2004 German GP Qualifying

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Qualifying for Round 12 of the 2004 F1 season at Hockenheim.

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00:00:01After taking pole in four of the first five races, Michael Schumacher can claim only one

00:00:07in the past six, and none in the last four. Yet it hasn't seemed to matter. Regardless of where

00:00:14the world champion has started, he has had the field covered. Schumacher going by in the lead

00:00:20with another fast lap, a tenth quicker than his previous one. How the heck did they do that?

00:00:25But that field is getting closer, and the gap is closing. After a disappointing start

00:00:32to the season, McLaren seems to have turned things around. Come on, get after him, this

00:00:37is what we want. And you know that Mercedes-Benz would love nothing more than to sit on pole

00:00:42in its home race. A feat accomplished by rival BMW in Hockenheim a year ago, and one they

00:00:47are looking to duplicate. Who's will be the happy homecoming today? Qualifying for the

00:00:53German Grand Prix is just moments away.

00:01:20Near the banks of the mighty Rhine River, in the heartland of the German industrial south,

00:01:24not far from the French border, the Hockenheim Ring is the site of round 12 of the 2004

00:01:29Formula One season. But before you can race the German Grand Prix, you must qualify.

00:01:36Hello everyone, I'm Bob Varsha, along with David Hobbs and Steve Matchett. Welcome to the final

00:01:41round of qualifying for Sunday morning's German Grand Prix, which you'll see here live on Speed

00:01:47Channel. The Hockenheim Ring, once one of the most distinctive tracks in Grand Prix racing,

00:01:51now another victim of the trend toward safer but more sterile racing facilities. And as you see,

00:01:58a good crowd on hand to watch native son Michael Schumacher go to work. We've already had one round

00:02:04of single car, single lap qualifying. Let's check the highlights. As the winner two weeks ago in Britain

00:02:09for the 10th time in 11 races this year, Michael Schumacher was first on track with a good but not

00:02:15great lap. He wound up 11th at the end of the day, beaten by, among others, Kimi Raikkonen in the

00:02:20new

00:02:20McLaren. Provisionally first at that point, he wound up eight. Rubens Barrichello, the Ferrari

00:02:26teammate, took to the track. He would end up down there with Michael Schumacher in 11th, 12th spot.

00:02:34Then Jenson Button went out in the BAR Honda, which they had to revise dramatically after practice the

00:02:38other day. Changed the front end diff. Got a good time there. Going to end up in third spot.

00:02:43And then Montoya went out. It's not had a lackluster weekend, but not a great weekend.

00:02:46It was fastest at that time and would remain fastest to rest the day.

00:02:50And Fernando Alonso out in the Renault. The R24 chassis. P4 had finished that first qualifying

00:02:55session with a time of 13.582. After that, Olivier Panis in the TF104B, the revamped Toyota chassis.

00:03:03Good enough for P6. And to prove that his teammate's lap was not a fluke, new boy Antonio Pisonia into

00:03:12the

00:03:13second BMW Williams for the injured. Ralph Schumacher turned in a lap just 31,000th of a second off of

00:03:19his

00:03:20teammate's provisional pole. Good for second in the session. So a great run for the young Brazilian known as

00:03:27Jungle Boy, having grown up in the Amazon River Basin. Here's a look at the order. They will go out

00:03:32slowest to fastest in the only session that matters. One hot lap to determine your place

00:03:39on the grid. And how important is qualifying? Well, track position is always important in motorsports

00:03:44these days, but particularly so for the Grand Prix here at Hockenheim, where 12 of the last 16

00:03:50runnings of the German Grand Prix have been won from pole position.

00:03:56You see Pisonia and Montoya will be the last two on track. Good day for Michelin tires thus far.

00:04:03It has been warm and fairly muggy. Yesterday we saw the ambient temperatures climb from the low 80s to

00:04:10the low 90s during the course of Friday morning practice. I expect it will be equally warm here

00:04:17this afternoon. Well, as you can see, it's pretty muggy. That air looks very, very thick over the

00:04:21forest there. In fact, it looks like it might be raining in the distance. But that, of course,

00:04:25is the forest where the old track used to wind through over four miles long. Big crowd on hand.

00:04:31They're complaining they're not going to fill the new Grandstand, which holds 120,000 people.

00:04:35I wouldn't complain about that either. Now they're hoping to get to about last year's number of 100,000

00:04:41people or so. You saw the weather conditions. The ambient just about 80 degrees right now as we get

00:04:49set to go. While we have a moment, let's take a look at the Porsche track map, David.

00:04:53Well, the track was completely rebuilt in 2002 down at 2.8 miles. It's nearly a mile and a half

00:04:58short

00:04:59than it used to be. Still no elevation change. A little bit bumpy to the Nord curve, which is turn

00:05:03one.

00:05:04A very fast right-hander leading down to the Parabolica. You could do a bit of overtaking

00:05:08to two, all the way from two down to six. That long, long left-hander there. Six is a good

00:05:14opportunity for outbraking there, but very easy to outbrake yourself as well. Then really from six

00:05:19onward, there's not much opportunity for overtaking. A good driver's track. Good fun to drive, I imagine.

00:05:24And as you can see, it's pretty high speed, about 139 miles an hour today so far. But really not

00:05:30a lot

00:05:30of overtaking opportunities, which is why we've had so many of those races won here from the front

00:05:35row. So Baumgartner buckles into his minority to get ready to go. You may be wondering what

00:05:43happened to the old Hockenheim ring. Well, here it is. A long blast out into the forest where some

00:05:50of the darkest moments in the history of this track took place, including the death of the

00:05:54great Jim Clark in 1968 in a Formula Two race. Now, it's all grass.

00:06:04Speed Channel's coverage of the FIA Formula One World Championship is brought to you by BMW.

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00:06:16Welcome back to qualifying for the German Formula One Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Here on Speed Channel,

00:06:21I'm Bob Varsha with Steve Matchett and David Hobbs. The first car on track for his one hot lap will

00:06:27be

00:06:27Hungarian Zoltbaum Gardner in the Minardi Cosworth.

00:06:33Big storm last night, Bob, thinking about the grip on the track. Late last night, after the practice

00:06:38sessions had finished, of course, about midnight, a colossal storm broke over the Hockenheim

00:06:42ring last night and washed a lot of that rubber down. We started to see the grip level pick up

00:06:48again,

00:06:49but that will affect the performance of the tyres. What the teams are most concerned about

00:06:53around here is rear tyre degradation. That's the thing they've got to concern themselves about,

00:06:57and the blistering on the tyre. Not the front, not graining across the tyre where you start to see

00:07:01little bits of rubber rolling across. It's the blistering on the rear, which will force a lot of

00:07:06the teams, I believe, to use the harder compound. But when the rain has washed all that rubber away,

00:07:10they could really do with running the soft compound to get the most performance out of the car.

00:07:15They won't be able to do that now. They will have set, the compounds had to be set at nine

00:07:19o'clock

00:07:19this morning to the FIA regular. And that sort of corner there shows why your degradation on the

00:07:23rear is so severe because you're using, you're on the power all the way through there.

00:07:27And then this last double apex corner leading on to the start finish straight's the same.

00:07:32Jimmy Bruni awaiting his turn. Massive new grandstand, or a cap to the existing grandstand at the back of

00:07:40your screen there, where the architectural stylings of Herman Tilke stamped all over it.

00:07:48Baumgartner is on the clock. He turned a one-minute 17.515 second lap in his first attempt.

00:07:55A cool four seconds off of provisional pole.

00:08:05Nice, wide racetrack. You can tell from those overhead shots, they have rebuilt this track

00:08:10into quite a complex. It includes a drag strip, a karting track, campgrounds, and a lot more.

00:08:18Some of those overhead shots, you'll see just how close we are to the main road and town.

00:08:23Look at that very tight apex there. Turn nine. Looking very skittish.

00:08:34Into the stadium. Massive stands, completely surrounded.

00:08:41Looking a little bit nervous, right there. See how the chassis starting to move around?

00:08:46I think that'll be virtue of this hard compound tire and the fact that, as I was saying,

00:08:51it's just got no rubber on the track at the moment. It's getting better,

00:08:54but they're all going to be struggling with it.

00:08:57Ooh, 18.3.

00:08:59Wow. More than half a second worse than his first attempt just a few minutes ago.

00:09:05Paul Stoddard, his team owner, looking on.

00:09:08And looking older.

00:09:09Because they could have put some more fuel in it for the qualifier.

00:09:12Ooh, right here.

00:09:13Bit sideways there. That'll see the old tires. Up too much of that.

00:09:17They're going into that double apex right-hander there.

00:09:19Again, that big slide in the first part of the corner didn't really help his exit speed much either.

00:09:26Here comes his teammate, Gian Maria Jimmy Bruni.

00:09:30He did a 17.283, about three-tenths quicker than his teammate,

00:09:36in the first set of runs.

00:09:37All that area behind him for runoff area.

00:09:39Last year, we had that start line basically shunt,

00:09:42and took out Kimi Räikkönen and ran the tire barrier.

00:09:44It was just a few feet off the track now.

00:09:47It seems to be about a quarter of a mile runoff of area.

00:09:49So it's giving these lads plenty of room to make a mistake.

00:09:52Turn one looms large in this race every year.

00:09:56This is the turn six.

00:09:57There you see how tight it is,

00:09:59but it does give an opportunity to get inside people on braking.

00:10:01But so easy to outbrake yourself to go sliding off to the outside

00:10:04after you completed the pass.

00:10:07That's a very cool cable cam they have mounted there.

00:10:18It's that run down to 12 and into the stadium.

00:10:21There's that new stand of yours on the left.

00:10:29It's a funny grip on that wheel with his two fingers,

00:10:32two knuckles above the corner of the wheel.

00:10:39That's the steering input going to this guy.

00:10:44To the line he comes, this will be slower as well.

00:10:47An 18.05.5.

00:10:49So both of the minority drivers significantly slower in their second run.

00:10:53That could be down to the fuel on board,

00:10:56because you must start the race with the fuel load you run in qualifying.

00:11:00We'll take a break.

00:11:03Whoa.

00:11:06Welcome back to qualifying for the Formula One German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

00:11:10Here on Speed Channel, this is Nick Heidfeld in the bright yellow Jordan.

00:11:15Heidfeld, very much a man in the news this weekend.

00:11:18He was to have tested the BMW Williams at Jerez in Spain last week

00:11:23in anticipation of possibly competing for a seat with that team next year

00:11:28when Williams will lose both of its front-line drivers.

00:11:30But Eddie Jordan refused to allow Heidfeld to go over to Williams to test

00:11:36unless Williams would fund his replacement at Jordan.

00:11:41So as a result, Heidfeld remains a Jordan driver this weekend.

00:11:49Well, the Jordans yesterday, if you were with us for Friday practice,

00:11:52had extra aerodynamic features just above the side pod entrances to the radiator air inlets.

00:11:59Those are gone today.

00:12:03You know, we saw one of the Jordan chassis lose it yesterday.

00:12:06Bob, I wouldn't be surprised whether or not Charlie Whiting, the FIA race director,

00:12:10but still effectively the technical delegate as well for the FIA,

00:12:13has had a word with Jordan and told him to remove them on the grounds of safety.

00:12:18Remember, the teams are compelled to put cars on the track which are safe in construction.

00:12:23I think that'll be a loophole for the FIA to say,

00:12:26guys, you need to just go back to a test track and run them a little more

00:12:29and make sure they're going to stop on the car if you want to use them.

00:12:34So Nick Heidfeld moves to provisional pole.

00:12:38Nick Heidfeld at a difficult point in his career because he needs to move to another team,

00:12:44but he's not showing the performance superiority of his teammate,

00:12:47who we're looking at now, Giorgio Pantano, that he needs to show.

00:12:52And, you know, he's having a slightly lackluster year,

00:12:54but of course it's a very lackluster car that he's trying in.

00:12:57So it's one of those awful rock and hard place scenarios.

00:13:01Nigel Mansell drove a Jordan in the famous Formula One demonstration

00:13:05on Regent Street in London a little over two weeks ago.

00:13:08Reportedly, he got out of the car at the end of his brief run and said,

00:13:11well, you can have this thing.

00:13:15There's already a fair chance for him.

00:13:17Well, exactly.

00:13:18Giorgio Pantano was about four tenths quicker than Nick Heidfeld.

00:13:22And that gives you an idea of watching under braking.

00:13:24That gives you an idea of how difficult this car is to drive.

00:13:27It seems to have the most appalling behavior under braking.

00:13:30And turning in from the front end.

00:13:32It seems to come in the front end looking at it from the outside.

00:13:34But I assume that's what they were trying to do

00:13:37with those extra aerodynamic appendages,

00:13:39was try to give the car some semblance of balance.

00:13:42Yeah.

00:13:43I think you're right.

00:13:44It does look very unstable.

00:13:46But again, there it is.

00:13:48Just a little lining up to turn into the turn.

00:13:51I think they're just not spending the money in development.

00:13:53I really think this is it.

00:13:54This is Jordan just to keep going mode until we can sell the team off.

00:13:57You know, they're really running on empty reserves of cash.

00:14:01But this will go a bit wide there.

00:14:03But this sort of thing is not good for Nick Heidfeld, of course,

00:14:06for Pantano to qualify better than him,

00:14:08which it looks like he's going to do unless he loses a lot.

00:14:10Yep.

00:14:1116-1 for Pantano.

00:14:14He did a 16-1-6-6 in the first session.

00:14:17So he's come close to what he did then,

00:14:19which would seem to indicate the Minardi Czar were on heavier fuel.

00:14:24Look at that.

00:14:26You can notice that 4-6-6-6-4 on the engine cover.

00:14:29That's another message from Bahrain.

00:14:32A series of funded messages on the Jordan this year.

00:14:354-6-6-6-4 was Nelson Mandela's prisoner number

00:14:39during his years of incarceration in South Africa.

00:14:47Here is the new Toyota,

00:14:49the much-heralded and very much-anticipated TF-104B.

00:14:54There are only two in existence,

00:14:55so they better not bend one this weekend.

00:14:58This is Cristiano De Mata.

00:15:00Obviously not going off to a good start,

00:15:01being two tenths slower there than Giorgio Pantano

00:15:04in the Jordan,

00:15:07which is not exactly what a team with 1,000 people

00:15:11and probably the biggest budget in the Formula 1 we're looking for.

00:15:14Well, they've just gone through the speed track

00:15:16with that Toyota lump.

00:15:17We know it's got a lot of horsepower,

00:15:18194 miles an hour,

00:15:20but Jordan Ford, by comparison, 202.

00:15:22I wouldn't be surprised whether or not

00:15:24these guys are running fuel for a two-stop strategy on this.

00:15:28This is always the thing, isn't it?

00:15:29With this new qualifying regulation,

00:15:31it's very difficult to get a comparison between the two.

00:15:33The idea that the Jordan is outperforming the Toyota,

00:15:36even if it's in its maiden race,

00:15:38this revamped version with a new monocoque,

00:15:40I just can't see it.

00:15:42I think, by the way...

00:15:43It's misleading, isn't it?

00:15:44But he picked up a lot of time in that second sector,

00:15:46which has got a lot of corners,

00:15:47so maybe he's got a lot of downforce

00:15:49cramping the thing down as well,

00:15:50which is not a good sign.

00:15:51They shouldn't have to use that much downforce

00:15:53where they need mechanical grip.

00:15:54He did a 15-1-1-9 in his first effort,

00:15:58a 15-4 here.

00:15:59So Cristiano De Mata

00:16:01takes over a provisional pole for the moment.

00:16:04This is Mike Gascoigne, their technical director.

00:16:07I saw an interesting comment from him recently

00:16:09that part of the problem they face,

00:16:11because the team is based in Germany,

00:16:12which has very strict labor laws,

00:16:16it's very difficult to fire an employee in Germany.

00:16:20As a result, Toyota has a lot of what you might call

00:16:25extra weight on the old employment tree there.

00:16:29They have a lot of folks on payroll,

00:16:30aren't doing much,

00:16:31so up around 1,000 employees,

00:16:33not a lot of effective work getting done.

00:16:35Just because it's so hard to get rid of them.

00:16:37Of course, they have that ridiculously short work week, too.

00:16:40Yeah.

00:16:41All because that's where Toyota's original

00:16:43European motorsports effort in rallying

00:16:46was set up 20 years ago.

00:16:48Need is no longer there.

00:16:50Maybe a move to Britain would be good.

00:16:52We'll be back in just a moment.

00:16:57Welcome back.

00:16:58There's Rubens Botticello suiting up.

00:17:00In the Ferrari garage,

00:17:01there is Mark Webber in the Jaguar.

00:17:05Scheduled to be the next man on track.

00:17:07There's his teammate,

00:17:08young Austrian Christian Kling.

00:17:13These two very close based on their first qualifying lap times.

00:17:20The clean, slightly the quicker.

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00:17:42only here on Speed.

00:17:44And another slightly unusual issue tomorrow at Portland

00:17:47is the fact that I see from the Weather Channel

00:17:49that they're having an absolute heat wave this weekend

00:17:52and they're looking at temperatures in the high 90s,

00:17:54which is not what you expected.

00:17:56The West Coast, yeah.

00:17:57First time I've ever raced there,

00:17:59as you turn, you go to the back end of the circuit,

00:18:01turn around, start coming back towards the pits in the main town there.

00:18:05Suddenly saw the mountain there, not Mount Rainier.

00:18:08What's the mountain?

00:18:09Mount Hood.

00:18:09Mount Hood, I mean, this thing just,

00:18:11just a bullet covered in snow.

00:18:14Gorgeous sight.

00:18:15It's an amazing sight.

00:18:17Christian Cleen seemed to be in pretty good spirits.

00:18:19There's Kimi Räikkönen.

00:18:24Absolutely relieved to have finished second in the British Grand Prix

00:18:27and in with a fighting chance against Michael Schumacher.

00:18:30No snickering, please.

00:18:32Had he not come out from a couple of his pit stops into traffic,

00:18:36we will have seen an even closer battle

00:18:39between Räikkönen and Schumacher at Silverstone.

00:18:42On board with Mark Webber and the Jaguars.

00:18:45He comes up to speed.

00:18:46With a Saks curve, tight left-hander.

00:18:50We've got a couple of 180-degree corners on this track.

00:18:52The Saks one almost goes through 180.

00:18:54This little left-hand sweep,

00:18:56down to that double apex right-hander.

00:18:58That's all David Stubbs, the team manager.

00:19:01The Jaguar is part of the Stuart Empire

00:19:04for Stuart F3000 racing for years.

00:19:06And then, of course,

00:19:08when Stuart Grand Prix formed,

00:19:10which is now the incarnation,

00:19:11Jaguar taking over Stuart Grand Prix,

00:19:13he remained on board.

00:19:14I think he's probably the only employee left

00:19:15from Stuart Grand Prix now.

00:19:17Oh, David Stubbs.

00:19:18One of those guys that's been around

00:19:20for a thousand years in the sport.

00:19:25Poor old Jag.

00:19:27They've only scored,

00:19:29looking at the Constructors' Championship,

00:19:30four points all year long.

00:19:32Can you believe that?

00:19:33A Ford-backed company.

00:19:35Compare that right at the top end,

00:19:38174 points for Ferrari

00:19:40with four for Jaguar Racer.

00:19:43It's been a tough year for them.

00:19:45They may lose this man, Weber.

00:19:49This is at Turn 9.

00:19:50You've got to get that curb right there.

00:19:53And you want to make a good exit here

00:19:55because it's quite a long run down to Turn 12.

00:19:57They may lose their sponsor, HSBC Bank.

00:20:02Ford is eyeing the program, we are told.

00:20:08It is not inexpensive.

00:20:22Weber, 14-8.

00:20:23So he actually improves over his first lap performance

00:20:26when he did a 15-09-3.

00:20:30Well, they have got an improved package this week too.

00:20:33Isn't that right, Steve?

00:20:34I suppose to have a little bit more power

00:20:35that engine and they've got an aero package.

00:20:40So they need to be improving.

00:20:41Yeah, all the teams around this part of the season

00:20:44are starting to produce...

00:20:45I mean, aero tweaks are coming on every week.

00:20:47They should be.

00:20:48I mean, down to B and C and D models.

00:20:49Yeah, I mean, any day that the wind tunnel

00:20:52is not producing some positive figures

00:20:54is a complete waste of money.

00:20:55There's no point in having it.

00:20:56So they're all making progress.

00:20:58Well, they need to as well.

00:21:00I mean, this...

00:21:00Whoa, whoa, look at the car there.

00:21:03This is Christian Clean,

00:21:04who raced here often in the minor formula.

00:21:08He says he was never off the podium.

00:21:11He knows this track well.

00:21:15Again, it's important for Christian Clean's career

00:21:17to be quicker than Mark Webber

00:21:19if he could possibly crank it out,

00:21:21which is what he was trying to do there in turn three.

00:21:23He's all got a bit away from him.

00:21:27Another change coming for Jaguar.

00:21:29Christian Clean could be their team leader next year.

00:21:32Well, they need to do something.

00:21:34I'll tell you, because again,

00:21:35looking at the Constructors' Championship,

00:21:36I see ahead of Jaguar is Jordan.

00:21:39And I mean, they're a customer of Ford

00:21:42and they're outperforming the works team.

00:21:44And look at the Jordan chassis, right?

00:21:47I mean...

00:21:48And well ahead of them is Zalba.

00:21:57I don't want it to sound like

00:21:58I'm getting really down on Jaguar.

00:22:00I know what your point is.

00:22:02You know, it's...

00:22:03Yes, it's expensive.

00:22:04Yes, it's difficult.

00:22:05But either get serious or get out.

00:22:08That's right.

00:22:08Absolutely.

00:22:11Ford announced

00:22:11record profits.

00:22:13$1.2 billion or so, I noticed, recently.

00:22:17Let's go racing.

00:22:20Welcome back to the Hockenheim Ring

00:22:22in southern Germany.

00:22:24Not far from the banks of the Rhine River.

00:22:26This is qualifying for Sunday's

00:22:28German Formula One Grand Prix.

00:22:30Round 12 of the 2004 season.

00:22:32Along with Steve Matchett and David Hobbs,

00:22:34I'm Bob Varsha.

00:22:35This is Takuma Sato who crashed his BAR Honda

00:22:39this morning in the first practice session.

00:22:41Missed the second session while the car was repaired.

00:22:44And here he is.

00:22:46And this team has an interesting technical device

00:22:48that they brought this weekend,

00:22:50but are not using a differential at the front end

00:22:53to prevent lockup.

00:22:54But at this point,

00:22:55I'll defer to Steve Matchett.

00:22:57Yes, it's a very trick device.

00:23:00Think back to the 1998 season

00:23:02when Nick Worth was working with Bannerton Formula.

00:23:04They developed this,

00:23:05what they called the front torque transfer system.

00:23:08It's basically two drive shafts

00:23:10connected to a little differential unit

00:23:12mounted inside the nose.

00:23:13because the idea was

00:23:14to prevent the wheel locking,

00:23:16the unladen wheel locking

00:23:18the inside wheel at Cornish.

00:23:19You could transfer the drive

00:23:21from the laden wheel

00:23:22to the unladen wheel

00:23:23to keep the thing in motion.

00:23:26Well, they had it.

00:23:28BAR had developed their own system

00:23:29of them,

00:23:30put it onto the car yesterday.

00:23:32But Charlie Whiting again stepped in and said,

00:23:34despite the fact that BAR

00:23:35thought they had clearance to run the system,

00:23:38Charlie Whiting and the FIF said,

00:23:40ah, no.

00:23:41Whoa!

00:23:41Pretty wide down that XLR's corner.

00:23:44We're not giving you permission to run that.

00:23:46Get it off the car.

00:23:47And it is off the car.

00:23:48Mind you, look at that for the moment.

00:23:50Now, Sato is significantly slower

00:23:51than his teammate Button this weekend.

00:23:53Right there is the Bannerton we're talking about.

00:23:55That is the 98 Bannerton

00:23:57that was fitted with that front torque transfer system.

00:23:59It went out of favor because it was too heavy.

00:24:02It really didn't work

00:24:03because the weight penalty of carrying the unit,

00:24:05like 8 to 10 kilograms up the front of the car,

00:24:08really negated any effect,

00:24:09any beneficial effect of running the system.

00:24:11But now, as we keep saying,

00:24:12the teams want to push the weight

00:24:13and the ballast further forward,

00:24:14it's coming back into vote.

00:24:16About a two-tenth improvement for Takuma Sato

00:24:19from his first round time.

00:24:20He is provisional pole,

00:24:22and the German air horns go off

00:24:25because here comes a Ferrari,

00:24:27sort of the adopted home team of all Germany,

00:24:30thanks to Michael Schumacher.

00:24:32Here's Barrichello.

00:24:34He says he turned down a big bucks offer

00:24:36from Williams to take one of their seats next year

00:24:39in order to stay with Ferrari.

00:24:42Once again this weekend,

00:24:43he got a vote of confidence from his teammate,

00:24:45the six-time world champion,

00:24:46who said,

00:24:46why make a change

00:24:47if you don't think you're going to get something better?

00:24:51Schumacher then took the time to say,

00:24:53besides which,

00:24:54I don't think the likes of Alonso or Raikkonen

00:24:56are ready for the way we do things at Ferrari yet.

00:25:00Touche.

00:25:01202 miles an hour for the 053 engine Ferrari.

00:25:05That match is drawn.

00:25:06So again,

00:25:07these guys have got a lot of fuel on board.

00:25:09Looking at how they qualified

00:25:10in that provisional qualifying session way down.

00:25:12We know the car works well.

00:25:13Well,

00:25:14I'm going to say practically everywhere.

00:25:15I actually say everywhere

00:25:17we've been so far this season.

00:25:19So this must be,

00:25:20again,

00:25:22way down a fuel.

00:25:29Marichello 14-2.

00:25:30Barely quicker than Sato and the Honda.

00:25:33Boy,

00:25:33oh boy,

00:25:34this is going to be a strange old grid,

00:25:36isn't it?

00:25:36Because these Ferraris

00:25:37could find themselves mired

00:25:38right in the middle of the pack

00:25:39and although we've seen those tactics

00:25:41and Michael Schumacher's brilliance

00:25:43bring him to the fore,

00:25:44if you're too far down,

00:25:46it's going to be a hell of a struggle.

00:25:47There's the lockup we're talking about,

00:25:48which is what the front torque transfer system

00:25:50is trying to cure.

00:25:52What happens when you turn into a corner

00:25:54like you turn right

00:25:55and the weight transfers

00:25:56to the opposite side,

00:25:57the opposite outside wheel,

00:25:59in this case,

00:25:59the left wheel.

00:26:01No energy,

00:26:02no mass on the unladen wheel

00:26:03and it just locks.

00:26:04You want to stop that.

00:26:05You want to avoid it if you can.

00:26:07Ferrari haven't had a great career here.

00:26:09Michael Schumacher's on the pole in 02.

00:26:11That's the only Ferrari pole here for,

00:26:14well,

00:26:14since he started driving,

00:26:15probably at least.

00:26:16And Michael Schumacher won this race

00:26:17in 95 in a Benetton

00:26:18and he won it in 02 in a Ferrari

00:26:20and that's it for him here.

00:26:22Compared to Magni Corp and Canada

00:26:25where he's won it seven times,

00:26:27he's only managed to win his home race twice.

00:26:29That's Rubens Baracalo.

00:26:30Had a great win here

00:26:31in combined wet-dry conditions.

00:26:34That was a win.

00:26:36That was a great race.

00:26:37And that was on the old track

00:26:38where you could overtake,

00:26:39yeah,

00:26:39there's long blasting straights,

00:26:41then down to those tight chicanes

00:26:42and he picked them off

00:26:43one by one

00:26:44going to those chicanes.

00:26:45It was fantastic.

00:26:46That, guys,

00:26:47was 206 miles an hour

00:26:49for Michael Schumacher

00:26:50in the F2004.

00:26:51That's the fastest speed trap

00:26:52all weekend.

00:26:54206 miles.

00:26:55Maybe the Ferrari split

00:26:56their strategies again.

00:26:57Michael could be very quick.

00:26:58Look at that number.

00:27:00Maybe Michael's going for pole.

00:27:01You don't want to be

00:27:02at mid-pack

00:27:02in that rushdown

00:27:03to turn one

00:27:04on the opening lap.

00:27:05Boy, I'll say you that.

00:27:20Ah!

00:27:2113-3.

00:27:23Now you're talking,

00:27:24turkey.

00:27:24That is the same speed

00:27:25that Montoya did this morning.

00:27:27Right.

00:27:29That's a full second quicker

00:27:30or near enough.

00:27:31It makes no difference.

00:27:34It looks like Ferrari

00:27:35have split their strategies again.

00:27:37And with all due respect

00:27:38to Rubens Botticello,

00:27:39I suppose that big cheer

00:27:40as he was coming around

00:27:41to complete his lap

00:27:42was not because it was Rubens

00:27:44but because Michael

00:27:45was going out

00:27:46in the back door

00:27:46of the pits.

00:27:47That's right.

00:27:47Well, they've had

00:27:48fantastic reliability

00:27:49for Ferrari,

00:27:50but actually their last

00:27:51in-race reliability problem

00:27:53for Michael Schumacher

00:27:54was here in 2001.

00:27:55If you remember,

00:27:55they had fuel pickup problems.

00:27:57That was the last time

00:27:59Michael Schumacher

00:28:00had mechanical problems

00:28:02in a race

00:28:042001.

00:28:05We're, of course,

00:28:06you know,

00:28:06way, way beyond that now.

00:28:08That's the sort of thing

00:28:09that scores the point,

00:28:10consistency.

00:28:11Of course,

00:28:12you've got the great

00:28:12driving talent

00:28:13and the car is very quick

00:28:14but you've got to have

00:28:15the consistency in the car

00:28:16to finish the races

00:28:17to score those points.

00:28:19And, of course,

00:28:20you had a flat tire last year.

00:28:21You remember,

00:28:21you cut the tire down

00:28:22and ended up,

00:28:22where did he end up

00:28:23last year,

00:28:23seventh?

00:28:28Look at those hands.

00:28:29So quiet.

00:28:30Notice the scalloping

00:28:31along the bottom

00:28:32of those barge boards.

00:28:33Ross Braun gets a giggle

00:28:35out of the whole thing.

00:28:36One-upped them all again,

00:28:37eh, Ross?

00:28:39But the front wing

00:28:41on the Ferrari

00:28:41this weekend,

00:28:42it looks like something

00:28:43from Rube Goldberg

00:28:44in all of the nips

00:28:46and tucks.

00:28:47It's just fabulous.

00:28:48And we'll get a look

00:28:49a little later on.

00:29:03Welcome back

00:29:04to the Hockenheim Ring

00:29:05as the technical crew

00:29:06goes out to push

00:29:09the Ubermeister

00:29:10Michael Schumacher

00:29:11into the garage

00:29:12for weighing

00:29:13the other tech inspections.

00:29:15Continuing with our policy

00:29:16of bringing you

00:29:17every lap

00:29:18of qualifying

00:29:19for each Grand Prix.

00:29:22Right now on track

00:29:23warming up

00:29:23is Giancarlo Fisichella

00:29:25in the Sauber,

00:29:26but of course

00:29:26this is Schumacher country.

00:29:31I can imagine

00:29:32the hushed tones

00:29:32in the German announced booth

00:29:33as Michael's Ferrari

00:29:35is being pushed

00:29:35into the pit.

00:29:3818th green,

00:29:39Augusta National,

00:29:40out of nowhere.

00:29:42Cinderella story.

00:29:44He got all of that one.

00:29:46Well, the crowd

00:29:47certainly liked it.

00:29:48There's no doubt about that.

00:29:49You saw a lot of

00:29:50there's Felipe Massa

00:29:51looking at the data

00:29:53in front of him

00:29:53with the five.

00:29:55We'll be watching

00:29:56this lap closely

00:29:57because this is his teammate.

00:29:58Although

00:30:00the Sauber career

00:30:01of Giancarlo Fisichella

00:30:02may not be moving on

00:30:04much further.

00:30:05We understand

00:30:05Fisichella may be in line

00:30:07to replace

00:30:07Siarno Trulli at Renault

00:30:09next year.

00:30:10Trulli possibly

00:30:11going to Toyota

00:30:12to partner

00:30:12Ralph Schumacher

00:30:13and yada yada yada.

00:30:15Welcome to the silly season.

00:30:19What a corner this is.

00:30:20That's a very fast corner.

00:30:22Like Cops at Silverstone.

00:30:23And they've modified

00:30:24the curb on the inside.

00:30:27They've got some funny

00:30:28little stubs

00:30:29on the top of the curb

00:30:30and have whipped the wing

00:30:31off two or three cars

00:30:32this weekend.

00:30:33So you've obviously

00:30:33got to be a bit careful

00:30:34going through there now.

00:30:4016.5 that first sector.

00:30:42Good enough

00:30:42to put him third.

00:30:44Top speed number.

00:30:52And yes,

00:30:52I am reaching

00:30:53for my calculator.

00:30:54200 miles an hour.

00:30:55Roughly 201.

00:30:58Bit of a different

00:30:59engine though

00:30:59to that Ferrari V10.

00:31:10Wow, look at that drop-off

00:31:11in that second sector.

00:31:22He's going to try

00:31:23and nudge De Marta

00:31:24out of that

00:31:25sixth spot on the grid,

00:31:27sixth spot that is so far.

00:31:33Which he does.

00:31:3415.3 for Fisichella.

00:31:37Well, they like that.

00:31:38Very happy and deep

00:31:39with that, aren't they?

00:31:40I wonder if he's got

00:31:41enough fuel on board

00:31:42to do his...

00:31:43Well, you know,

00:31:44if he has,

00:31:45that's a good time.

00:31:45Well, slower

00:31:46what he was this morning.

00:31:48Yeah, I'll bet you

00:31:48they're doing that

00:31:49two-stop strategy again.

00:31:52Thinking about that engine,

00:31:53I was reading your new book,

00:31:54Steve,

00:31:54The Chariot Makers,

00:31:55and you talked about

00:31:56how the Benetton

00:31:56or Ford engineers

00:31:57discovered

00:31:58that water injection

00:32:00in the engine

00:32:00not only cooled

00:32:01but gave more power.

00:32:03That's an old

00:32:03fighter airplane trick.

00:32:05Does that sort of thing

00:32:06still go on?

00:32:06No, they banned water injection.

00:32:08Okay.

00:32:09Yeah, it was a very

00:32:10interesting time.

00:32:11It was in the time

00:32:11of the turbos

00:32:12when the engines

00:32:12were running so hard

00:32:13and they were trying to

00:32:15cool the temperatures

00:32:16inside because of the

00:32:17colossal horsepower figures

00:32:19they were getting.

00:32:21and it still seems

00:32:22to this day

00:32:23to be a little bit

00:32:23of a blackout

00:32:24when I talk to

00:32:24different engineers

00:32:25about it.

00:32:26They say they're not

00:32:26entirely sure why

00:32:28but water injection

00:32:29was producing

00:32:29more horsepower.

00:32:30It used to be

00:32:31all the raids

00:32:32water injection.

00:32:33There's that turn six

00:32:34where you're out

00:32:35breaking yourself

00:32:35so easily.

00:32:36But Coulthard spun

00:32:37twice yesterday.

00:32:39And of course

00:32:40that's why the cars

00:32:41at Le Mans

00:32:41you know

00:32:42do you have one

00:32:42of those cool

00:32:43summer nights

00:32:44and a bit of

00:32:45mist comes up

00:32:46you go rollicking

00:32:47down the old

00:32:48straight there

00:32:48about four or five

00:32:49mile an hour

00:32:50quicker than you do

00:32:50in the day.

00:32:51Yeah.

00:32:51Bad news you can't

00:32:52see.

00:32:52The good news is

00:32:53you're going faster.

00:32:54Yeah, right.

00:32:54Exactly.

00:32:55Go on Dave

00:32:56give me some welly.

00:32:57Well, I agree

00:32:58with your analysis Steve.

00:33:00I think it's

00:33:00the extra oxygen

00:33:01provided by the

00:33:02water molecules.

00:33:03I mean that's kind

00:33:04of where I'm going

00:33:05with it Bob

00:33:05I'd say but

00:33:07you have to have

00:33:08a stab at these

00:33:09things occasionally

00:33:09don't you

00:33:10try and make a guess

00:33:10of why it works.

00:33:11I think the cool line

00:33:12I'll swear to it.

00:33:13And the cooling

00:33:14and the combustion

00:33:14chain is a little

00:33:15bit of it.

00:33:15Yeah.

00:33:18Asa to the line

00:33:1915-6

00:33:19so apparently

00:33:20the Sauber

00:33:21teammates are on

00:33:22a similar pit

00:33:23strategy

00:33:24with regard to

00:33:25fuel on board.

00:33:26There's one

00:33:26Pablo Montoya

00:33:27getting his ears

00:33:28ready for his

00:33:29one lap

00:33:30to find his

00:33:30place on the

00:33:31grid.

00:33:31We'll be right

00:33:32back.

00:33:36Welcome back

00:33:36to the Hockenheim

00:33:37Ring final

00:33:38qualifying for the

00:33:39Formula One Grand

00:33:40Prix of Germany

00:33:40here on Speed

00:33:41Channel.

00:33:42This is Kimi

00:33:42Raikkonen

00:33:43runner-up at the

00:33:44British Grand

00:33:45Prix two weeks

00:33:45ago at Silverstone

00:33:46and he completely

00:33:48revamped McLaren

00:33:51MP4-19b and he's

00:33:53off to a good

00:33:53start.

00:33:54Runner-up from

00:33:55pole.

00:33:56I mean he set a

00:33:57tremendous time

00:33:58and of course the

00:33:58first appearance of

00:33:59the car was a week

00:34:01before that in

00:34:01France and David

00:34:02Coulthard qualified

00:34:03at third.

00:34:05David Coulthard in

00:34:06the pre-qualifying

00:34:07this morning ran

00:34:08quicker than

00:34:09Reifling so that's

00:34:09going to be interesting

00:34:10to see if he can do

00:34:11that because David

00:34:11Coulthard is another

00:34:12guy to that point

00:34:13of his career

00:34:14where he's going

00:34:14to make some good

00:34:15showings.

00:34:17Keep that income

00:34:18high.

00:34:22Now's his second

00:34:23sector right

00:34:23and the quickest

00:34:24in the first.

00:34:25Yeah 16-1

00:34:26three seconds.

00:34:27That's the fastest

00:34:28of the day.

00:34:29Yeah by two tenths

00:34:30over anybody else.

00:34:31Well he lost

00:34:32some time though.

00:34:33This of course

00:34:34is a critical

00:34:34sector's last

00:34:35sector a lot

00:34:36of corners all

00:34:37jammed into this

00:34:38last short-dish

00:34:39sector.

00:34:40Could split the

00:34:41Ferraris.

00:34:44Crashed out of

00:34:45the race a year

00:34:45ago at turn

00:34:46one to the

00:34:47line.

00:34:50Second.

00:34:50Does split the

00:34:51Ferraris.

00:34:5213-6 for

00:34:53Raikkonen.

00:34:54That's a couple

00:34:54of tenths quicker

00:34:55than he went

00:34:55this morning.

00:34:56Of course the

00:34:57crowd here

00:34:57terribly torn.

00:34:58You've got

00:34:58Mercedes engines

00:34:59in the McLaren.

00:35:00You've got

00:35:00BMW engines

00:35:03in the Williams

00:35:04for Montoya

00:35:05there and of

00:35:06course you've got

00:35:06the German

00:35:06driver Michael

00:35:07Schumacher.

00:35:08So a lot of

00:35:09fans on hand

00:35:10for a lot of

00:35:11different reasons.

00:35:12Mercedes make

00:35:13this a big

00:35:14event every

00:35:14year.

00:35:15They have a

00:35:16now look how

00:35:17much wider he

00:35:17went there

00:35:18though than

00:35:18Michael Schumacher

00:35:19to get that

00:35:19time.

00:35:20Michael Schumacher

00:35:20barely got off

00:35:22the blacktop

00:35:23let alone

00:35:24onto the

00:35:24green top.

00:35:24and there is

00:35:25Norbert Howe

00:35:26getting Mercedes

00:35:27right there.

00:35:30Yeah big

00:35:30sponsorship

00:35:31showing and

00:35:32everything from

00:35:32Mercedes here.

00:35:33A lot of

00:35:34press parties

00:35:36put on for

00:35:36them.

00:35:36They take

00:35:36around the

00:35:37factory.

00:35:37They take

00:35:38on the

00:35:38circling

00:35:38different

00:35:38Mercedes cars.

00:35:40They want

00:35:41to do well.

00:35:42They want to

00:35:42do well at

00:35:42every race.

00:35:43Of course

00:35:43they do.

00:35:43But this is

00:35:44not very far

00:35:44from the

00:35:45factory at

00:35:45Stuttgart.

00:35:45No absolutely.

00:35:46Well the

00:35:46Arno Trulli

00:35:47quicker again

00:35:48so maybe

00:35:49he's going

00:35:49to come

00:35:50off that

00:35:50huge shunt

00:35:52two weeks

00:35:52ago at

00:35:53Britain when

00:35:54he came

00:35:54under the

00:35:54bridge turn.

00:35:56They believe

00:35:56a suspension

00:35:57failure caused

00:35:59Trulli to

00:35:59spear into

00:36:00the tyre wall.

00:36:03Bob you were

00:36:03asking me about

00:36:04the chassis

00:36:04yesterday.

00:36:05What became

00:36:05of that chassis

00:36:06and was it

00:36:07fit to race?

00:36:08Yeah I was

00:36:08talking to

00:36:08Alan Comane

00:36:09Trulli's

00:36:09engineer last

00:36:10night.

00:36:11That chassis

00:36:11was past

00:36:12fit.

00:36:13They did a

00:36:13little bit of

00:36:13cosmetic work to

00:36:14it but it is

00:36:15now the

00:36:15spare car

00:36:16sitting in

00:36:16the pits

00:36:17ready to

00:36:18go if

00:36:18need be.

00:36:20And thus

00:36:20denying

00:36:20some rich

00:36:21collector

00:36:21a new

00:36:22coffee table.

00:36:26A little bit

00:36:27off in that

00:36:27second sector

00:36:28quite a bit

00:36:29off in that.

00:36:31Really has a

00:36:32shot at

00:36:33Barrichello

00:36:33P3.

00:36:38And on to

00:36:39the front

00:36:40line.

00:36:43Yep.

00:36:43Third bumping

00:36:44Barrichello.

00:36:48There's

00:36:49Flavio

00:36:49Briatore.

00:36:50There are

00:36:50the Trulli

00:36:51fans in the

00:36:51crowd.

00:36:51Let's take

00:36:52you back

00:36:52two weeks

00:36:52ago.

00:36:53Late

00:36:53stages of

00:36:54the British

00:36:54Grand

00:36:54Prix.

00:36:55Watch

00:36:55this.

00:37:00Boy, look

00:37:01how that

00:37:01rolled by a

00:37:02rolled hoop

00:37:03and everything

00:37:03stood up

00:37:03under that

00:37:04enormous

00:37:04impact.

00:37:05It digs into

00:37:05the gravel

00:37:06here.

00:37:06little bit.

00:37:09I'm not

00:37:10entirely sure I

00:37:10approved of

00:37:11the Marshall

00:37:12getting truly

00:37:13out of the

00:37:13car that

00:37:14quick and

00:37:14running off

00:37:15with him

00:37:15on the

00:37:16barriers.

00:37:17I mean, I

00:37:17could see the

00:37:17safety point

00:37:18of that, of

00:37:18getting him

00:37:18away in case

00:37:19another car was

00:37:19coming around,

00:37:20but it was a big

00:37:20accident.

00:37:22But to say

00:37:23that the

00:37:23chassis was

00:37:24just past

00:37:25fit to race

00:37:26after that

00:37:26shunt is

00:37:27great testament

00:37:28to the way

00:37:29these cars

00:37:29have improved

00:37:30really since

00:37:31the death of

00:37:32Enten Center

00:37:33in 1994.

00:37:33That was the

00:37:34big turning

00:37:34forth in

00:37:35safety in

00:37:35modern Formula

00:37:36One, I

00:37:36believe.

00:37:36Let's tip

00:37:37our hats to

00:37:37the FIA

00:37:38regulators who

00:37:39insist that

00:37:39the cars be

00:37:40that strong.

00:37:42Well, that's

00:37:4216.3.

00:37:44It's good

00:37:45enough.

00:37:45Schumacher

00:37:46did a 16.3.

00:37:48Barrichello

00:37:48did a 16.3.

00:37:50Reigen

00:37:50did a 16.1

00:37:51in that first

00:37:52sector, so

00:37:53Olivier Pannis

00:37:54well on the

00:37:54pace in that

00:37:55first sector.

00:37:56He just

00:37:57cracked out

00:37:57197 miles

00:37:58an hour

00:37:59through the

00:37:59speed trap

00:37:59for Pannis'

00:38:00teammate

00:38:02194 for

00:38:03the matter.

00:38:04Just

00:38:04three miles

00:38:05an hour

00:38:06quicker.

00:38:06Losing a bit

00:38:07of time there.

00:38:09Olivier Pannis

00:38:09good run

00:38:10in the first

00:38:11session

00:38:1113.640

00:38:1437 years

00:38:15old now

00:38:15Olivier

00:38:17poor old

00:38:18boy

00:38:18at it.

00:38:20This

00:38:21old section

00:38:21of the

00:38:21track

00:38:22the stadium

00:38:22section

00:38:22the asphalt

00:38:23is completely

00:38:24different to

00:38:25how they've

00:38:25configured the

00:38:26rest of the

00:38:26track.

00:38:27It's got a

00:38:27different coefficient

00:38:28of grip on

00:38:28it.

00:38:29We'd really

00:38:30want to use

00:38:31softer tires

00:38:32but you can't

00:38:33do it because

00:38:33that old infield

00:38:34section rips the

00:38:35tires to pieces

00:38:36so it kind of

00:38:36forces the

00:38:37teams to use

00:38:38the harder

00:38:38compound and

00:38:39they compromised

00:38:40on the rest

00:38:40of the track.

00:38:4114.3

00:38:42slots Olivier

00:38:43Pannis

00:38:45into the

00:38:45sixth spot

00:38:46just behind

00:38:47Takuma

00:38:47Sato and

00:38:48ahead of

00:38:48Mark

00:38:48Weber.

00:38:49And of

00:38:49course another

00:38:49huge rivalry

00:38:50that's starting

00:38:51in Formula

00:38:52One and is

00:38:52going to

00:38:53continue for

00:38:53the foreseeable

00:38:54future of

00:38:54course is

00:38:55the Asian

00:38:56giants Honda

00:38:56and Toyota

00:38:58really Toyota

00:38:59is the only

00:38:59company that

00:39:00Honda worry

00:39:00about and I

00:39:01don't think

00:39:02that Toyota

00:39:02worry too

00:39:02much about

00:39:03Honda because

00:39:03they are

00:39:03significantly

00:39:04bigger but

00:39:05they are

00:39:05huge rivals.

00:39:06is Kimi

00:39:07Räikkönen

00:39:07with a

00:39:08shrug

00:39:10holding on

00:39:10to P2

00:39:11on the

00:39:11provisional

00:39:12grid as

00:39:12Juan Pablo

00:39:13Montoya

00:39:13begins his

00:39:14preparations.

00:39:17He's got a

00:39:18lot to think

00:39:18about.

00:39:19A lot of

00:39:20different

00:39:20strategies going

00:39:21on out there.

00:39:21It's like a

00:39:22lot of the

00:39:22heavy hitters

00:39:23are running

00:39:24heavy with

00:39:24fuel.

00:39:25Montoya has

00:39:26to be wondering

00:39:26what are they

00:39:27thinking.

00:39:28But Toyota

00:39:28with a new

00:39:29car here,

00:39:30new engine,

00:39:30new car or

00:39:31significantly

00:39:32revised car,

00:39:33not making

00:39:34the impression

00:39:34here that

00:39:35McLaren made

00:39:36three weeks

00:39:38ago in the

00:39:38French Grand

00:39:39Prix where

00:39:39the car was

00:39:40obviously

00:39:40instantly hugely

00:39:42more successful

00:39:43than the one

00:39:44before.

00:39:44This Toyota

00:39:45not showing

00:39:46the same

00:39:47sort of step

00:39:48forward.

00:39:51It's a super

00:39:52slow-mo look

00:39:53at Olivier

00:39:53Pennis at

00:39:54work.

00:39:55Nice to see

00:39:56a driver out

00:39:56there who was

00:39:57born before I

00:39:58graduated from

00:39:59college.

00:40:00We'll be back

00:40:01in a moment.

00:40:06Welcome

00:40:06back.

00:40:07David Coulthard

00:40:07rolls out in

00:40:08the McLaren

00:40:09Mercedes.

00:40:11As he begins

00:40:12to warm up,

00:40:12we want to

00:40:12remind you to

00:40:13join us tomorrow

00:40:14for live coverage

00:40:15of the German

00:40:15Grand Prix

00:40:16beginning at

00:40:167.30 a.m.

00:40:17Eastern with

00:40:18the Acura

00:40:18Pre-Race Show

00:40:19featuring Peter

00:40:20Windsor on

00:40:21site at the

00:40:21Hockenheim Ring.

00:40:22This week,

00:40:23Peter will get

00:40:23some reaction

00:40:24to the latest

00:40:24proposed rule

00:40:25changes in

00:40:26Formula One and

00:40:26show us the

00:40:27new super

00:40:27helmets the

00:40:28drivers are

00:40:29required to

00:40:29wear.

00:40:29That's tomorrow

00:40:30morning,

00:40:317.30 Eastern,

00:40:32live, only on

00:40:32speed.

00:40:33However,

00:40:34the event is

00:40:34subject to

00:40:35blackout.

00:40:37Ron Dennis on

00:40:38the left,

00:40:39Norbert Haug

00:40:39there.

00:40:41Getting a lot

00:40:42of attention

00:40:42from the

00:40:43German TV

00:40:43crew.

00:40:45Here is David

00:40:46Coulthard in

00:40:47that tight

00:40:47hairpin when

00:40:48he had so

00:40:48many problems

00:40:49yesterday.

00:40:50Let's take a

00:40:50look at what

00:40:51David Coulthard

00:40:52went through.

00:40:53The problem

00:40:54was his

00:40:55braking,

00:40:55Steve.

00:40:56He kept

00:40:57adjusting the

00:40:57brake bars

00:40:58front to

00:40:58rear,

00:40:59which is

00:41:00something you

00:41:00expect the

00:41:01drivers to do.

00:41:01You want the

00:41:02drivers to do

00:41:02that in

00:41:02Friday practice

00:41:03so they

00:41:03can try and

00:41:04push the

00:41:04braking zone

00:41:05as far into

00:41:06the apex of

00:41:07the corner

00:41:07as they can.

00:41:08But he

00:41:09really did

00:41:09have trouble

00:41:10finding out

00:41:11exactly how

00:41:11much he

00:41:12could push

00:41:12that braking

00:41:13zone.

00:41:13It was

00:41:13amazing.

00:41:14He had

00:41:14so many

00:41:15problems

00:41:15yesterday.

00:41:16And today

00:41:16he was

00:41:16actually

00:41:17quicker than

00:41:17Kimi Raikkonen

00:41:18in pre-qualifying.

00:41:19And let's

00:41:19see if he can

00:41:20do it again

00:41:20now.

00:41:22He carried

00:41:23out a rear

00:41:25spring change

00:41:25on Coulthard's

00:41:27MP4-19

00:41:28beat.

00:41:29It seems to

00:41:29have given

00:41:30them a little

00:41:30bit better

00:41:30traction.

00:41:33After

00:41:33Silverstone

00:41:34where he

00:41:34was significantly

00:41:35slower than

00:41:35his teammate

00:41:36Kimi Raikkonen

00:41:36and David

00:41:37Coulthard said

00:41:38almost wistfully,

00:41:39I hope there was

00:41:41something wrong

00:41:41with my car.

00:41:42As you pointed out

00:41:43earlier, David,

00:41:44he really is racing

00:41:45for his career

00:41:46right now.

00:41:48and he has

00:41:49just hated

00:41:50to single

00:41:50that qualifying

00:41:51right from

00:41:51its inception

00:41:52last year.

00:41:54But look at

00:41:55that.

00:41:56That is good

00:41:57to get in

00:41:57bowl.

00:42:02I'm a little

00:42:02wistful about

00:42:03this place.

00:42:04This is the

00:42:04only current

00:42:04Formula One

00:42:05track that

00:42:05I've actually

00:42:06driven in

00:42:06a race car.

00:42:07And it

00:42:08looks a lot

00:42:09wider on

00:42:09these television

00:42:10pictures than

00:42:11it does when

00:42:11you're looking

00:42:11out the

00:42:11windscreen.

00:42:14He looked

00:42:15a bit better

00:42:15through turn

00:42:15six then

00:42:16than he did

00:42:17with some

00:42:17of those

00:42:17shots from

00:42:18yesterday.

00:42:20It's a key

00:42:20corner, that

00:42:21nine.

00:42:21It's a medium

00:42:22speed, but

00:42:22boy, if you

00:42:23could just

00:42:23maintain just

00:42:24a few RPM

00:42:24quicker through

00:42:25there, it's

00:42:26going to help

00:42:27enormously.

00:42:27Obviously, you

00:42:27got to exit

00:42:28that turn

00:42:28there.

00:42:29Look at

00:42:29that.

00:42:29This is

00:42:30looking good

00:42:30enough for

00:42:31pole position

00:42:32so far, but

00:42:33some very

00:42:33fast runners

00:42:34to come.

00:42:35Alonso,

00:42:35Button,

00:42:36Pisonia,

00:42:36and Montoya.

00:42:37Well, let's

00:42:37start at the

00:42:38beginning.

00:42:38He is

00:42:39significantly

00:42:39quicker than

00:42:40his teammate

00:42:41right now.

00:42:41Absolutely.

00:42:45But the

00:42:45third sector

00:42:46this morning

00:42:46was not

00:42:47his best

00:42:47sector.

00:42:48Let's see

00:42:48what happens

00:42:48today.

00:42:49They've used

00:42:50a lot less

00:42:50road there

00:42:51than Kimi

00:42:51Raikkonen.

00:42:52Wow, lost

00:42:53it all again.

00:42:54Yep, and

00:42:55he comes in

00:42:55behind Raikkonen

00:42:56in third.

00:42:58But in

00:42:59front of

00:42:59Jano, truly,

00:43:01pushing Rubens

00:43:02Barrichello

00:43:02into fifth

00:43:03spot.

00:43:04Yeah, Ferrari

00:43:05back on the

00:43:06third row.

00:43:07Third row, yeah.

00:43:09Now, there

00:43:10are a lot

00:43:10of steps

00:43:11still to

00:43:11come before

00:43:12McLaren wins

00:43:13again, and

00:43:13when they do,

00:43:14however, watch

00:43:16for all the

00:43:16media to cover

00:43:18one British

00:43:19journalist, whose

00:43:20name is Bob

00:43:21McKenzie, who

00:43:22has sworn

00:43:23publicly that he

00:43:24would run

00:43:24naked around

00:43:25the Silverstone

00:43:26Circuit if, in

00:43:27fact, McLaren

00:43:28wins this year.

00:43:29Ron Dennis

00:43:30says, I would be

00:43:30delighted to hold

00:43:31him to that, and

00:43:32we intend to

00:43:33hold him to

00:43:34that, but we

00:43:35understand from

00:43:36our Alan Henry

00:43:36that there may be

00:43:37moves afoot to get

00:43:38McKenzie off the

00:43:39hook.

00:43:40Yeah, I got to

00:43:41believe that

00:43:42McLaren are going

00:43:42to win a race

00:43:43this year, they're

00:43:43going so well.

00:43:44Of course, are

00:43:46these people going

00:43:46to, Alonso, of

00:43:47course, winner of

00:43:48the Hungarian

00:43:48Grand Prix from

00:43:49Pol last year, coming

00:43:50up here in three

00:43:52weeks' time.

00:43:53Well, they've got

00:43:54some more.

00:43:55That's a good time

00:43:55too, that's good

00:43:56enough for the

00:43:56front row.

00:43:57more engine revisions

00:43:58have gone on to

00:43:59the lump for this

00:43:59race.

00:44:00A little bit of

00:44:01aerodynamic work as

00:44:02well, but they are

00:44:03coming on every race.

00:44:04This team is making

00:44:05progress.

00:44:06Now, they always

00:44:07seem to have very

00:44:07good mechanical grip,

00:44:08but they too have

00:44:09been a bit slow in

00:44:10that third sector,

00:44:11which is where you'd

00:44:11expect them to pick up

00:44:12time.

00:44:13He'll be 23 years

00:44:15old next Thursday.

00:44:16Of course, last year

00:44:17in Hungary, he became

00:44:18the youngest ever

00:44:19Formula One winner.

00:44:20So young, in fact,

00:44:21that he would still

00:44:25be the third youngest

00:44:26winner in Formula One

00:44:27history if he would

00:44:28have won this race

00:44:29on Sunday.

00:44:30Look at that.

00:44:30Very good time in

00:44:31that second sector.

00:44:36This is a sector he

00:44:37should pick up time

00:44:38in, unless they've

00:44:39trimmed it out too

00:44:41much to try and get

00:44:42some top speed,

00:44:43because they are a

00:44:43little bit down on

00:44:44power.

00:44:44This could be front

00:44:45row stuff for the

00:44:46young Spaniard.

00:44:48No!

00:44:49Wow, you see, again,

00:44:50they lose it all in

00:44:51that last sector where

00:44:52you'd expect to pick

00:44:53time up, but they

00:44:54must have got the

00:44:54thing way trimmed out

00:44:55to keep it up to

00:44:56snuff in the far

00:44:57sectors.

00:44:58A rueful smile from

00:45:00Flavio Briatore.

00:45:01You saw it did

00:45:01nothing to dim the

00:45:03enthusiasm of the

00:45:04Alonso fans in the

00:45:05grandstand.

00:45:06He takes his place

00:45:07outside row two for

00:45:09the moment.

00:45:09We'll be back.

00:45:14Three drivers remain

00:45:16with a shot at pole

00:45:17position for Sunday

00:45:18morning's Formula One

00:45:19German Grand Prix to be

00:45:20seen live here on

00:45:21Speed Channel.

00:45:22This is Jenson Button

00:45:24to be followed by

00:45:25young Antonio Pisonia and

00:45:27Juan Pablo Montoya in

00:45:29the two BMW Williams.

00:45:30But this is the BAR

00:45:31Honda, and Button

00:45:33desperately needs a leg

00:45:34up.

00:45:35After a long string of

00:45:36podiums, the first of his

00:45:37career to start the

00:45:38season, he's been a bit

00:45:40off the boil recently,

00:45:41even though he did

00:45:41finish fourth in his

00:45:43home Grand Prix in

00:45:43Britain two weeks ago.

00:45:45But they were

00:45:45absolutely convinced

00:45:46they were going to be

00:45:46on the podium.

00:45:47And of course, the

00:45:48really terrible thing is

00:45:50after that staggeringly

00:45:51quick first sector, if

00:45:53he's on the pole, he's

00:45:54going to start in tenth

00:45:55spot because he changed

00:45:56his engine on Friday.

00:45:58Part of that desperate

00:45:59rule which nobody likes

00:46:01much.

00:46:02Especially not him,

00:46:03especially not now.

00:46:04Especially not him,

00:46:05not now.

00:46:05Well, that's still,

00:46:07yeah, that's pretty good,

00:46:08that second sector.

00:46:10Once again, the team

00:46:12has had to disengage

00:46:14their very trick front

00:46:16ditch differential to

00:46:18help to prevent lockup

00:46:19under braking of those

00:46:20front Michelins.

00:46:22In the line comes the

00:46:24true Brit.

00:46:26Wow, second, the 13-6.

00:46:31Just a tenth slower than

00:46:32he ran in the opening

00:46:34round of single car.

00:46:35Kimi Raikkonen looking on

00:46:36in the McLaren pits.

00:46:37Juan Pablo Montoya,

00:46:39Montoya.

00:46:39So he's pushed Kimi Raikkonen

00:46:40from that second spot and

00:46:42of course the two really

00:46:43fast guys this morning

00:46:44are coming up now.

00:46:45Montoya, Pisonia first

00:46:47and then Montoya.

00:46:48Well, they've been a busy

00:46:49crew at BAR Honda this

00:46:50weekend.

00:46:51In addition to haranguing

00:46:53the FIA officials about

00:46:54disengaging that front

00:46:55diff, they also lost the

00:46:58engine in Button's car.

00:46:59Anthony Davidson, the

00:47:00third driver on Friday,

00:47:01broke the gearbox and this

00:47:02morning Takuma Sato

00:47:04crashed.

00:47:05That was Ralph Schumacher.

00:47:06You just saw the back of his

00:47:07head.

00:47:07He is here this weekend

00:47:08broken back and all to

00:47:10watch his team in action.

00:47:12And here is his replacement

00:47:13this weekend, replacing

00:47:15Spaniard Marc Genet who

00:47:16drove the last two races for

00:47:17BMW Williams.

00:47:18this is young Brazilian

00:47:20Antonio Pisonia.

00:47:25Not as quick in that first

00:47:26sector as Michael Schumacher

00:47:27nor Jenson Button.

00:47:30Jenson Button of course

00:47:32going to have to start 12th

00:47:33but Pisonia putting on a

00:47:34great show, significantly

00:47:36better than Marc Genet who

00:47:38was a stand in at the last

00:47:39two races.

00:47:40Pisonia really cranking out a

00:47:42staggering lap in pre-

00:47:43qualifying just a few minutes

00:47:45ago.

00:47:46Second only to his teammate

00:47:47Montoya, 201.7 miles an hour

00:47:51of Pisonia in the BMW engine

00:47:55coming up on his 24th birthday.

00:47:57Pisonia dismissed in disgrace

00:48:00from Jaguar last year.

00:48:02This weekend he said he did not

00:48:03get equal treatment with

00:48:04Marc Weber.

00:48:06Jag disputes that but Pisonia

00:48:08has been very quick in the

00:48:09Williams this weekend.

00:48:10He must have a lot of fuel on

00:48:12board or something because

00:48:13he's, this could put him

00:48:14right way down in the middle

00:48:15of the pack.

00:48:17This could put him down with

00:48:18Jenson Button who of course

00:48:19is going to be down there

00:48:20because he's going to lose 10

00:48:21spots.

00:48:21There he is, 10th.

00:48:22Not what he's hoping for I'm

00:48:24sure.

00:48:24But as luck would have it,

00:48:26who did he bump?

00:48:27Marc Weber.

00:48:29In the Jag.

00:48:30His old teammate,

00:48:31Raoul Schumacher looking on

00:48:32there.

00:48:34Very conflicting reports about

00:48:35when he's, a lot of people

00:48:36saying he's going to be in

00:48:37Hungary in two weeks time,

00:48:38three weeks time.

00:48:39But a lot of people saying

00:48:40it's going to be more like

00:48:41Monza in September.

00:48:42Well I'm also hearing that

00:48:43the Williams team has an

00:48:44insurance contract that

00:48:45pays Ralph's salary if he

00:48:47misses four races.

00:48:48Hungary would be race number

00:48:49four.

00:48:50But then you hear that they

00:48:52desperately want him back to

00:48:53try and get themselves up in

00:48:54the, in the, uh,

00:48:55Constructors' Championship.

00:48:56Well if Pisonia can do that

00:48:57for him, I mean Pisonia is

00:48:59quick and could get points

00:49:00this weekend.

00:49:01But right now the point is

00:49:02pole and here's the last man

00:49:04with a shot at it.

00:49:05Quickest in the first session.

00:49:08One Pablo Montoya on pole here

00:49:10last year and of course won by

00:49:12nearly a lap.

00:49:14Quicker in the first sector.

00:49:19That long, long left-hand

00:49:21Parabolica down to turn six.

00:49:23So much depends on this turn.

00:49:24You know, braking just right.

00:49:26You want to brake as late as

00:49:27you can.

00:49:27You leave it just a hair too

00:49:28late.

00:49:29You're skidding off over that

00:49:30Bridgestone stick on the

00:49:31extra of the corner.

00:49:33202.7 miles an hour.

00:49:35So still significantly slower

00:49:37than Michael Schumacher

00:49:38through the speed trap.

00:49:41Nobody throws a car around

00:49:43like this guy does.

00:49:44No, taking a lot of road at

00:49:45nine there.

00:49:45A lot of that curb.

00:49:46So that looked, uh,

00:49:47very smooth too.

00:49:48Yes.

00:49:49Ah!

00:49:51Watch the green.

00:49:52A little bit twitchy out of

00:49:54that corner.

00:49:54Yeah, that's the way he likes

00:49:56it though.

00:49:56He's not like Michael.

00:49:57He's not all precision and

00:49:59extra margin of error at every

00:50:01corner.

00:50:02This guy is a true Latin.

00:50:04In the mold of Ayrton Senna.

00:50:07This looks like we're going to

00:50:08have that desperate front row

00:50:09of Montoya and Schumacher.

00:50:11There it is.

00:50:12And we will.

00:50:13It is not good for pole,

00:50:15but it is P2.

00:50:17And the German Schumacher fans

00:50:20have their man on pole.

00:50:22There's Mario Illion,

00:50:23who builds the Mercedes-Benz V10s.

00:50:27So Michael Schumacher will

00:50:30start alongside one Pablo Montoya

00:50:34on row one.

00:50:35It'll be Button and Raikkonen

00:50:36on row two.

00:50:37Coulthard and Alonso on row three.

00:50:39And that's a key.

00:50:40A key number for Michael Schumacher.

00:50:42That will be his 61st pole.

00:50:45Only four shy now.

00:50:46There at the center.

00:50:47And his first pole since the

00:50:49European Grand Prix.

00:50:50Also on German soil, of course.

00:50:56Well, a lot of very happy people here.

00:50:58The Mercedes people must be happier

00:51:00with the way their car's going.

00:51:01Obviously, the BMW people

00:51:03are pretty happy with the front row.

00:51:04And of course, the rest of the crowd

00:51:05extremely happy that Michael Schumacher

00:51:07is on the pole.

00:51:08Well, here is a number.

00:51:10This front row start for Michael Schumacher

00:51:12will be his 100th.

00:51:16100 starts, either P1 or P2,

00:51:19in his career.

00:51:21Oh, boy, oh, boy.

00:51:22I can remember when getting to 100 starts

00:51:25in your career was a big deal.

00:51:27Michael started from the front row

00:51:29that many times.

00:51:29206 starts, so half of his starts

00:51:32have been from the front row.

00:51:33That is an astounding statistic.

00:51:36Well, it's going to make for

00:51:37a very interesting opening to the race,

00:51:40isn't it, tomorrow?

00:51:41Michael Schumacher and Montoya.

00:51:42Certainly no love lost between those two

00:51:45very skilled racing drivers,

00:51:47both with different techniques

00:51:49and skills to offer.

00:51:50And both, basically, with nothing to lose.

00:51:53Michael, the runaway leader

00:51:54for the championship.

00:51:55Montoya, no hope for the championship.

00:51:58And if Ferrari can sweep 1-2 this weekend,

00:52:02as Michael accepts congratulations

00:52:03around the garage,

00:52:06Ferrari, with a 1-2 finish this weekend,

00:52:08will clinch the Constructors' title

00:52:11for 2004.

00:52:13I tell you what, that Turn 1

00:52:15is going to be one corner tomorrow.

00:52:18I mean, Schumacher-Montoya

00:52:20alongside each other,

00:52:21that fast corner, that girl

00:52:22crossing herself there.

00:52:23Looking for help wherever you can find it.

00:52:28Still a great performance for Montoya,

00:52:32who said this weekend that

00:52:33he suspects the team is no longer

00:52:36giving him access to the latest technology,

00:52:38at least in terms of what they're thinking

00:52:39for next year's car.

00:52:41He has but one more test

00:52:43for the BMW Williams team

00:52:45coming up at Monza.

00:52:48But look at the road he has to use

00:52:50to get that time

00:52:51where Michael Schumacher

00:52:52barely got it off the blacktop

00:52:53onto the hatching,

00:52:54let alone beyond that

00:52:55onto the green top.

00:52:57Second call in his home Grand Prix

00:52:59for Michael Schumacher.

00:53:00He'll be going over to wave

00:53:01to the grandstands, I'm sure.

00:53:03There he is.

00:53:08Oh, for a guy that's suffering with flu,

00:53:10that's not a bad performance.

00:53:12Absolutely.

00:53:13Michael under the weather,

00:53:14he got out of the car

00:53:15after yesterday morning's practice

00:53:16and was hacking away like a smoker.

00:53:18Yeah, he's obviously not

00:53:20at the best of his peak condition

00:53:22at the moment.

00:53:22He's obviously got a nasty cold

00:53:24or flu and...

00:53:25But I mean, boy, oh boy,

00:53:27what an incredible career he's had.

00:53:28Starting to look...

00:53:29As he looked over the crowd there,

00:53:31just a slight...

00:53:32You can see the wear and tears

00:53:33taking place.

00:53:34When you see those decade shows

00:53:35we're in the middle of doing now,

00:53:36how young he looked in 94.

00:53:38Do you notice that tattoo

00:53:39on the inside of his right wrist?

00:53:41I wouldn't know

00:53:42what the Hindu god of luck,

00:53:43Ganesha, looks like,

00:53:44but supposedly he has that tattoo

00:53:47on his body somewhere.

00:53:49And of course, he carries the amulet,

00:53:51the lucky charm given to him

00:53:52by his wife, Corinna,

00:53:53as John taught.

00:53:55And Michael's manager,

00:53:57Willie Weber,

00:53:58himself a multi-millionaire

00:54:00off the earnings he makes

00:54:01from Michael and brother Ralph.

00:54:03Michael is quite the superstitious fellow.

00:54:06But hey, whatever works.

00:54:08Front row start number 100

00:54:10and total 61

00:54:12for Michael Schumacher.

00:54:25Welcome back to the Hockenheim Ring.

00:54:27Moments ago,

00:54:28this was Michael Schumacher

00:54:29saluting his fans.

00:54:31Notably, more buff Michael Schumacher

00:54:33who appears to have changed

00:54:34his legendary fitness training regimen

00:54:36to add a little muscle.

00:54:39crowd settling in for the Formula 3000 race

00:54:41where runaway championship leader

00:54:43Vian Antonio Luzzi

00:54:44will start from pole.

00:54:45But right now,

00:54:46let's go to Peter Windsor

00:54:47in the interview room.

00:54:50Congratulations to the fastest three

00:54:52qualifiers for the Mobile One

00:54:53Grand Prix of Germany

00:54:54to Jenson Button third

00:54:56for Lucky Strike BAR Honda

00:54:58to Juan Pablo Montoya

00:54:59second quickest

00:55:00for BMW Williams

00:55:01and to Michael Schumacher

00:55:03on the pole

00:55:03for Scuderia Ferrari Marlborough.

00:55:06Michael, more history today.

00:55:07You've become the first driver ever

00:55:08in 100 races

00:55:09to start from the front row of the grid

00:55:11and of course,

00:55:11it is your first pole

00:55:13since Nürburgring

00:55:14in front of your home crowd.

00:55:16Yeah, it's interesting.

00:55:19Seems to be the German Grand Prix

00:55:20in a way.

00:55:21But anyway,

00:55:22it's a nice one.

00:55:23It's the right time

00:55:24to do it

00:55:25in front of the home crowd,

00:55:27no doubt.

00:55:28And I think with

00:55:30the way things go for us

00:55:31this weekend,

00:55:32that's very promising for us.

00:55:34What were your thoughts

00:55:35after pre-qualifying?

00:55:37You were midfield there

00:55:38and you gained

00:55:390.7 of a second

00:55:41actually on that qualifying lap.

00:55:42Yeah, honestly,

00:55:43as usual,

00:55:45I'm the first one out

00:55:46which I shouldn't complain about

00:55:48because there's a good reason for.

00:55:50But being the circuit sweeper

00:55:52and then not knowing

00:55:53exactly what is the grip

00:55:54so you can't always put it

00:55:56onto the edge

00:55:58until you find out

00:55:59for the first couple of corners

00:56:00where you are.

00:56:02It didn't really then work out

00:56:04but it was still reasonable

00:56:06and being in the midfield

00:56:08as starting the second session

00:56:09wasn't too much of a problem for me

00:56:12because the circuit

00:56:12seemed to have settled in

00:56:14after a while

00:56:14and then didn't pick up anymore.

00:56:17How was the lap?

00:56:18You looked very, very good

00:56:19on sectors two and three.

00:56:20Yeah, sector two and three

00:56:23I just got perfectly together.

00:56:25Sector one

00:56:27probably not 100%

00:56:28but I think all of us

00:56:29afterwards can say

00:56:30we lost here and there

00:56:32a little bit of time.

00:56:34Congratulations.

00:56:35Juan Pablo,

00:56:36resurgence for BMW Williams

00:56:38and on the front row

00:56:38for the first time since Spain.

00:56:40Yeah, I think it's nice

00:56:42to be back in the front.

00:56:43You know, the car

00:56:44you know, I think Williams

00:56:45and BMW

00:56:46have done a really good job

00:56:47over the last few races

00:56:49and I think since Magna Core

00:56:50it's just a couple new things

00:56:52and you know,

00:56:53it's good to see the team

00:56:54back in good shape.

00:56:57It's a shame

00:56:58we couldn't go in a little bit

00:56:58you know,

00:56:59couldn't go in any faster

00:57:00and I think we got

00:57:01a very good race car.

00:57:02We have to wait

00:57:02and see how

00:57:03you know,

00:57:04how it pans out tomorrow.

00:57:06You're very, very close

00:57:07for the pole there.

00:57:07Were you thinking

00:57:08in terms of the pole?

00:57:10Yeah, a little bit.

00:57:12I went into the grass

00:57:13in turn seven,

00:57:15bar turn seven

00:57:15going just the corner

00:57:16before the stadium

00:57:17the right hander

00:57:18put the car on the grass

00:57:19had a big snap there

00:57:20just got a bit of speed

00:57:21down that straight

00:57:22and I thought

00:57:22I just finished it up.

00:57:25Congratulations to you too.

00:57:27Jensen,

00:57:28a bit of a bittersweet day

00:57:29obviously quick

00:57:29but the problem yesterday

00:57:31with the car

00:57:31means you're going to have

00:57:32to start 10 positions

00:57:33further back.

00:57:34It is, you know

00:57:35it's difficult

00:57:36because we've been

00:57:37very strong here

00:57:39in long runs.

00:57:40It's more our one lap

00:57:43pace that we've had

00:57:44to work on.

00:57:44So it's disappointing

00:57:46that we're going back

00:57:47to 13th on the grid.

00:57:49You know,

00:57:50these things happen.

00:57:50I've been very lucky

00:57:52in the races

00:57:53not to have any failures

00:57:54so, you know,

00:57:56we make mistakes

00:57:57and the team

00:57:57makes mistakes sometimes.

00:57:59As it happens,

00:58:00actually 13th

00:58:00is your highest ever

00:58:01qualifying position

00:58:02for the German Grand Prix

00:58:03and you've scored points

00:58:04in three out of four

00:58:04of those races.

00:58:05True,

00:58:06I've had a pretty good run

00:58:07here in the past

00:58:09in cars that really

00:58:10haven't been good enough

00:58:12to be in,

00:58:13you know,

00:58:13in the top five

00:58:13or six places.

00:58:14So it's,

00:58:15there's a good chance

00:58:16we can get points here

00:58:17and that is our aim

00:58:18to get both cars

00:58:19into points

00:58:19and hopefully not just

00:58:21one or two points.

00:58:22You know,

00:58:22we've got a very good

00:58:23race pace.

00:58:24I'm looking forward

00:58:24to the race,

00:58:25it'll be very exciting.

00:58:27Michael,

00:58:27how do you see the race

00:58:28going?

00:58:29It looks to be

00:58:29very, very close now.

00:58:31Well,

00:58:31first of all,

00:58:32I guess it's going

00:58:32to be nice

00:58:33and warm tomorrow.

00:58:34They predicted

00:58:35quite high temperatures

00:58:36and nice and sunny.

00:58:38So it's going

00:58:39to be good

00:58:39for the spectators

00:58:40to have a nice

00:58:43afternoon

00:58:43and hopefully

00:58:44we can put the show

00:58:45up for them

00:58:46to enjoy it.

00:58:48Michael Schumacher

00:58:49definitely sounds

00:58:50like he's feeling

00:58:51the effects

00:58:51of that flu bug.

00:58:53But taking pole

00:58:54remedies a lot

00:58:56of problems.

00:58:56We'll be back

00:58:57for the Hockenheim Ring.

00:59:03Be sure to join us

00:59:04tomorrow for live

00:59:05Speed Channel coverage

00:59:06of round 12

00:59:07of the 2004

00:59:08Formula One season,

00:59:09the German Grand Prix

00:59:10from Hockenheim.

00:59:11It all begins

00:59:12at 7.30 a.m.

00:59:13Eastern Time

00:59:14with the Acura

00:59:15Free Race Show

00:59:15featuring Peter

00:59:16Windsor in the paddock

00:59:17at Hockenheim.

00:59:18They'll be talking

00:59:19about the proposed

00:59:20new rules

00:59:20to change the formula

00:59:21of Formula One

00:59:22and the new super helmets

00:59:24the drivers

00:59:24are required to wear.

00:59:26There's not been

00:59:26a lot of talk

00:59:26about that,

00:59:27so check it out

00:59:28beginning at 7.30

00:59:29tomorrow.

00:59:30Now let's look back

00:59:30to last year's

00:59:31German Grand Prix.

00:59:34Juan Pablo Montoya

00:59:35started the race

00:59:35on pole in the Williams,

00:59:37but watch the left

00:59:38side of your screen.

00:59:38Teammate Ralph Schumacher

00:59:40makes it interesting.

00:59:41He goes left to right

00:59:42for turn one,

00:59:42touches wheels

00:59:43with Rubens Bartichello.

00:59:44Kimi Raikkonen

00:59:45gets hung out

00:59:45on the outside.

00:59:46There's contact

00:59:47and Raikkonen

00:59:48hits the tires hard.

00:59:49Watch the replay.

00:59:50Ralph Schumacher

00:59:51moving from left to right.

00:59:52Pitches Barrichello

00:59:53and a classic pitch there

00:59:54for old Raikkonen

00:59:55just about going

00:59:55on the grass anyway.

00:59:56Takes a couple of wheels

00:59:57off already

00:59:58and this removes

00:59:59the rest of them.

01:00:00Nearly turned him

01:00:01over there.

01:00:02So a pretty desperate

01:00:03first lap crash.

01:00:04I don't think

01:00:04we'd have that this year.

01:00:05They moved those tires

01:00:06way back.

01:00:06So Raikkonen was out.

01:00:08Ralph Schumacher

01:00:10was out.

01:00:10Basically it was his fault

01:00:11unfortunately.

01:00:13Barrichello also out

01:00:14and he was really

01:00:15at no fault

01:00:15and the safety car

01:00:16was out.

01:00:17They decided

01:00:17no red flag.

01:00:19Yes however

01:00:20once the race was back

01:00:22underway

01:00:22and the green race

01:00:23and great race in action

01:00:24Michael Schumacher

01:00:25running in third

01:00:26makes the move

01:00:27on Jarno Trulli.

01:00:29Schumacher running

01:00:29very wide.

01:00:30He doesn't lift

01:00:31and gets the move

01:00:32on Jarno Trulli's Renault

01:00:34much to the delight

01:00:35of Scuderia Ferrari's

01:00:37mechanics right there.

01:00:40Well done that man.

01:00:41A little bit later

01:00:42on lap 60

01:00:42Davey Coutard

01:00:43tries to say

01:00:44move on Trulli.

01:00:45Goes wide

01:00:45but this time

01:00:47Trulli hangs on.

01:00:49Saves the position

01:00:50it wouldn't last long.

01:00:52Two more corners.

01:00:54Trulli makes a mistake

01:00:55and DC takes third spot.

01:00:57And it looked like

01:00:57Trulli would have to

01:00:58settle for fourth

01:00:59until lap 63.

01:01:00Michael Schumacher

01:01:01flattened the left rear tire.

01:01:03That puncture

01:01:03and subsequent pit stop

01:01:04would drop Michael

01:01:05all the way down to seven.

01:01:07Up front it was

01:01:07the dominant run

01:01:08for Juan Pablo Montoya

01:01:10who led flag to flag

01:01:11for his third career victory.

01:01:13Meanwhile the exhausted

01:01:15Jarno Trulli

01:01:15suffering from the flu

01:01:16all weekend

01:01:17got his second career podium

01:01:18and Michael Schumacher's

01:01:20troubled day

01:01:21cut his championship lead

01:01:22to just six points

01:01:23as Montoya

01:01:25completed a run

01:01:26of 50 points

01:01:27in his last six starts.

01:01:30I'm sure tomorrow

01:01:31will be every bit

01:01:32as dramatic

01:01:33from the Hockenheim Ring

01:01:34so be sure you're with us

01:01:35beginning at 7.30 Eastern.

01:01:41Welcome back to the Hockenheim Ring

01:01:43qualifying is now complete

01:01:45for the German Grand Prix

01:01:46coming up Sunday

01:01:47here on Speed Channel

01:01:48Michael Schumacher

01:01:49has his 61st career pole

01:01:51his 100th career

01:01:53front row start

01:01:54David Hobbs

01:01:55and Steve Matchett

01:01:56this is how he did it.

01:01:58Well here we see him

01:01:58a nice close up

01:02:00of his napper

01:02:01as he comes down

01:02:01and there's one of those

01:02:02new helmets

01:02:02you were talking about

01:02:03just about to go

01:02:05across the stripe

01:02:07to commence his fast lap

01:02:08this is that turn one

01:02:09where hopefully

01:02:10we don't see too much

01:02:11action tomorrow

01:02:12as you can see

01:02:12a very fast turn

01:02:14down to turn three

01:02:15in the old days

01:02:15he's got to use to go

01:02:17careering straight up

01:02:18into the woods there

01:02:19look at a brake bias adjustment

01:02:20between turns one and two

01:02:21push the brake bias forward

01:02:23a little bit

01:02:25for the car

01:02:25look at the driver's hands again

01:02:27that's the sign right there

01:02:29brake bias adjustment

01:02:29again

01:02:30this is Michael Schumacher

01:02:31and Ferrari

01:02:32all the way around

01:02:33every corner

01:02:34has to be taken

01:02:35under its own merit

01:02:35and this is turn six

01:02:37the tightest corner here

01:02:38out braking opportunities

01:02:39206 miles an hour

01:02:40into there

01:02:40showing a beautiful

01:02:41balance of downforce

01:02:43and power

01:02:44from that Ferrari engine

01:02:45look at this

01:02:46real quick fast

01:02:47right hand sweep

01:02:47for turn nine here

01:02:48you've got to get

01:02:49this kerb just right

01:02:50slash across the kerb

01:02:51try and maintain speed

01:02:52especially out of this

01:02:53turn here

01:02:54turn 11

01:02:55good long run

01:02:56down to turn 12

01:02:57as they go into the stadium

01:02:58which is where

01:02:59most of the corners

01:03:00all come

01:03:01kind of pile up

01:03:02on each other

01:03:02now this is

01:03:03looking good

01:03:03look at the lack

01:03:04of steering input

01:03:05too

01:03:05now traction power

01:03:07traction power

01:03:08all the way around

01:03:08this old stadium section

01:03:10and this is where

01:03:11it works so well

01:03:11as well

01:03:12you know

01:03:12it's basically everywhere

01:03:13the chassis

01:03:14and the track

01:03:14and the driver

01:03:15in perfect harmony

01:03:15and within a tad

01:03:17as he crossed the line

01:03:18within a tad

01:03:19of 140 mile an hour

01:03:20average

01:03:21now enjoy

01:03:22the sounds of speed

01:03:23we'll see you

01:03:24in a moment

01:03:46the sound of speed

01:04:05in a minute

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