00:03Schumacher on his first flying lap.
00:10He's got a lot of wing on, you see he's got about three planes, oh and there a big slide
00:14from Schumacher.
00:15Obviously, oh and again, the circuit's being very slippery there maybe.
00:21And he also lets, our hopes that Riccardo Petrese saw him coming, he did.
00:26And I suspect Michael Schumacher, watching his driving, he will have a lot of rear wing in the car obviously,
00:32but he had probably a little bit more on the front to nail the front of the car on that
00:37critical turn-in.
00:38But when I say critical, I mean it because when you run so much front-end downforce,
00:43you must be very, very careful if you turn the front of the car too quickly, the back loses grip.
00:50And that's what we saw on that, and again, turning into the hairpin bend, the back of the car just
00:54squirming under power.
00:56John, we shouldn't forget, I think, this car's running four-wheel steering system.
01:00I don't really know whether four-wheel steering systems are any advantage.
01:04I suppose the theory of it is, yes it does, it helps the entry to the corner when all four
01:10wheels are working for you,
01:11rather than the two rear wheels, which are also the driving wheels, wanting to push you straight on.
01:16And I think it's one of those things that on the drawing board you can say, yes, this will work
01:21under circumstances.
01:22But when you've got conditions like this, I think they outweigh the circumstances.
01:26Currently, Michael Schumacher is two seconds slower than he was yesterday.
01:31His first flying lap, 116.037.
01:38Again, look, you see, using the power to help the car steer out of the corner.
01:43Now, the tyres are on their second flying lap, they are more settled.
01:47There's more consistency now in this lap from Schumacher.
01:51But the same thing applies to heat.
01:53It also affects engine performance.
01:55Over the kerb and the exit onto this long Ravum straight.
02:17The only one, maybe John, putting in a little surprise there is Damon Hill,
02:23because he is only a couple of tenths of a second away from fourth place on the grid.
02:28And maybe Damon would be able to do something very special today.
02:33After all, he's the only one in the top ten so far that has improved on this time.
02:38Well, Damon will have to be very selective.
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