37:40breakers
37:41if they
37:41think
37:41they've
37:41got
37:41any
37:41problem
37:42with
37:42brake
37:43cooling
37:43and
37:44the
37:44possibility
37:44of
37:44overheating
37:45the
37:45brakes
37:45which
37:46surprises
37:47me
37:47always
37:47surprised
37:47me
37:48because
37:48Adrian
37:48knew
37:48the
37:48great
37:49aerodynamicist
37:49you would
37:50think
37:50would be
37:50very keen
37:51as we're
37:51saying
37:51at the
37:51top of
37:52the
37:52show
37:52to keep
37:53those
37:53brakes
37:53to the
37:54absolute
37:54minimum
37:54so it's
37:55not
37:55screwing
37:56the airflow
37:56over
37:56the
37:56front
37:56wing
37:57yeah
37:57he'd
37:58definitely
37:58be
37:58the
37:58last
37:58guy
37:59that
37:59wants
37:59big
37:59breakdown
38:00right
38:00spare
38:01thought
38:01for
38:01this
38:01guy
38:02Giancarlo
38:03Fisichella
38:03in
38:03the
38:04Sauber
38:04is
38:05nursing
38:05a
38:06fever
38:06not
38:07feeling
38:08well
38:08at
38:08all
38:08did
38:09just
38:09eight
38:10laps
38:10in
38:11the
38:11opening
38:11practice
38:12now
38:13has
38:14done
38:1417
38:15in
38:16this
38:16one
38:17a lot
38:18of
38:18discoloration
38:19over
38:19the
38:20Sauber's
38:20body
38:20work
38:20from
38:21that
38:21dust
38:21blind
38:21back
38:22Fisichella
38:261.6
38:26seconds
38:27off
38:27the
38:27pace
38:28still
38:31out of
38:31the
38:31top
38:31ten
38:32stay
38:32with
38:33us
38:33for
38:33more
38:33from
38:33Bahrain
38:34welcome
38:42back to
38:42the
38:42island
38:42kingdom
38:43of
38:43Bahrain
38:44not
38:46far
38:46from
38:46the
38:46coast
38:46of
38:47Saudi
38:47Arabia
38:48and
38:48Qatar
38:49with
38:49whom
38:49they
38:49once
38:50fought
38:50a
38:50war
38:50off
38:51of
38:51over
38:52some
38:52of
38:52the
38:52islands
38:52rich
38:53in
38:53petroleum
38:53as
38:54they
38:54are
38:54Mario
38:56Ian
38:56looking
38:56a
38:57little
38:57bit
38:57concerned
38:58there
38:58as
38:58well
38:58he
38:58might
38:59David
38:59Koulthar's
39:00last
39:00lap
39:001.8
39:01seconds
39:01off
39:02the
39:02fastest
39:02lap
39:03set
39:03by
39:04Rubens
39:04Barrichello
39:05he was
39:06locking up
39:06a lot
39:07on that
39:07lap
39:07too
39:08wasn't
39:08he
39:08he
39:09was
39:09locking up
39:09a lot
39:10as well
39:10yeah
39:10oh
39:13Anthony
39:15Davidson
39:15going
39:15slowly
39:16well
39:17of all
39:17the
39:17cars go
39:18slowly
39:18he's
39:18the one
39:19that
39:19B.A.R.
39:19Honda
39:20wants to go
39:21to quit
39:21because
39:21he's
39:22got a
39:22problem
39:22with
39:22the
39:22left
39:22rear
39:23I
39:23think
39:24this
39:24is
39:24another
39:24Michelin
39:25tyre
39:25problem
39:26down
39:27at the
39:27left
39:27rear
39:27there
39:28it
39:28is
39:28right
39:28there
39:28yeah
39:29well
39:29spotted
39:29Steve
39:31Matchett
39:32the man
39:32with the
39:32eyes
39:32like a
39:33certain
39:34type
39:34of
39:34rat
39:35now
39:35is
39:36that
39:37a
39:37problem
39:37with
39:38the
39:38construction
39:39of
39:39the
39:39tyre
39:40or
39:40is
39:40it
39:40a
39:40result
39:42of
39:43the
39:43carbon
39:43shards
39:44or
39:45possibly
39:45the
39:46heavy
39:46flint
39:47or
39:47something
39:47that's
39:47put
39:47into
39:48the
39:48runoff
39:48areas
39:48yeah
39:49debris
39:50on
39:50the
39:50track
39:50could
39:50well
39:51be
39:51I
39:51mean
39:51the
39:52curb
39:52hopping
39:52David
39:54Richards
39:54every
39:55right
39:55to look
39:55concerned
39:56at
39:56that
39:56well
39:57Anthony
39:57Davis
39:57has
39:57done
39:5726
39:58laps
39:59over
39:59looks
40:00like
40:00he's
40:01counting
40:01his
40:01rosary
40:01there
40:02isn't
40:03tight
40:03David
40:04you've
40:05got to
40:05be
40:05very
40:05careful
40:06as
40:06we
40:06always
40:06say
40:06when
40:06you
40:06have
40:06a
40:07puncture
40:07because
40:07you
40:07just
40:07saw
40:08it
40:08happen
40:08to
40:08Alonzo's
40:09tyre
40:17wreck
40:17the
40:17air
40:17away
40:18from
40:18the
40:18tyres
40:18to
40:19get
40:20the
40:20airflow
40:20away
40:20from
40:21the
40:21turbulent
40:21flow
40:21is he
40:22going to
40:23make
40:23it
40:23back
40:23before
40:23that
40:23peels
40:24off
40:24or
40:24not
40:24too
40:28hot
40:28to walk
40:28in that
40:29Arabian
40:29sunshine
40:30good
40:31shot
40:31at the
40:32rear
40:32wing
40:32look
40:32at
40:32those
40:33fences
40:33between
40:34H
40:34and
40:34E
40:35on
40:35Honda
40:36another
40:38little
40:38aerodynamic
40:39tweak
40:39that
40:39BAR
40:40have been
40:40working
40:41on
40:41that
40:45to
40:46try
40:46and
40:46maximize
40:46the
40:47airflow
40:47over
40:47the
40:47centre
40:47section
40:48another
40:49left rear
40:51again
40:51same
40:52part
40:52of
40:52the
40:53racetrack
40:53there
40:55must
40:55be
40:55something
40:55on
40:55the
40:56track
40:56well
40:58I
40:58think
40:58that
40:58Steve
40:59hit
40:59on
40:59the
40:59head
41:00maybe
41:01there's
41:01something
41:01in
41:01the
41:02composition
41:02of
41:02this
41:03obviously
41:04this
41:04whole
41:04infield
41:05here
41:05is
41:05glued
41:06together
41:07rock
41:07compound
41:08I
41:09wonder
41:09if
41:09the
41:09dust
41:09on
41:09that
41:10is
41:10cutting
41:11his
41:11tyres
41:11down
41:11Dennis
41:14looks
41:15on
41:15oh
41:17of course
41:18they
41:18could
41:18be
41:18trying
41:18a
41:19compound
41:19that's
41:20a little
41:20bit
41:20soft
41:20and
41:20subject
41:21to
41:21being
41:22cut
41:22easier
41:23I don't
41:23know
41:23they'll be
41:23wanting to
41:24use a
41:24soft compound
41:25you're absolutely
41:25right in that
41:26David because of the dust
41:27on the track
41:28you want to use a
41:28soft compound
41:29and maybe it's
41:31getting to the stage
41:31in the session
41:32where the teams
41:32are switching
41:33from the hard
41:34compound to the
41:35soft to get a
41:35comparison between
41:36the two
41:37you have to think
41:37that all the
41:38engineers are
41:38working pretty much
41:39towards the same
41:40programme
41:41or as we said
41:43maybe some flint
41:44or something in
41:44the make-up
41:45of the run-off
41:45look at that
41:46one completely
41:47off the rim
41:48before the car
41:48came to a stop
41:49I can't believe
41:50that for the
41:51racer
41:51that here
41:52they won't
41:53want a harder
41:54compound
41:54because
41:55obviously the
41:56temperatures
41:56are going to
41:56be pretty
41:57high
41:58and
41:58oh wow
42:00the carcass
42:00went inward
42:01yeah
42:02David Goulthard
42:04doing a bit
42:05of mechanicing
42:05there
42:06let's have a look
42:08again
42:08because it was
42:08a pretty high
42:09speed spin
42:10because it's
42:10just on this
42:11right hand
42:12there
42:12wow
42:12look at it
42:13it's completely
42:14gone
42:14that was almost
42:16as if the tyre
42:16came off the
42:19rim itself
42:19as if the bead
42:20of the tyre
42:21separated from
42:22and fell into
42:23the well of
42:24the rim
42:24surprised it didn't
42:26take the rear
42:26wing off
42:27well the tyre
42:28the tyre didn't
42:29come unraveled
42:30did it
42:30this is
42:31remarkable work
42:32by David
42:32Koulthard
42:33but where
42:33are the
42:33circuit
42:34horses
42:34to help
42:35him
42:35come on
42:37boys
42:38exactly
42:39get your
42:39get your
42:42Bahrain
42:43butt
42:43over here
42:44and push
42:44this
42:44wing
42:44it's
42:45not
42:45rocket
42:45size
42:45just
42:46help
42:46me
42:46push
42:46the
42:46car
42:47please
42:47no
42:47mechanics having
42:51a laugh
42:51a laugh
42:51about that
42:52yeah
42:52well I'm
42:56very impressed
42:56to see
42:57David
42:57that's why I like
42:58a good supervisor
42:59there
42:59yeah come on
42:59let's push
43:00over here
43:00over here
43:01over here
43:02but not doing
43:02much to help
43:03excuse me
43:04Mr. Race
43:04Driver
43:05sir
43:05yeah keep
43:06pushing
43:06the car
43:07well done
43:09David
43:10saw the
43:12newsreel
43:12highlights
43:13of the way
43:13Kimi Räikkönen
43:14handled that
43:15Marshall in
43:15Malaysia
43:16he's
43:17likely going to
43:18stay a separate
43:19tour
43:19can I get a
43:20Scottish knuckle
43:21savage if he's
43:21not careful
43:22what impressed me
43:24most about
43:25David Koulthard
43:25there helping
43:26to get the car
43:26off is the fact
43:27he went around
43:28the back
43:28and then pulled
43:28the tyre
43:29away from
43:30the pulley
43:30work
43:30damaging
43:31the car
43:32how many
43:32drivers
43:33would have
43:33done that
43:33see that
43:39rock
43:40that had
43:40to be
43:40removed
43:41to build
43:41the racetrack
43:42inspectors
43:44took a look
43:44at the track
43:45decided
43:45they wanted
43:45to move
43:46well we'll
43:46just straighten
43:47out this
43:47turn a little
43:48bit
43:48we want
43:48to make
43:48the track
43:49a little
43:49bit
43:49faster
43:49the result
43:50was
43:51another
43:53250,000
43:55cubic feet
43:57of rock
43:58that had
43:59to be
43:59excavated
44:00Mr. DuPasquet
44:01we just saw
44:02there from
44:02Michelin
44:03incredible
44:03numbers
44:04I wonder
44:05what he's
44:05saying about
44:05his tyres
44:06now
44:06I remember
44:07a couple
44:08years ago
44:08when
44:08David Courtauld
44:10left
44:10the McLaren
44:10when it
44:11broke down
44:11at the
44:11side
44:12of the
44:12track
44:12and
44:12one
44:13of
44:13the
44:13F1
44:13racing
44:14photographers
44:14Darren
44:14Heath
44:15put the
44:15camera
44:15inside
44:16the
44:16cockpit
44:16you remember
44:16that
44:17and took
44:17photographs
44:17of the
44:18brake
44:18the
44:19fiddle
44:19pedal
44:19when they
44:20had
44:20two
44:20different
44:20brake
44:21setups
44:21in the
44:22car
44:22Ron Dennis
44:23went
44:23absolutely
44:24ballistic
44:24and
44:25very
44:25soon
44:25after
44:25that
44:26the
44:26fiddle
44:26brake
44:26system
44:27was
44:27banned
44:27in Formula 1
44:28well he
44:30went
44:30ballistic
44:30at David
44:31for leaving
44:31the car
44:32he wanted
44:32to stay
44:33there
44:38system
44:39it allowed
44:39David
44:40Courtauld
44:40well it allowed
44:41McLaren
44:41drivers
44:41to use
44:42just the
44:43rear brakes
44:44and then get
44:45tremendous
44:45turning on
44:46the corners
44:46because it
44:47worked exactly
44:48the same way
44:49as the
44:49separate brake
44:50systems on
44:50a tractor
44:51would work
44:51locking up
44:52either the
44:52left or
44:52the right
44:53wheel
44:53looking at
44:54Mark
44:54Webber
44:55having a
44:55little
44:55problem
44:56there
44:56through
44:56that
44:56first
44:57intermediate
44:57his
44:59teammate
44:59Christian
45:00Clean
45:01the rookie
45:02just went
45:03to fourth
45:03place
45:04with a
45:04131.7
45:05wow
45:09good old
45:10Mark Webber
45:11on the
45:11spot
45:11Mark Webber
45:12of course
45:12who qualified
45:13on the
45:13front row
45:14in Malaysia
45:14two weeks
45:15ago
45:15and then
45:16absolute
45:17disaster
45:18from the
45:18drop of
45:19the flag
45:19that was
45:19interesting
45:20the team
45:20investigated
45:21and said
45:21that they
45:22accidentally
45:22engaged
45:23the
45:23anti-stall
45:24device
45:25on the
45:26start
45:26I thought
45:27maybe
45:27he'd
45:27hit the
45:27pit lane
45:28rev limiter
45:29or something
45:30but
45:30it gave
45:32an elaborate
45:32explanation
45:33of what
45:33happened
45:34and assured
45:34everyone
45:34it wouldn't
45:35happen
45:35again
45:35what a
45:36disappointment
45:37for Mark
45:37Webber
45:38then he
45:38had a
45:38puncture
45:39then he
45:39spun
45:40and
45:40oh
45:40god
45:40just
45:41right
45:44behind him
45:44is a
45:44Williams
45:45Ralph
45:49skew
45:50marker
45:50trying to
45:52crank out
45:53a quick
45:53time
45:53before the
45:53end
45:54of the
45:54session
45:54which
45:54as you
45:54can
45:54see
45:55is
45:55only
45:55a
45:55mere
45:5550
45:56seconds
45:56away
45:56well
46:00that won't
46:00do it
46:00Christian
46:01Cleen
46:02is just
46:020.3
46:03off the
46:03pace
46:03Mark
46:04Webber
46:04there
46:05two
46:05seconds
46:06off the
46:06pace
46:06but you
46:08don't know
46:08what they're
46:08doing
46:09different
46:09tires
46:09different
46:10fuel
46:10right
46:10everybody
46:13on track
46:14time to
46:15check your
46:15qualifying
46:15setup
46:16you
46:18better
46:18be on
46:19a
46:19hot
46:19lap
46:19in
46:20the
46:20next
46:2024
46:20seconds
46:21Arkello
46:24taking
46:24a
46:24run
46:25at
46:25it
46:25see
46:29what he
46:29gets
46:29out
46:30of the
46:30third
46:30sector
46:30oh
46:32big
46:33spin
46:34by
46:34one
46:34of
46:34the
46:34Sauber
46:35tires
46:42well
46:42that
46:42could
46:42be
46:43a
46:43tire
46:43problem
46:43right
46:43there
46:44when
46:44they
46:44run
46:44down
46:44any
46:46distance
46:47off
46:47the
46:47track
46:48like
46:48that
46:48that
46:48could
46:48be
46:49what's
46:49going to
46:49damage
46:49the
46:49tires
46:50that
46:51car
46:51of course
46:51is on
46:51Bridgestone
46:52so
46:52they may
46:53not be
46:53having
46:54the same
46:54troubles
46:54but of
46:55course
46:55if
46:56they are
46:56being
46:56cut
46:57doesn't
46:57matter
46:58who
46:58makes
46:58the
46:58tires
46:58they'll
46:59cut
46:59it
46:59well
46:59the
47:00tire
47:00suppliers
47:00well
47:01the
47:01teams
47:01in
47:01general
47:02but
47:02in
47:02this
47:02time
47:02the
47:02tire
47:03suppliers
47:03just
47:03diving
47:04into
47:04the
47:04rapid
47:05change
47:05they're
47:07they're
47:07all
47:07caught
47:07on
47:08the
47:08back
47:08foot
47:08because
47:08they've
47:08done
47:09no
47:09real
47:09serious
47:10running
47:10here
47:10I mean
47:11Williams
47:11did
47:11a few
47:11demo
47:12laps
47:12but
47:13the
47:14tire
47:14construction
47:15is
47:16is
47:16virgin
47:17to
47:17this
47:17track
47:17really
47:18and
47:18they're
47:18all
47:18stood
47:18on
47:18the
47:18back
47:19foot
47:19we
47:19know
47:19that
47:19Bridgestone
47:20have
47:20produced
47:2010
47:21different
47:21variations
47:22of their
47:22tires
47:22to bring
47:23to this
47:23event
47:23to try
47:24and get
47:24not so
47:25much
47:25Ferrari
47:25I think
47:26they'll be
47:26working
47:26absolutely
47:26primarily
47:27with
47:27Ferrari
47:27will be
47:28sent
47:28for this
47:28weekend
47:29but
47:30the
47:30other
47:30Bridgestone
47:31runners
47:31there
47:31there's
47:31a variation
47:32of 10
47:32different
47:32compounds
47:33abroad
47:33to try
47:34and get
47:34the
47:34others
47:34basically
47:36no one's
47:37got any
47:37data to
47:37work from
47:38that's
47:38what
47:38the
47:38court
47:38with
47:39very
47:39limited
47:40amount
47:40of time
47:40to check
47:41that
47:41many
47:42configurations
47:42this
47:43is
47:44pretty
47:44common
47:44in
47:44Formula
47:51getaway
47:51powers
47:52they don't
47:53have the
47:53launch
47:53control
47:53I'm tempted
47:54to say
47:54launch
47:55control
47:55I don't
47:55know how
47:55to describe
47:56it
47:56their
47:56getaway
47:57exactly
47:57you'll see
47:58those
47:58black
47:59the black
47:59rubber
48:00that they're
48:00putting down
48:00in the
48:01pitbox
48:01as well
48:01very important
48:02again
48:02a virgin
48:03track
48:03for all
48:03the teams
48:04here
48:04and they
48:04want to
48:05put
48:05as much
48:06rubber
48:07onto their
48:07pitbox
48:08as possible
48:09to again
48:09help them
48:10get away
48:10right
48:11rubber
48:11on rubber
48:11contact
48:12Jean-Tocke
48:13looking on
48:14as the
48:14Ferrari
48:15team
48:15currently runs
48:17first
48:17and third
48:18but instead
48:19of Michael
48:21this man
48:22Rubens Barichello
48:23leading the
48:24way
48:24for the
48:25prancing
48:25horse
48:26Montoya
48:28second
48:28Davidson
48:29third
48:29right at
48:30the very
48:31end
48:31Michael
48:34Schumacher
48:34now
48:34fourth
48:35is another
48:39example
48:40of
48:40taking a
48:42page
48:42from the
48:43dragsters
48:44laying down
48:46those strips
48:46of rubber
48:47Mark
48:51Weber
48:51at the
48:51end
48:51there
48:52jumped
48:52up
48:52to
48:52eighth
48:53but
48:53Christian
48:53Kleene
48:54is still
48:54fifth
48:54so
48:55Weber
48:55improving
48:56on his
48:57the rest
48:57of the
48:58day
48:58enormously
48:59Alonzo
49:00down in
49:01ninth
49:01in the
49:02first
49:02of the
49:02Renaults
49:03Jano
49:04truly
49:05back
49:05down
49:05at
49:0518th
49:06spot
49:06just
49:08in
49:08front
49:08of
49:08Timo
49:08Glock
49:09of course
49:10truly
49:10dropped
49:11out
49:11didn't
49:12get a
49:12chance
49:12to run
49:13those
49:13hot
49:13laps
49:14at
49:14the
49:14end
49:14should
49:16be
49:16a
49:16very
49:17interesting
49:17qualifying
49:18session
49:18as Steve
49:19mentioned
49:19no data
49:20to work
49:20from
49:21the
49:21computer
49:22projection
49:22said
49:23the
49:23cars
49:23would
49:23top
49:24out
49:24at
49:24190
49:25miles
49:25an
49:25hour
49:26instead
49:26they
49:27are
49:27a
49:27tad
49:28over
49:28the
49:29double
49:29century
49:29mark
49:30we'll
49:30be
49:30back
49:30to
49:31Bahrain
49:31welcome
49:36back
49:36practice
49:36now
49:37complete
49:37on the
49:38Friday
49:38of the
49:38Bahrain
49:39Grand Prix
49:40weekend
49:40an historic
49:41weekend
49:41in Formula
49:42One
49:42and an
49:43interesting
49:43practice
49:44session
49:44let's go
49:44through
49:45the
49:45times
49:45gentlemen
49:45Rubens
49:46Barrichello
49:47in the
49:47Ferrari
49:47there
49:48number
49:48one
49:48at
49:49a
49:49131
49:49four
49:50which
49:50is
49:50quicker
49:50than
49:50they
49:51had
49:51reckoned
49:51they
49:51thought
49:5133
49:52would
49:52be
49:52a
49:52good
49:52lap
49:53round
49:53here
49:53one
49:53Pablo
49:54Montoya
49:54one
49:55thousandth
49:55of a
49:56second
49:56behind
49:56Anthony
49:56Davidson
49:57after
49:57that
49:57flat
49:58tire
49:58went
49:58out
50:01Christian
50:07Clean
50:07a
50:08heck
50:08of a
50:08runner
50:09in the
50:09Jag
50:096th place
50:11there
50:11Ralph
50:11Schumacher
50:12in the
50:12Williams
50:12Jenson
50:13Burton
50:14on the
50:14whole
50:14pretty good
50:14day
50:15for
50:15B.R.
50:15I have
50:16to say
50:16Mark
50:17Webber
50:17in the
50:18Jaguert
50:18David
50:18Coulthard
50:19of course
50:19problems
50:20with McLaren
50:21all round
50:22not just
50:23for McLaren
50:24as well
50:24but I
50:24also think
50:25the
50:25Michelin
50:25runners
50:25in general
50:26are going
50:26to be
50:26very
50:27concerned
50:27now
50:27are going
50:28to be
50:28desperate
50:29to have
50:29a look
50:29at the
50:29carcass
50:30of those
50:30tyres
50:30and see
50:31what went
50:31off
50:31there
50:31Toyota
50:33not having
50:33a great
50:33day
50:34Cristiano
50:34De Marta
50:35down there
50:35in 14th
50:36spot
50:36Felipe
50:36Marsha
50:37had a lot
50:37of spins
50:38today
50:38which of course
50:39is nothing
50:39than usual
50:39for poor old
50:40Felipe
50:40does a lot
50:41of that
50:42spinning around
50:43that's the
50:49story on the
50:50time
50:50and that
50:51does it
50:51for our
50:51first hour
50:52of coverage
50:52of the
50:532004 Bahrain
50:54weekend
50:55join us
50:55late night
50:56tonight
50:56or early
50:57tomorrow
50:57morning
50:58if you
50:58prefer
50:581 a.m.
50:59Eastern
51:00for Formula
51:00One
51:01decade
51:01which we
51:02will relive
51:03the tragic
51:031994
51:04San Marino
51:05Grand Prix
51:06we'll also have
51:07qualifying for the
51:08Grand Prix of Bahrain
51:08tomorrow morning
51:09at 7 a.m.
51:10Eastern
51:10then on Sunday
51:11at 7 Eastern
51:13join us for live
51:13coverage of the
51:14first Grand Prix
51:15of Bahrain
51:16of course
51:16we'll start
51:17things off
51:17with the
51:17Acura
51:18Pre-Race
51:18show
51:19until then
51:19for David
51:20Hobbs
51:20and Steve
51:21Matchett
51:21I'm Bob
51:22Marsha
51:22we'll see you
51:22tomorrow
51:23for qualifying
51:24from the
51:25Bahrain
51:25International
51:26Circuit
51:26in
51:27Sakir
51:28Bahrain
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