2005 Spanish GP Qualifying Session 1

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The 1st Aggregate Qualifying Session for Round 5 of the 2005 F1 season at Barcelona.

Transcript

00:00:00...to the front, putting his Ferrari in the slipstream of championship leader Fernando Alonso's Renault

00:00:05as Formula One's newest star battled its greatest champion.

00:00:10This is incredible. This is just remarkable.

00:00:13The first Spaniard to lead the world champion will add luster to his season

00:00:17by holding off the reigning champion to take his third victory of the season

00:00:23in an absolutely epic battle here at Imola.

00:00:27But if Schumacher and Ferrari are truly back in race-winning form,

00:00:31they know they can afford no such mistakes in qualifying this weekend in Barcelona.

00:00:35Not on a circuit where the team spend hundreds of hours and millions of dollars testing.

00:00:40Where every driver knows every inch of the racing line by heart.

00:00:44And where more than 100,000 home fans will be cheering for the man and the team threatening to take

00:00:51Ferrari's titles.

00:00:52The battle to be world champion continues in first round qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, now.

00:01:23The unofficial off-season home of the Formula One fraternity, the Circuit de Catalunya,

00:01:28outside Barcelona, Spain, is the site of round five of the 2005 Formula One season.

00:01:32And we are ready for first round qualifying.

00:01:34Hi, everybody. I'm Bob Barsha.

00:01:36Steve Matchett and David Hobbs alongside.

00:01:38The big story of the weekend is the absence of the BAR Honda team,

00:01:42disqualified from the San Marino Grand Prix two weeks ago and banned from this race to the next.

00:01:46The team had a complex fuel system that basically utilized fuel as ballast.

00:01:51Here's Steve Matchett to explain further.

00:01:55Leaving aside the rights and wrongs of the BAR system for a moment,

00:01:59let's have a detailed look at how the system operated.

00:02:02After the pit stop, once the fuel had been delivered into the main fuel bladder,

00:02:05a low-pressure electronic pump transfers the fuel into an additional smaller chamber

00:02:10housed at the front of the main bladder.

00:02:12This additional chamber is referred to by the FIA as the special compartment.

00:02:18Transferred from the main tank, the fuel now pours into this special compartment.

00:02:22Note that any fuel transferred is unable to flow back into the main tank

00:02:26as each tank is isolated from the other by sealed membranes.

00:02:30Fuel is now transferred by another electronic pump into the collector,

00:02:34basically a carbon-fibre bottle designed to hold approximately 2 to 3 litres of fuel.

00:02:38The purpose of the collector is to provide a constant, stable amount of fuel

00:02:42for delivery to the engine's injection system.

00:02:45From the collector, fuel is then fed to the high-pressure engine-driven pump

00:02:49and from here to the engine's 10 fuel injectors.

00:02:52The system is designed so that the collector is oversupplied with fuel,

00:02:56the engine drawing less fuel from the collector than is being supplied to it.

00:02:59As the collector overfills, any surplus fuel drains back into the special compartment

00:03:03via this clear plastic tube.

00:03:05And the fuel housed within the main tank will continue to recycle around the system

00:03:09in this way throughout the duration of the race.

00:03:13At the end of the race, when the FIA officials asked the team to drain their tank,

00:03:17only the residual fuel housed within the main tank was able to be removed.

00:03:21At this time, the weight of the BAR remained above the 600 kilogram minimum

00:03:25as required by the regulations.

00:03:28When the officials discovered the special compartment,

00:03:30they found an additional 8.92 kilograms of fuel housed inside.

00:03:34When this fuel was removed, the weight of the car dropped below the required minimum,

00:03:39now weighing just 594.6 kilograms.

00:03:43The FIA's argument was that BAR were using this additional fuel as ballast,

00:03:47disallowed by the FIA, allowing the car to be run below the minimum weight

00:03:51during the middle stint of the race.

00:03:52Now, during the last pit stop, a generous replenishment of fuel

00:03:56would refill the special compartment with fuel

00:03:59and so return the weight of the car above 600 kilograms.

00:04:02In terms of a potential advantage, running the car just 5 kilograms under the weight limit,

00:04:07well, that could reduce lap times by as much as 2 tenths of a second.

00:04:13Great job, Steve.

00:04:14Now, we should point out in this context, and all you BAR Honda fans can sit down now,

00:04:18the team was not accused of running light,

00:04:21but they were accused of using a system that potentially would allow them to run light.

00:04:25And under Article 2.6 of the technical regulations,

00:04:28it's up to the competitor to prove his car is legal by physical inspection.

00:04:33Don't bring out reams of data.

00:04:34Show me that the car is legal.

00:04:36And that BAR Honda failed to do.

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00:04:56And welcome back to Speed Channel's coverage of qualifying,

00:04:59first-round qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.

00:05:03I'm Bob Varsha with David Hobbs and Steve Matchett.

00:05:05Now, despite the fact that most of the Formula One teams have spent thousands of miles testing at this circuit,

00:05:11they are still faced with a very common problem prior to qualifying,

00:05:15making the right tire choice.

00:05:17And on a track that can absolutely destroy tires despite new resurfacing in the off-season,

00:05:22the race can be won or lost even before the cars go to the grid.

00:05:25Here's Peter Windsor with more.

00:05:29That's right, guys.

00:05:30Barcelona, one of the most technical circuits on the calendar,

00:05:33and thus very difficult for the teams to make that all-important tire choice for qualifying and thus for the

00:05:38race.

00:05:39Fast corners here, placing enormous emphasis on the performance of the left front tire.

00:05:43Traction places too, so the rear tires take a punishing.

00:05:46Barcelona is also one of those circuits, like Indianapolis.

00:05:49It seems to change every ten minutes or so.

00:05:53Every ten minutes the track is different, and it's a really difficult decision to be made,

00:06:00and especially with the tires, and even though we test here quite a lot during the winter,

00:06:05but it's still different, you know, the temperature is a lot hotter now than when we were testing here.

00:06:11It's a difficult one for sure, but it's the same for everybody.

00:06:16Well, this circuit has changed a lot because of the new tarmac,

00:06:19and it's very smooth, and it's a micro-tarmac now,

00:06:22which induces a lot of heat into the tire, therefore a lot of wear,

00:06:25so it's going to be a tough one for the tires.

00:06:28I'd be surprised.

00:06:30I'm sure there are some issues on tires on Sunday afternoon.

00:06:36Obviously, what you want to do in the race defines how you're going to set the car up for qualifying,

00:06:40but it looks like the battle of the left fronts here between Bridgestone and Michelin,

00:06:44very hard circuit on tires.

00:06:46Yeah, actually, with the new surface, it becomes much more smooth,

00:06:52and actually now we use much more softer tires than we used to have in the past

00:07:01because it was so abrasive.

00:07:03But it's true, as you said, I mean, we use a lot of the front-left tires,

00:07:07and it can be a problem for the race.

00:07:11Here, traditionally, you'd be looking at controlling the wear

00:07:14and having a tire that's quick enough in qualifying.

00:07:18Now, it's very different.

00:07:20You're looking at warm-up of the tire, track temperature.

00:07:24There's still a high risk of blistering here,

00:07:26and if people blister, they'll struggle in the last half of the race.

00:07:29It may clean up at the end.

00:07:30There's actually a lot of unknowns still here,

00:07:32so I think probably for us it's more of a question mark,

00:07:36despite the fact we've tested here where we hadn't at any of the other circuits.

00:07:39There's probably more unknowns here than there were at the first four races.

00:07:46And there you see above the huge grandstand that seats nearly 10,000 people

00:07:51on the start-finish straightaway.

00:07:55Olympics are very much in the air.

00:07:56This, of course, was the home of the Olympic Games in 1992.

00:08:01There's Juan Pablo Montoya.

00:08:03He'll be the first man on track.

00:08:04While we have a moment, let's check out the Porsche track map with David Hobbs.

00:08:09Well, there you see the track, and as Peter said at the beginning,

00:08:12it's a very technical track.

00:08:13200 miles an hour into that Elf turn at the bottom of the map there.

00:08:17Obviously, a good opportunity to overtake.

00:08:19Then that Renault, that long, long right-hander,

00:08:21that's where your left front's going to take a real pounding,

00:08:23as it is through Repsol.

00:08:24Then down the hill to Seat, which is a downhill corner.

00:08:27The road falls away all the way.

00:08:28It's difficult to get the car to grip at the front end through there.

00:08:31Then at work, a lot of people have gone off the road.

00:08:34Here, they put their wheels right on the curb on the right.

00:08:37That campus is a quick flick to the right, down to Pocasia.

00:08:41And then those last two corners, New Holland, are very, very quick.

00:08:45And, of course, it's amazing to hear Gascoigne say there's so many unknowns

00:08:48where they say this is the track they test all the time.

00:08:52There's a look at the running order.

00:08:54And the real unknown in all of that was the resurfacing,

00:08:57as we talked about during practice yesterday.

00:08:59When the teams came out here with their new generation Formula 1 tires,

00:09:03they were caught completely out.

00:09:05I mean, lap time's 20 seconds off.

00:09:07Some teams packed up and went home.

00:09:09They just couldn't seem to get the tires to work.

00:09:11The Bridgestone and Michelin have both worked very hard

00:09:14to get a competitive tire on track.

00:09:16And the times are coming down.

00:09:18It's very smooth now, the track.

00:09:20It used to be pretty ripped.

00:09:21There were a couple of places where you had a lot of washboard going to corners.

00:09:23So now they can run the cars a bit lower,

00:09:25and they hope to get more grip.

00:09:26But, of course, all that puts more heat in the tires.

00:09:31Big crowd on hand for first-round qualifying.

00:09:34As mentioned, Juan Pablo Montoya and his return to Formula 1

00:09:37after a two-race absence will be the first man on track.

00:09:40We'll be back to see what he can do.

00:09:46Welcome back to Barcelona, Spain.

00:09:48And there is one Pablo Montoya in the McLaren Mercedes.

00:09:52Absent from the last round of the championship at Imola

00:09:54and the race before that in Bahrain.

00:09:57So he will be the first man on track.

00:10:00Peter Windsor caught up to him earlier

00:10:01and ask him how he felt about being the first man out today.

00:10:09You come back, obviously, a victim of the 2005 qualifying regulations,

00:10:14having to go out early on Saturday afternoon.

00:10:16Your thoughts about that rule, and it is affecting Kimi, of course.

00:10:18Great race at Imola.

00:10:19But here he is, having to go back to square one in Barcelona

00:10:21with quite a major disadvantage.

00:10:23Yeah, but I think it's better here than in Monaco, isn't it?

00:10:27I don't know. You tell me.

00:10:29Yeah, it is.

00:10:29You know, Monaco is a track where it always gets faster.

00:10:31You know, this is probably at least affecting track, hopefully it is.

00:10:35You know, what it is is what it is.

00:10:36You know, we might be lucky.

00:10:37You know, nobody was expecting this rain today.

00:10:39It might go out first, you know, first and third tomorrow,

00:10:41and then it pisses down with rain.

00:10:42Thank you very much.

00:10:43As in Melbourne.

00:10:43There you go.

00:10:44You know, anything can happen.

00:10:46Good to have you back, Juan. Thank you.

00:10:50And here is the man coming down the hill from the turn

00:10:53where he had a massive accident to wrap up Friday practice here at Barcelona.

00:10:59Let's have another look at him going off at about 140 to 150 miles an hour,

00:11:04backing it into the tire wall and basically tearing the rear end off the car.

00:11:08This was at that camp, so that right-hand flick,

00:11:10sort of right about halfway through the lap,

00:11:13an uphill approach to it.

00:11:14And that new Holland has just gone around there.

00:11:16That's a real blind.

00:11:18And of course, you want to get really good speed through there

00:11:20to maintain it all the way down here.

00:11:22They were able to take the engine out of that wreck

00:11:25and fix the chassis.

00:11:27So he is running with the same engine.

00:11:29No engine change, no 10 grid spot penalty for Juan Pablo Montoya.

00:11:33But they are a bit concerned because in the wreck,

00:11:35it broke exhaust pipes and the radiators,

00:11:37and they're just wondering if they're doing internal damage.

00:11:40I'll tell you, the fact that McLaren have been able to reuse that chassis

00:11:44just testament to how strong these survival cells are now in the monocard.

00:11:49I mean, it was a big, big shot.

00:11:50Oh, four corners off the car, rear wing and everything.

00:11:53Now, this is where his trouble started.

00:11:55This is Vert.

00:11:56Go through here.

00:11:57They very up for one ride there like he did then.

00:12:00Just at the top of the hill here.

00:12:01This is where he went off yesterday, this right-hand sweep.

00:12:05He's certainly using all the road and a bit more this afternoon.

00:12:09Juan Pablo Montoya was a bit of a revelation in qualifying

00:12:12when he came to Formula One with the Williams team a few seasons ago.

00:12:15Always a threat for pole position.

00:12:17It's hard to believe it's been almost two years since he last scored a pole.

00:12:24He's those last two really, really, really fast right-handled.

00:12:29As I was saying in the practice show yesterday,

00:12:30you need to get a good slingshot out of that.

00:12:33Well, there's always going to be provision of 115.

00:12:37Oh, 115.902.

00:12:39Well, that's what the teams have been doing,

00:12:40and, you know, it would be so tempting for the engineers to take wing off

00:12:44to really maximize the straight-line speed going down there,

00:12:48and it's something we saw Minardi doing in practice yesterday,

00:12:50but you can't get a quick time by doing that.

00:12:53You have to run a lot of downforce on the car

00:12:55to get the car to stick through New Holland

00:12:59and onto that exit for the start of the track right here.

00:13:02That time of Montoya is a 15.9.

00:13:05I mean, that is, he did a 14.4 this morning,

00:13:08but the track temperature has gone up significantly since then,

00:13:11which goes back to what Ralph Schumacher was saying

00:13:13and Pozzoni there.

00:13:15The track changes here every 10 minutes,

00:13:17which is obviously a bit of an exaggeration,

00:13:18but it does change a lot as the temperature goes up.

00:13:21And as you can see from that sunshine,

00:13:23obviously the sun full on that track,

00:13:25the temperature going up a lot.

00:13:26Something that catches the teams out in testing,

00:13:29exactly what you described, David.

00:13:30You can set the car up to get a performance,

00:13:33to get a lap time out of it in the morning.

00:13:34You try and replicate that at 12 o'clock midday,

00:13:375 o'clock in the afternoon,

00:13:38you just can't get the car to react the same.

00:13:41Here is Giancarlo Fisichella in the Renault,

00:13:44hoping to break a string of three straight DNFs

00:13:47after winning the season opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

00:13:51It's a nice shot at the back of the Renault chassis,

00:13:53sitting down,

00:13:54and a lot of roll put into the back of the car

00:13:56to give the car traction,

00:13:57better traction out of these low-speed corners,

00:13:59quickest in the second section by 0.129.

00:14:03Listen to the crowd going berserk already.

00:14:06This is not their man, Alonso.

00:14:07He'll be driving the second one of these cars

00:14:09because he'll be going out last

00:14:11as the winner of the race two weeks ago.

00:14:15To the line comes the Italian

00:14:17and moves into provisional pole position.

00:14:20Three-tenths of a second,

00:14:22quicker than Juan Pablo Montoya.

00:14:24We'll take a break and return for the next man,

00:14:26Patrick Frisacker of Austria.

00:14:29He is the provisional pole sitter.

00:14:31Here comes Patrick Frisacker of Austria in the Minardi.

00:14:37198.4 miles an hour

00:14:38through Frisacker through the speed trap.

00:14:42If you're not used to Formula One,

00:14:46qualifying is an aggregated

00:14:48and sometimes aggravating process.

00:14:50Two runs, one on Saturday on light fuel.

00:14:53That's what we're watching now.

00:14:54Tomorrow, race morning,

00:14:56they will go with their race fuel and tires.

00:14:59And it is the accumulated time

00:15:01over those two laps

00:15:02that determines your grid position.

00:15:04So today's lap is important.

00:15:05Oh, just look at the effort

00:15:06poor old Patrick Frisacker

00:15:08is having to put in

00:15:08to getting his car around.

00:15:09This is that campus return

00:15:10that caught Montoya out yesterday.

00:15:13I mean, a tremendous amount

00:15:13of steering input going there.

00:15:15Steve just said,

00:15:15198 miles an hour down the straight,

00:15:17very quick down the straight.

00:15:19The problem there is

00:15:19they've got no downforce

00:15:20hardly on this car.

00:15:21And that's why he's struggling.

00:15:23Well, one of the reasons

00:15:23why they're struggling so much

00:15:25now through the infield section,

00:15:26through those winding corners

00:15:27as they take the downforce

00:15:29off the car.

00:15:30I mean, of course,

00:15:31the handling characteristics

00:15:32of the Minardi chassis

00:15:33are nowhere near as good

00:15:34as the Ferrari,

00:15:35the Renault or the McLaren,

00:15:38of course.

00:15:39But one of the reasons

00:15:39is they're just running

00:15:40very little wing on the car.

00:15:44There you see the number.

00:15:45Four seconds off

00:15:46is not bad for Minardi,

00:15:47actually.

00:15:49I mean, it sounds like a lot,

00:15:50but what Shakespeare called

00:15:52damning by faint praise,

00:15:53I think.

00:15:56And now here comes

00:15:57Kimi Räikkönen.

00:15:59Take another look at

00:16:01poor Patrick.

00:16:04Here comes Räikkönen,

00:16:06pole sitter two weeks ago

00:16:07at Imola

00:16:07for the San Marino Grand Prix.

00:16:11Pole sitter,

00:16:12and, of course,

00:16:12rocking it off into a lead.

00:16:14Had over a three-second lead

00:16:15at one stage.

00:16:17But now you look at the input

00:16:19from Kimi Räikkönen.

00:16:21Whoa!

00:16:24They have gotten

00:16:25both rear wheels off there.

00:16:28Räikkönen got out of his car

00:16:29at Imola

00:16:30and threw his

00:16:32very expensive

00:16:33and high-tech steering wheel

00:16:34across the garage.

00:16:35He was absolutely furious

00:16:38that he had to drop out

00:16:40in a car that he thought

00:16:41had the potential to win.

00:16:42Well, of course,

00:16:42he had about a three-second lead,

00:16:44I was just saying,

00:16:44and the car broke

00:16:46very early on.

00:16:47We all thought

00:16:47he was very light on fuel,

00:16:48but McLaren team director

00:16:50Ron Dennis insisted

00:16:51that he was going to pit

00:16:52after all the other

00:16:53frontrunners.

00:16:55Which is pretty ominous

00:16:56if it was true.

00:16:57Yeah.

00:16:58Kimi Räikkönen,

00:16:59three and a half miles an hour

00:17:00slower through the speed trap

00:17:02than the Minardi.

00:17:03Look at that second sector.

00:17:04He's gotten back

00:17:05ahead of the leader's pace.

00:17:08If he hadn't made

00:17:09that mistake

00:17:10in that first sector

00:17:10by putting that wheel

00:17:11off the edge,

00:17:12he'd be well ahead.

00:17:12He's still pretty much

00:17:13ahead now.

00:17:15That, I suppose,

00:17:15is the beauty

00:17:16of the two-step

00:17:17Formula One

00:17:18qualifying process.

00:17:19You have a chance

00:17:19to make up for it.

00:17:21And the fin

00:17:22into the 14s.

00:17:24You know,

00:17:25that's exactly

00:17:25what we're talking about,

00:17:26about getting that launch,

00:17:28getting that slingshot

00:17:30out of New Holland.

00:17:30The car just worked

00:17:31wonderfully.

00:17:33Here's the mistake.

00:17:38I'm guessing.

00:17:39Perhaps not.

00:17:40Now,

00:17:40different part of the racetrack.

00:17:42Why would we want to show

00:17:43the critical point

00:17:44on the track?

00:17:46Now,

00:17:46Rubens Barrichello,

00:17:48his car,

00:17:49the F2005,

00:17:50has a new engine installed.

00:17:52They changed the engine

00:17:53because of that

00:17:54hydraulic problem

00:17:55that we were talking about

00:17:56in the practice show

00:17:56yesterday.

00:17:57So he will have to take

00:17:59a 10-spot hit

00:18:01at the end

00:18:01of the qualifying

00:18:02on Sunday.

00:18:04I tell you what,

00:18:06just nothing

00:18:07is going right

00:18:08for this man.

00:18:09The team itself

00:18:09is having a pretty

00:18:11lacklusty year,

00:18:12except for, of course,

00:18:12Michael's incredible drive

00:18:13two weeks ago.

00:18:14But,

00:18:15poor old Barrichello

00:18:16just can't get

00:18:18everything away

00:18:19for bad luck this year.

00:18:20Everything's gone wrong

00:18:21for him.

00:18:21That's a shame.

00:18:22One of the most

00:18:22likeable guys

00:18:23in the pit lane.

00:18:25Wow,

00:18:26look at that first time.

00:18:30He's certainly

00:18:30going to need it

00:18:31because if he ends up

00:18:32on the front row,

00:18:33obviously he's going to

00:18:34still end up

00:18:34in the middle of the pack

00:18:35coming down to that

00:18:36Lth corner

00:18:36for that first lap.

00:18:38It's pretty

00:18:39air-raising here

00:18:40because it's a long way

00:18:41from the start-finish line.

00:18:42So on your first lap,

00:18:44oh,

00:18:44whoo,

00:18:45that's at vert

00:18:46where everybody

00:18:47goes off to the right there.

00:18:48This is that right flick.

00:18:50Wow,

00:18:50looking pretty steady

00:18:51through there.

00:18:52Very steady,

00:18:53in fact.

00:18:54Come to the second sector.

00:18:56lost time.

00:18:57Obviously a bit too steady.

00:19:11Down to New Holland.

00:19:14Great corner.

00:19:19In the third

00:19:19goes the Ferrari.

00:19:22Boy,

00:19:22nearly a second

00:19:23slower than Räikkönen.

00:19:24Over nine-tenths

00:19:25of a second slower.

00:19:26You're on to

00:19:26John Todd looking on.

00:19:28He lost a lot of it

00:19:29in the second sector.

00:19:31Really from Repsol

00:19:32round to the,

00:19:33down to Nissan

00:19:34and through to La Caccia,

00:19:35which is quite a winding

00:19:37part of the track.

00:19:39The cars are

00:19:40distinctly slower

00:19:41today

00:19:41than they have

00:19:42been in practice.

00:19:43And remembering

00:19:44that this first

00:19:45qualifying session

00:19:45is conducted

00:19:46on low fuel,

00:19:47I mean,

00:19:47absolute minimum

00:19:48fuel in the car.

00:19:50I wonder whether

00:19:51or not these guys

00:19:51are running

00:19:52significantly more wing

00:19:53than yesterday.

00:19:55I was wondering

00:19:56whether or not

00:19:56they're anticipating

00:19:57rain to arrive

00:19:58on Sunday

00:19:58because they set

00:19:59the cars now.

00:20:00They're not able

00:20:01to change the wing

00:20:01specification

00:20:02until the race.

00:20:03But,

00:20:03you know,

00:20:04I understand

00:20:05that they're not

00:20:06expecting rain tomorrow,

00:20:07but maybe the team

00:20:07is there something

00:20:08we don't.

00:20:09Sure as heck

00:20:09doesn't look like

00:20:10rain right at the moment,

00:20:11but of course,

00:20:12obviously up here

00:20:13right in the north

00:20:14east corner of Spain,

00:20:16the weather is

00:20:17something to change,

00:20:17a lot of hills,

00:20:18a lot of mountains,

00:20:19and of course

00:20:19the Mediterranean

00:20:20just off to our east.

00:20:21It is,

00:20:21it's right on the coast

00:20:22and the weather

00:20:23can change very quickly,

00:20:24but we'll see

00:20:26the temperature figures

00:20:28in Celsius.

00:20:29You can do the math,

00:20:30multiply by nine,

00:20:31divide by five,

00:20:31add 32.

00:20:33I'll leave it to you.

00:20:36Let's a look

00:20:36at Juan Pablo Montoya,

00:20:38currently fourth

00:20:39in the provisional running.

00:20:41After each five drivers,

00:20:43we take double

00:20:44the normal break.

00:20:45Instead of 60 seconds

00:20:46between cars,

00:20:47we get two.

00:20:48We'll take a quick break,

00:20:49two minutes that is,

00:20:51and be back.

00:20:52Next man on track

00:20:53will be Christian Albers,

00:20:54who's had an eventful

00:20:55weekend in the Minardi

00:20:56thus far.

00:20:57Stand by for more

00:20:58qualifying from Spain.

00:21:16Welcome back.

00:21:17First round qualifying

00:21:18for the Spanish

00:21:19Formula One Grand Prix.

00:21:20There's one Pablo Montoya,

00:21:22who gave McLaren

00:21:23his best effort.

00:21:24He's currently fourth

00:21:25on the provisional grid,

00:21:27as Christian Albers

00:21:28brings the Minardi

00:21:29up to speed.

00:21:31The new 2005

00:21:33specification Minardi,

00:21:34the PS05.

00:21:36He has for full

00:21:37Stoddard, of course.

00:21:38Of course,

00:21:39the one thing

00:21:39that we haven't

00:21:40mentioned yet,

00:21:41I don't believe,

00:21:41is, of course,

00:21:43the tyre war.

00:21:44And on Bridgestone,

00:21:46really,

00:21:46there are only

00:21:47two or three cars.

00:21:48The Ferrari,

00:21:49obviously,

00:21:49is the main one.

00:21:50These guys,

00:21:51Minardi,

00:21:51are on Bridgestone,

00:21:53and, of course,

00:21:53the Jordans

00:21:54are on Bridgestone.

00:21:56They seem to have had

00:21:57the most lacklustre

00:21:58performance so far

00:21:59this year,

00:22:00until, of course,

00:22:01we got to Imola

00:22:02last week,

00:22:02when the Ferrari

00:22:03of Michael Schumacher

00:22:04looked very fast,

00:22:05and, in fact,

00:22:06turned the fastest

00:22:06lap of the race

00:22:07by a long way,

00:22:08but it was extremely

00:22:10cool at Imola,

00:22:12unseasonably so.

00:22:14Obviously,

00:22:14we have a different

00:22:15circumstance today,

00:22:15a lot, lot hotter.

00:22:17And again,

00:22:17Albers set in the

00:22:18fastest speed track

00:22:20time of the day,

00:22:20just shy of 200 miles an hour,

00:22:23faster than Barrichello

00:22:25and Kimi Räikkönen.

00:22:26His teammate,

00:22:27Freizak,

00:22:28198,

00:22:28but Albers,

00:22:29there he is again.

00:22:31Glistering straight line

00:22:32performance,

00:22:33but that is the penalty

00:22:34you pay for it.

00:22:35You can see the car

00:22:36is very,

00:22:36very twitchy

00:22:38in the way he reacted there.

00:22:42Doesn't seem to be

00:22:42soaring away at the wheel

00:22:43quite as much

00:22:44as his teammate.

00:22:48Christian Albers

00:22:49had a big off yesterday.

00:22:51He's ahead of his

00:22:52teammate's pace.

00:22:57This is a Cosworth

00:22:58powered chassis.

00:23:00And a very handy

00:23:01Cosworth engine

00:23:02in the back of that thing,

00:23:03the TJ 2005,

00:23:05a 60 brake horsepower

00:23:07improvement over what

00:23:08they were running

00:23:08last year.

00:23:1219.563

00:23:13for the Dutchman.

00:23:14Almost a full second

00:23:16ahead of his

00:23:16teammate's pace.

00:23:17His team will be

00:23:18Cosworth powered again

00:23:19next year.

00:23:20It was announced

00:23:21in the break between

00:23:21the San Marino race

00:23:22and this one.

00:23:27Ferrer is good.

00:23:28Ferrer helps.

00:23:30But horsepower

00:23:30is better.

00:23:31I tell you what,

00:23:32four seconds off again

00:23:33from Minardi.

00:23:34It didn't seem to be

00:23:35too bad to me.

00:23:38Here comes

00:23:38Thiago Montero

00:23:39of Portugal.

00:23:40For him,

00:23:41this is as close

00:23:42to a home race

00:23:42as you get

00:23:43in Formula One.

00:23:46At least it's on

00:23:47the Iberian Peninsula.

00:23:52another team

00:23:53with downforce

00:23:54and balance issues.

00:23:55Jordan.

00:23:58They have a new

00:24:00car or new-ish

00:24:01car coming

00:24:02in July,

00:24:03I believe.

00:24:04Obviously,

00:24:05this year

00:24:05they've got

00:24:05some horsepower

00:24:06and reliable

00:24:07horsepower

00:24:08like that

00:24:08with the Toyota.

00:24:10But apparently

00:24:11it was a bit

00:24:11of a job

00:24:12to manhandle

00:24:12into that chassis,

00:24:13right, Steve?

00:24:14Well, it just,

00:24:15you know,

00:24:15it wasn't made

00:24:16for it.

00:24:16That's the problem.

00:24:17As we can all

00:24:18appreciate,

00:24:19Formula One

00:24:19machinery is

00:24:20very much

00:24:21an integration

00:24:21of chassis,

00:24:22engine,

00:24:23transmission,

00:24:23suspension.

00:24:24All those pieces

00:24:24must work

00:24:25in harmony.

00:24:26You take one

00:24:27of those components

00:24:28out and try

00:24:28and push

00:24:29something else

00:24:29in its place,

00:24:30it's always going

00:24:31to be a little

00:24:31bit of a box job.

00:24:35Weight distribution

00:24:35changes the length

00:24:36of the car,

00:24:37changes the wheelbase,

00:24:38therefore,

00:24:39on all of that

00:24:40critical to

00:24:41performance and handling.

00:24:44And into fifth place

00:24:46goes the Portuguese

00:24:47driver with a

00:24:48119-040.

00:24:51Next up will be

00:24:52his teammate,

00:24:53Noreen Karthikeyan

00:24:54of India.

00:24:55After first round

00:24:56qualifying for

00:24:57round five

00:24:58of the Formula One

00:24:58season,

00:24:59the Spanish Grand Prix

00:25:00at Barcelona.

00:25:02With Steve Matchett

00:25:03and David Hobbs,

00:25:04I'm Bob Barsha.

00:25:05This is Noreen

00:25:06Karthikeyan of India

00:25:07in the Jordan

00:25:08Toyota.

00:25:10The FIA approval

00:25:12for the steering wheel

00:25:13we're talking about

00:25:14again,

00:25:14that every component

00:25:15on the car

00:25:16has to be verified

00:25:17and presented

00:25:19to the FIA.

00:25:20That's the thing.

00:25:22The teams can come

00:25:23up with any sort

00:25:24of technical newbie

00:25:25they want,

00:25:26any sort of innovation,

00:25:26that's fine,

00:25:27but you must disclose

00:25:29it to the FIA

00:25:30and get their approval.

00:25:31And again,

00:25:32that's something

00:25:32that really ticked

00:25:33them off with B.A.R.

00:25:34But really,

00:25:36B.A.R.

00:25:36weren't really

00:25:37they were a little

00:25:38less than totally

00:25:39transparent with

00:25:40what they were

00:25:41telling the FIA.

00:25:42I think that's what

00:25:42really miffed

00:25:43Charlie Whiten

00:25:44and Chris DeGroote.

00:25:45Very well

00:25:46and diplomatically

00:25:47put, Steve,

00:25:47I add.

00:25:49Karthikeyan,

00:25:50a young Indian driver,

00:25:51the only Indian

00:25:52obviously in Formula One

00:25:53at the moment.

00:25:54Very few Indians

00:25:55do any racing,

00:25:56but Karthikeyan's

00:25:58been around now

00:25:58for a few years,

00:25:59very successful

00:26:00in Formula Three

00:26:01in Britain.

00:26:01and Trevor Carlin

00:26:02who is now

00:26:03one of the

00:26:05main men

00:26:06at the Jordan,

00:26:07the newly revamped

00:26:07Jordan team

00:26:08has a lot of faith

00:26:09in Karthikeyan

00:26:09and thinks he's

00:26:10going to go

00:26:10quite a long way.

00:26:12And quicker

00:26:13than his teammate

00:26:13as usual,

00:26:15he usually is a bit

00:26:16quicker than Montero

00:26:16who's got more

00:26:17experience in bigger

00:26:18cars than Karthikeyan.

00:26:20So,

00:26:21wow,

00:26:23not a great car

00:26:24to cut your teeth

00:26:24in the old Jordan.

00:26:25Always looked a bit

00:26:26twitchy the last

00:26:26two years.

00:26:27Yeah,

00:26:27right like that.

00:26:29Now here comes

00:26:30David Coulthard

00:26:31who has had

00:26:31lots of success

00:26:32here

00:26:34at the Circuit

00:26:35de Catalunya.

00:26:39That's a good

00:26:40qualifying

00:26:41at 97,

00:26:4198,

00:26:4299,

00:26:4301,

00:26:44second and third

00:26:45on the qualifying

00:26:46runs.

00:26:47In the middle

00:26:48of the steering wheel

00:26:48there,

00:26:49you can see

00:26:49the little track

00:26:50map that the

00:26:50drivers use

00:26:51to talk to

00:26:51their engineers.

00:26:52They should

00:26:53hopefully

00:26:54change that

00:26:55track map

00:26:55for every event.

00:26:56Boy,

00:26:56oh boy,

00:26:57he's quickest

00:26:57to the second

00:26:58of the Rikkonen.

00:27:00DC has shown

00:27:01bursts of speed

00:27:01that he was

00:27:02fifth at the

00:27:02end of Friday

00:27:03practice.

00:27:05The Red Bull

00:27:06Cosworth

00:27:07soon to become

00:27:07a Red Bull

00:27:08Ferrari

00:27:08in 2006.

00:27:10That is

00:27:11incredible turn

00:27:12of speed

00:27:12to be quick

00:27:13at the Kimi-Reich.

00:27:13Mind you,

00:27:14that's where

00:27:14Kimi-Reich

00:27:15made that mistake.

00:27:18But he had

00:27:19a fantastic

00:27:20Rikkonen

00:27:20had a fantastic

00:27:21second.

00:27:22Oh,

00:27:23is that the Jordan?

00:27:23That's Karthikeyan

00:27:24on the road

00:27:24ahead of him,

00:27:25I think.

00:27:25Boy,

00:27:25he didn't want

00:27:26to see that.

00:27:26That's for sure.

00:27:30Slower in the

00:27:31second sector.

00:27:32That's where

00:27:32Kimi was very quick

00:27:33right in the

00:27:33second sector

00:27:34two.

00:27:35It was at this

00:27:36racetrack back

00:27:36in 2000,

00:27:37the David Coulthard

00:27:38race just days

00:27:39after his chartered

00:27:41private jet

00:27:42crashed in France,

00:27:44killing both of

00:27:44its pilots.

00:27:46It was a

00:27:46remarkable story.

00:27:48And he slots

00:27:49into fourth.

00:27:51look at the

00:27:52one Pablo Montoya

00:27:53in the McLaren,

00:27:55which is a really,

00:27:56really stout effort.

00:27:57This team has been

00:27:59doing so much

00:28:00better than anybody

00:28:01thought, including

00:28:01themselves, I think.

00:28:02Oh, absolutely.

00:28:04Absolutely.

00:28:05I mean,

00:28:06the atmosphere,

00:28:07the morale at

00:28:08Jaguar last year

00:28:09was probably

00:28:10as low it could

00:28:11ever be.

00:28:11Yeah.

00:28:12And, well,

00:28:13they kept working

00:28:14and developing

00:28:14the new car,

00:28:15hoping for a buyer

00:28:16to come along.

00:28:17And, of course,

00:28:18there it is,

00:28:18you know,

00:28:18they're doing

00:28:19wonderful stuff

00:28:20with that.

00:28:21Here comes

00:28:22Felipe Massa

00:28:23in the Sauber

00:28:24Ferrari,

00:28:24or Petronas,

00:28:25a rebadged

00:28:26Ferrari V10

00:28:28that this team

00:28:29apparently will

00:28:29not run

00:28:30next year.

00:28:31And the question

00:28:31is, what will

00:28:32be behind

00:28:33the driver's backs?

00:28:35Well,

00:28:35Jean-Todd said

00:28:36if they want

00:28:36the Ferrari,

00:28:37they can have

00:28:37the Ferrari.

00:28:38But a big rumor

00:28:39obviously is

00:28:40that there won't

00:28:40be a Ferrari

00:28:41to be a BMW.

00:28:42That's right.

00:28:44Felipe Massa

00:28:45was having

00:28:45a pretty good run

00:28:46at Imola

00:28:47two weeks ago,

00:28:48kept bouncing

00:28:48off people,

00:28:49including David

00:28:49Coulthard,

00:28:50who took it

00:28:51by the throat

00:28:52after the end

00:28:52of the race

00:28:53while Massa

00:28:54was sitting

00:28:54in his car

00:28:55and was about

00:28:55to deck him

00:28:56or do something

00:28:58to the window

00:28:58of the car.

00:28:59David looked

00:29:00over Massa's

00:29:00shoulder

00:29:01and there were

00:29:01mum and dad

00:29:02sitting in the back

00:29:03so he thought

00:29:03he let him off.

00:29:09Kind of the best

00:29:09of friends

00:29:10again now.

00:29:11Good bit slower

00:29:11in that second sector

00:29:12there.

00:29:21Can't look

00:29:21at Felipe Massa

00:29:22without thinking

00:29:23that this kid

00:29:23came into the sport

00:29:25and was dismissed

00:29:26as a crasher

00:29:27early on.

00:29:28He took a season

00:29:29away,

00:29:29did some test

00:29:30driving for Ferrari.

00:29:31Now here he is,

00:29:33one of the most

00:29:33aggressive drivers

00:29:34in Formula One.

00:29:36He's quicker

00:29:37than Juan Pablo

00:29:38Montoya

00:29:39just days

00:29:40after his 24th

00:29:41birthday.

00:29:41That came on

00:29:41the Monday

00:29:42after Imola.

00:29:43It's hard to believe

00:29:44that he's still

00:29:45only 24 now

00:29:46because he's actually

00:29:46been around

00:29:47quite a long time

00:29:48now.

00:29:48That's what I'm

00:29:49getting to.

00:29:49He was about 19

00:29:50when he started.

00:29:50He had that reputation

00:29:51for crashing out

00:29:52of races.

00:29:52He's now finished

00:29:53the last nine

00:29:54in a row

00:29:54and that's the

00:29:55longest active streak

00:29:56of anyone

00:29:57in the field.

00:29:58This will be

00:29:59his 39th GP.

00:30:02Let's look at

00:30:02your top eight.

00:30:04Ten drivers

00:30:05have now attempted

00:30:05so we'll get

00:30:06a little bit

00:30:06longer break

00:30:07as Masa

00:30:08completes his

00:30:08cool down.

00:30:09But of course

00:30:09one Pablo

00:30:10Montoya

00:30:10who keeps on

00:30:11dropping through

00:30:12the field there

00:30:12don't forget

00:30:13he was the

00:30:14first guy out

00:30:14so he

00:30:15he was the

00:30:16track cleaner

00:30:17or the first

00:30:17of the track

00:30:18cleaners out

00:30:18and the track

00:30:19will get

00:30:20probably faster

00:30:21and faster

00:30:21but as the

00:30:21temperature

00:30:22goes up

00:30:22and up

00:30:22which it

00:30:23will do

00:30:23at this

00:30:23time of day

00:30:25that might

00:30:25even out

00:30:26any cleaning

00:30:26of the track.

00:30:27This track

00:30:27is notoriously

00:30:28sensitive

00:30:29to weather.

00:30:30It's wide

00:30:30open spaces

00:30:31set up on a

00:30:31hill

00:30:32so the wind

00:30:32blows

00:30:33and can

00:30:34change

00:30:34direction

00:30:34very quickly

00:30:35and as you

00:30:36can see

00:30:36it gets

00:30:37lots of

00:30:37sunshine

00:30:38and that

00:30:38affects

00:30:38track

00:30:39temperature.

00:30:41When Peter

00:30:41Windsor spoke

00:30:42with Juan Pablo

00:30:44JPM kind of

00:30:45laughed it all

00:30:45off but he

00:30:46knew the

00:30:46situation he

00:30:47was in

00:30:47and Peter

00:30:47has talked

00:30:48about this

00:30:48before

00:30:48if you

00:30:49have a

00:30:49bad race

00:30:50or you

00:30:50miss a

00:30:51race

00:30:51entirely

00:30:51it affects

00:30:52you not

00:30:52only in

00:30:53the next

00:30:53race

00:30:53but several

00:30:54to follow

00:30:54because you

00:30:55have to go

00:30:55out early

00:30:56in qualifying

00:30:56you tend

00:30:57to get a

00:30:57mid-pack

00:30:58at best

00:30:58qualifying

00:30:59position

00:30:59for the

00:31:00following

00:31:00race

00:31:00you have

00:31:01all that

00:31:01work to

00:31:02do

00:31:02and of course

00:31:02Juan Pablo's

00:31:03point there

00:31:04was he

00:31:04he'd rather

00:31:05be starting

00:31:06out first

00:31:06here than

00:31:06at Monte Carlo

00:31:07in two weeks

00:31:08time when the

00:31:08track really does

00:31:09change to qualifying

00:31:10big time

00:31:11we'll take a

00:31:11break and return

00:31:12the next car

00:31:13on track

00:31:14will be

00:31:14Ralph Schumacher

00:31:15the fastest

00:31:15man in this

00:31:16morning's final

00:31:17practice for

00:31:18Toyota

00:31:18we'll be back

00:31:24welcome back

00:31:25to the first

00:31:25of two rounds

00:31:26of qualifying

00:31:26to set the

00:31:27grid for round

00:31:27five of the

00:31:282005 Formula

00:31:29One season

00:31:30this is the

00:31:30Spanish Grand

00:31:31Prix from

00:31:31Barcelona

00:31:32on the hillside

00:31:33you see patches

00:31:34of sky blue

00:31:35Carolina blue

00:31:36if you will

00:31:37it's actually

00:31:38the color

00:31:38of the

00:31:39Asturias

00:31:39region of

00:31:40Spain

00:31:40from which

00:31:41Spanish

00:31:41national hero

00:31:42Fernando Alonso

00:31:43hails

00:31:44this is Ralph

00:31:46Schumacher

00:31:46coming in

00:31:47off a 25

00:31:47second penalty

00:31:48for dangerous

00:31:49driving in

00:31:50the pit lane

00:31:50at the

00:31:50San Marino

00:31:51Grand Prix

00:31:51two weeks

00:31:52ago

00:31:52he was

00:31:53released by

00:31:53the team

00:31:54into the

00:31:54lane

00:31:54just ahead

00:31:55of the

00:31:55oncoming

00:31:56Williams

00:31:56of Nick

00:31:57Heidfeld

00:31:58who had

00:31:59to break

00:31:59hard to

00:31:59avoid the

00:32:00Toyota

00:32:00so that

00:32:0125 second

00:32:01penalty

00:32:03dropped

00:32:03Schumacher

00:32:04back to

00:32:0411th

00:32:05in the

00:32:06final results

00:32:08I'm not

00:32:09sure about

00:32:09that penalty

00:32:10you know

00:32:10because

00:32:11I don't

00:32:11know whether

00:32:12or not

00:32:12it's correct

00:32:12that the

00:32:13driver should

00:32:13be penalized

00:32:14for that

00:32:14in the pit

00:32:15stops

00:32:15the driver

00:32:16is watching

00:32:16the chief

00:32:17mechanic

00:32:17with the

00:32:17brakes on

00:32:18board

00:32:19and the

00:32:19split second

00:32:20that lollipop

00:32:21is removed

00:32:21the driver

00:32:22will go

00:32:23that's the

00:32:24signal for

00:32:24the drivers

00:32:25the chief

00:32:25mechanic

00:32:26really who

00:32:26should be

00:32:27looking down

00:32:27the pit lane

00:32:28that's part

00:32:28of his job

00:32:29is to check

00:32:29that it is

00:32:30safe to

00:32:30release the

00:32:31driver

00:32:32in my eye

00:32:33I would want

00:32:34to find the

00:32:34team for

00:32:35that

00:32:35I don't

00:32:35think the

00:32:35driver

00:32:36when he's

00:32:36in the

00:32:36pit lane

00:32:37he's under

00:32:37the control

00:32:38of the

00:32:38team

00:32:38on the

00:32:38track

00:32:39it's a

00:32:39different

00:32:39matter

00:32:39well he

00:32:40was fastest

00:32:41this morning

00:32:41and he's

00:32:42fastest in

00:32:42that first

00:32:43sector

00:32:43again

00:32:44obviously got

00:32:45a lot to

00:32:45prove it

00:32:45well Ralphie

00:32:46because his

00:32:47teammate

00:32:47Jano

00:32:47Trulli

00:32:48his average

00:32:49grid position

00:32:49this year

00:32:50has been

00:32:50third

00:32:50Ralph's

00:32:51has been

00:32:51ninth

00:32:52but he's

00:32:53been quicker

00:32:53than Trulli

00:32:54this weekend

00:32:58but that

00:32:59steering input

00:32:59in that

00:33:00car

00:33:00compared to

00:33:00what we

00:33:01saw on

00:33:02board

00:33:02the

00:33:02Minardi

00:33:02looks like

00:33:03a very

00:33:04small

00:33:04wheel

00:33:04that

00:33:05Ralph

00:33:05has

00:33:05too

00:33:07Ralph

00:33:08Schumacher

00:33:08says

00:33:08privately

00:33:09that

00:33:09one of

00:33:09the

00:33:10problems

00:33:10he

00:33:10had

00:33:10with

00:33:10his

00:33:11former

00:33:11team

00:33:11Williams

00:33:11was

00:33:12that

00:33:12they

00:33:12did

00:33:12not

00:33:13appear

00:33:13to

00:33:13understand

00:33:14contemporary

00:33:15aerodynamics

00:33:16as well

00:33:17as some

00:33:17other

00:33:17teams

00:33:18notably

00:33:18the

00:33:18man

00:33:19who

00:33:19runs

00:33:19Toyota

00:33:20Mike

00:33:20Gascoigne

00:33:21and Schumacher

00:33:22is ahead

00:33:23of the

00:33:23pace

00:33:23this

00:33:24looks like

00:33:24he could

00:33:25be

00:33:25provisional

00:33:25Paul

00:33:26we keep

00:33:27saying

00:33:27provisional

00:33:27because of

00:33:28course

00:33:28we've got

00:33:28more

00:33:28qualifying

00:33:29tomorrow

00:33:29looking good

00:33:31oh

00:33:31wow

00:33:34I thought

00:33:34that was

00:33:35a slam dunk

00:33:36those last

00:33:37two corners

00:33:37got him

00:33:40oh

00:33:40Ron

00:33:41Dennis

00:33:41grinning

00:33:42away

00:33:42he likes

00:33:43that of

00:33:43course

00:33:43there's

00:33:43man

00:33:44Kimi

00:33:44Räikkönen

00:33:44still at

00:33:45the top

00:33:45of the

00:33:45timesheet

00:33:47let's

00:33:47have a

00:33:47look at

00:33:47how

00:33:48the

00:33:48car

00:33:48was

00:33:48handling

00:33:48bit

00:33:49of

00:33:49understeer

00:33:50there

00:33:52Ralph

00:33:52said

00:33:52in his

00:33:53little

00:33:53interview

00:33:53at the

00:33:53top of

00:33:54this

00:33:54show

00:33:54that

00:33:54he

00:33:55thought

00:33:55there

00:33:55might

00:33:56be

00:33:56some

00:33:56tire

00:33:56problems

00:33:57for

00:33:57people

00:33:57on

00:33:58Sunday

00:33:58Gascoigne

00:33:59Mike

00:34:00Gascoigne

00:34:00his

00:34:00engineer

00:34:02of course

00:34:02mentioned

00:34:03blistering

00:34:03he thought

00:34:04that blistering

00:34:04might be a

00:34:05problem

00:34:05which

00:34:05obviously

00:34:05give you

00:34:06awful

00:34:06trouble

00:34:06in the

00:34:07second

00:34:07half

00:34:07of the

00:34:07race

00:34:09Schumacher

00:34:09is the

00:34:10only

00:34:10man

00:34:10to

00:34:10drive

00:34:10all

00:34:11four

00:34:11races

00:34:11thus

00:34:12far

00:34:12this

00:34:12year

00:34:12and

00:34:13not

00:34:13out

00:34:13qualify

00:34:14his

00:34:14teammate

00:34:15Jarno

00:34:15Trulli

00:34:16Trulli

00:34:17will be coming

00:34:17later on

00:34:18in the order

00:34:18right now

00:34:19here is young

00:34:19Italian

00:34:20Vidantonio

00:34:21Liuzzi

00:34:21who is now

00:34:23got his own

00:34:24little interesting

00:34:24line in the

00:34:25Formula One

00:34:26record books

00:34:26despite finishing

00:34:2711th in his

00:34:28Formula One

00:34:29debut

00:34:29two weeks ago

00:34:30at Imola

00:34:31Italy

00:34:31he managed to

00:34:32score a point

00:34:33when Ralph

00:34:33Schumacher

00:34:34was bumped back

00:34:34with his time

00:34:35penalty

00:34:35and of course

00:34:36the BAR

00:34:37Hondas

00:34:37were excluded

00:34:39from the

00:34:39results

00:34:45you can see

00:34:46where they put

00:34:46patches of

00:34:48green concrete

00:34:49block just

00:34:50outside the

00:34:50curve

00:34:50right there

00:34:51to the left

00:34:51of the

00:34:52curbing

00:34:53because the

00:34:53drivers are

00:34:54using more

00:34:55than the

00:34:55curves

00:34:57lucky up

00:34:57there

00:34:58and I'll

00:34:59tell you

00:35:00that's a

00:35:00bit of a

00:35:01bet noire

00:35:02with me

00:35:02it always

00:35:02has been

00:35:03really

00:35:03the idea

00:35:04that the

00:35:05drivers

00:35:05keep

00:35:05pinching

00:35:05more

00:35:06and more

00:35:06of the

00:35:06curbing

00:35:07so that

00:35:08we need

00:35:08to support

00:35:09the

00:35:09tarmac

00:35:10behind

00:35:10it

00:35:10with

00:35:10this

00:35:10grass

00:35:11creed

00:35:11stuff

00:35:11to make

00:35:11the car

00:35:12more

00:35:12stable

00:35:12well

00:35:12that

00:35:13you know

00:35:13that is

00:35:13the layout

00:35:14of the

00:35:14track

00:35:14guys

00:35:15that's

00:35:15the track

00:35:16you're

00:35:16supposed

00:35:16to be

00:35:16using

00:35:17you know

00:35:19into

00:35:20into

00:35:20on the

00:35:21provisional

00:35:21grid

00:35:21goes

00:35:22the

00:35:22italian

00:35:22so far

00:35:23not out

00:35:24qualifying

00:35:25his

00:35:25teammate

00:35:26cool

00:35:26tire

00:35:30there

00:35:30he is

00:35:31torturing

00:35:31that

00:35:31left

00:35:32front

00:35:32michelin

00:35:32obviously

00:35:33that

00:35:34is a

00:35:34huge

00:35:34issue

00:35:35this

00:35:35year

00:35:36as

00:35:36well

00:35:36with

00:35:36one

00:35:36set

00:35:37of

00:35:37tires

00:35:37from

00:35:37now

00:35:38until

00:35:38the

00:35:38end

00:35:38of

00:35:38the

00:35:39race

00:35:39you

00:35:39can't

00:35:39afford

00:35:40to put

00:35:40that

00:35:40won't

00:35:40be

00:35:41much

00:35:41of

00:35:41a

00:35:41flat

00:35:41spot

00:35:41there

00:35:42but

00:35:42you

00:35:42can't

00:35:42afford

00:35:42to put

00:35:43any

00:35:43flat

00:35:43spots

00:35:43on

00:35:43your

00:35:48BMW

00:35:48of

00:35:49Mark

00:35:49Weber

00:35:49of

00:35:49Australia

00:36:40great

00:36:41first

00:36:41sector

00:36:41still

00:36:43ahead

00:36:44of

00:36:44the

00:36:44pace

00:36:44at

00:36:44sector

00:36:45two

00:36:46he

00:36:46stood

00:36:47out

00:36:47all

00:36:47of

00:36:47yesterday

00:36:47they

00:36:48don't

00:36:48want

00:36:48to

00:36:48put

00:36:49too

00:36:49many

00:36:49miles

00:36:49on

00:36:49these

00:36:50engines

00:36:50BMW

00:36:50think

00:36:51they

00:36:51might

00:36:51have

00:36:51a

00:36:51problem

00:36:51with

00:36:51exhaust

00:36:52valves

00:36:52and he

00:36:53didn't

00:36:54do

00:36:54any

00:36:54laps

00:36:54at

00:36:54all

00:36:55yesterday

00:36:55so

00:36:55it

00:36:56was

00:36:56very

00:36:56quick

00:36:56this

00:36:57morning

00:36:57and

00:36:58now

00:36:58this

00:36:58is

00:36:58where

00:36:58Reichel

00:36:59was

00:36:59quick

00:36:59for

00:36:59these

00:37:00last

00:37:00two

00:37:00turns

00:37:01can

00:37:01the

00:37:01Williams

00:37:01keep

00:37:02it

00:37:02together

00:37:02here

00:37:03push

00:37:04no

00:37:06he

00:37:06lost

00:37:07a lot

00:37:07of

00:37:07time

00:37:08in

00:37:08that

00:37:08final

00:37:09sector

00:37:09slower

00:37:10than

00:37:10Ralph

00:37:10Schumacher

00:37:11he drops

00:37:11back

00:37:11to

00:37:11third

00:37:13that

00:37:13is

00:37:13amazing

00:37:14because

00:37:14through the

00:37:14twisty bits

00:37:15where you'd

00:37:16think

00:37:16Hanley would

00:37:16come into

00:37:17it

00:37:17he was

00:37:18quickest

00:37:19and then

00:37:19that

00:37:19well

00:37:20those last

00:37:20two

00:37:21corners

00:37:21of course

00:37:21just take

00:37:22a tremendous

00:37:23amount

00:37:23of

00:37:24precise

00:37:25setup

00:37:25on the

00:37:26car

00:37:26exactly

00:37:26precise

00:37:27is the

00:37:27word

00:37:27you've

00:37:28got

00:37:28to

00:37:28be

00:37:28on

00:37:29the

00:37:29line

00:37:30and

00:37:31the

00:37:31car's

00:37:31got to

00:37:32be

00:37:32aerodynamically

00:37:33just

00:37:33spot

00:37:34bollock

00:37:35on

00:37:35too

00:37:35for that

00:37:36here

00:37:37comes

00:37:37his

00:37:37teammate

00:37:37Nick

00:37:38Heidfeld

00:37:38of

00:37:39Germany

00:37:43getting back

00:37:44to your

00:37:44comments

00:37:44Steve

00:37:45about how

00:37:45the edge

00:37:46of the

00:37:46road

00:37:46needs

00:37:46to be

00:37:47the edge

00:37:47of the

00:37:47road

00:37:47there's

00:37:48a series

00:37:48of

00:37:50wonderful

00:37:50radio

00:37:51interviews

00:37:51from the

00:37:52US

00:37:52Grand Prix

00:37:53at

00:37:53Sebring

00:37:54back

00:37:54in the

00:37:54late

00:37:5450s

00:37:55at

00:37:55Sebring

00:37:55Florida

00:37:56and

00:37:56one

00:37:56of

00:37:56the

00:37:56people

00:37:57you

00:37:57hear

00:37:57from

00:37:57is

00:37:57Sterling

00:37:58Moss

00:37:58talking

00:37:59about

00:38:00well

00:38:00you

00:38:01know

00:38:01it's

00:38:01an

00:38:01airport

00:38:01circuit

00:38:02so

00:38:02it's

00:38:02you

00:38:03know

00:38:03it's

00:38:03not

00:38:03what

00:38:03we're

00:38:04used

00:38:04to

00:38:04it's

00:38:04not

00:38:04a

00:38:04proper

00:38:05road

00:38:05circuit

00:38:05you

00:38:06know

00:38:06with

00:38:06curbs

00:38:06and

00:38:07park

00:38:08benches

00:38:08and trees

00:38:09by the

00:38:09side

00:38:09of

00:38:10the

00:38:10road

00:38:10I

00:38:11felt

00:38:11quicker

00:38:11in

00:38:12that

00:38:12first

00:38:12sector

00:38:12by

00:38:12quite

00:38:13a

00:38:13big

00:38:13jump

00:38:16and

00:38:16David

00:38:17you were

00:38:17talking

00:38:17earlier

00:38:17on

00:38:17about

00:38:18BMW

00:38:19and

00:38:19problems

00:38:19with

00:38:20their

00:38:20exhaust

00:38:20valve

00:38:20the

00:38:21new

00:38:21engines

00:38:21have

00:38:22been

00:38:22built

00:38:22in

00:38:22Munich

00:38:23and

00:38:23have

00:38:23been

00:38:23flown

00:38:23out

00:38:24and

00:38:24they

00:38:24are

00:38:24in

00:38:25the

00:38:25cars

00:38:25now

00:38:25the

00:38:26new

00:38:26spec

00:38:27engines

00:38:28hopefully

00:38:29with

00:38:29a

00:38:29different

00:38:30batch

00:38:30of

00:38:30exhaust

00:38:31valves

00:38:33well

00:38:33I'm

00:38:33sure

00:38:34there

00:38:34would

00:38:34be

00:38:34a

00:38:34different

00:38:35batch

00:38:35of

00:38:35exhaust

00:38:35valves

00:38:36I'm

00:38:36sure

00:38:36they

00:38:36wouldn't

00:38:36use

00:38:36the same

00:38:37one

00:38:37still

00:38:37ahead

00:38:38of

00:38:38the

00:38:38pace

00:38:38just

00:38:39went

00:38:39whisker

00:38:39prove

00:38:40that

00:38:40right

00:38:43now

00:38:44can

00:38:44he

00:38:44really

00:38:45get it

00:38:49more

00:38:49than

00:38:49his

00:38:49teammate

00:38:50to

00:38:50that

00:38:50point

00:38:50but

00:38:50still

00:38:51ahead

00:38:51of

00:38:51the

00:38:51pace

00:38:51it'll

00:38:52all

00:38:52be

00:38:52down

00:38:52to

00:38:52this

00:38:52third

00:38:52sector

00:38:57he

00:38:58beats

00:38:58Weber

00:38:59well of course

00:39:00that's all

00:39:00that Madison

00:39:01Nick Heidfeld

00:39:01and Mark

00:39:02Weber

00:39:02this year

00:39:03is can

00:39:03Heidfeld

00:39:04beat

00:39:04Weber

00:39:04because

00:39:04Weber

00:39:05had so

00:39:05much

00:39:06hype

00:39:06about

00:39:06him

00:39:07coming

00:39:07into

00:39:08the

00:39:08Williams

00:39:09team

00:39:09everybody

00:39:09saying

00:39:10Glasker

00:39:10diesel

00:39:10car

00:39:11to

00:39:11drive

00:39:11and

00:39:12Heidfeld

00:39:13has been

00:39:13right

00:39:14there

00:39:14with

00:39:14him

00:39:15all

00:39:15year

00:39:16hear

00:39:17the

00:39:17air

00:39:17horns

00:39:18those

00:39:18are

00:39:18the

00:39:18German

00:39:18fans

00:39:20cheering

00:39:20their

00:39:21boy

00:39:22wait

00:39:23till

00:39:23they

00:39:23get

00:39:23a

00:39:23load

00:39:24of

00:39:24Michael

00:39:24Yano

00:39:25Truly

00:39:25in the

00:39:26Toyota

00:39:27the TF

00:39:27105

00:39:29statistically

00:39:30the best

00:39:31qualifier

00:39:31on average

00:39:32in Formula

00:39:32One

00:39:33this year

00:39:33his average

00:39:34start

00:39:34position

00:39:34has been

00:39:35third

00:39:38and

00:39:39the

00:39:39Toyota

00:39:39engine

00:39:39still

00:39:40not as

00:39:40fast

00:39:41as

00:39:42the

00:39:42Lunati

00:39:42engine

00:39:43194.3

00:39:45for

00:39:45Truly

00:39:46the

00:39:46Albers

00:39:47still

00:39:47the

00:39:47fastest

00:39:48car

00:39:48of

00:39:49the

00:39:49session

00:39:49through

00:39:49the

00:39:50speed

00:39:50track

00:39:50just

00:39:51shy

00:39:51of

00:39:51200

00:39:52miles

00:39:52there

00:39:52you

00:39:52see

00:39:53the

00:39:53fastest

00:39:53first

00:39:54sector

00:39:54today

00:39:5422.4

00:39:58now

00:39:59this

00:39:59vital

00:40:00centre

00:40:00section

00:40:01where

00:40:01you

00:40:01have

00:40:01that

00:40:01downhill

00:40:02turn

00:40:02and

00:40:02this

00:40:03uphill

00:40:03right

00:40:03hand

00:40:04double

00:40:04right

00:40:05hand

00:40:05sweep

00:40:05camps

00:40:06are

00:40:06here

00:40:09David

00:40:10you

00:40:10were

00:40:10saying

00:40:10earlier

00:40:10on

00:40:11that

00:40:11the

00:40:11resurface

00:40:12of

00:40:12the

00:40:12track

00:40:12has

00:40:12taken

00:40:13out

00:40:13a

00:40:13lot

00:40:13of

00:40:13the

00:40:13washboard

00:40:14effect

00:40:14right

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00:42:11while we

00:42:11have this

00:42:11short break

00:42:12in the

00:42:12action

00:42:12we'll

00:42:13take a

00:42:13timeout

00:42:14and

00:42:14return

00:42:15fastest

00:42:15three men

00:42:17from the

00:42:17last race

00:42:18in Imola

00:42:19will be

00:42:19up

00:42:19next

00:42:48next

00:42:50Welcome back to qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix with Steve Matchett and David Hobbs.

00:42:54I'm Bob Varsha.

00:42:54I must correct myself.

00:42:56Going to break, I said we'll have the top three from the last race at Imola.

00:42:59That would have been Jenson Button who made the podium in that race.

00:43:03But Button and his BAR Honda teammate Takuma Sato have been banned from this race.

00:43:08So we have Jacques Villeneuve, the 97 world champion.

00:43:12In fact, the Canadian clinched that championship here in Spain at the Jerez circuit down on the Mediterranean.

00:43:21The Canadian is on the clock in the Sauber Petronas.

00:43:25Obviously, the big thought in his mind and his team is can he beat his teammate, let alone anybody else.

00:43:32Down to that first corner.

00:43:34Into that Renault, this long, long right hander just puts a massive amount of heat into both left tires.

00:43:41Just a nap slower for the speed trap.

00:43:45Villeneuve made headlines in the motoring press a few weeks ago when the Sauber team came here to test for

00:43:50three days.

00:43:52Villeneuve very slow on the first day.

00:43:55His teammate, Felipe Massa, was supposed to test on the third day.

00:43:58The weather forecast was iffy.

00:44:00They called Massa in to take over on the second day, which got right up Villeneuve's nose.

00:44:05He stomped out of the racetrack, and everybody thought that might be the end for his Sauber career.

00:44:11But he hung in there.

00:44:12He's been working with the engineers.

00:44:14They have new traction control.

00:44:15But it's a lot slower than his teammates so far.

00:44:17He was slower in the first sector, and I think he's slower in his second sector.

00:44:20I was building up to that.

00:44:22After a good race at Imola.

00:44:25You bring up a good point there, Bobby.

00:44:27Everyone I talk to that has worked with Villeneuve in Formula 1, they all say, you know, he doesn't go

00:44:33out of his way to gel with the team.

00:44:35He gets in the car, he drives, he gets out of the car and leaves.

00:44:38And there's very little sort of interaction with the team.

00:44:42And perhaps he's started to change now a little bit at Sauber and react, inter-react, I should say, with

00:44:47his engineers to get the car working for him.

00:44:50But he's nearly a second slower than his teammate, and of course, as you say, if you don't work with

00:44:55the team and for the team, it's hard to be a team player.

00:44:59Well, his old engineer at BAR is available.

00:45:04Jacques Clear has nothing to do this weekend.

00:45:09Here we go.

00:45:10The world champion, Michael Schumacher, who had that incredible performance two weeks ago at Imola, coming from 13th on the

00:45:17grid,

00:45:17and absolutely hounding race leader, Fernando Alonso, for the last 12 laps of that race.

00:45:23Well, the car was obviously fantastic at Imola.

00:45:27As for the tires, of course.

00:45:28They have new tires for this race.

00:45:31They have new front compound and constructions from Bridgestone have made just for this track.

00:45:36The construction of the rear tires that Bridgestone produced exactly the same as it was used at Imola,

00:45:42although the compound overall slightly harder.

00:45:44But there it is. We're already beginning to see. I'm expecting big things out of this car.

00:45:48Remember, Rory Byrne, fantastic aerodynamics.

00:45:51The mechanics on the car are working very well.

00:45:54And if Bridgestone have got that compound right for the front tires, I think we're going to be looking at

00:45:58a fine shape.

00:45:59He's there going to that Seat downhill, using all the road at Vert, and a bit more, they've added up

00:46:03for him.

00:46:05That's that Kamsa right-hand sweep.

00:46:07Still chasing the late Ayrton Senna for the all-time lead in Formula One poles.

00:46:12Oh, slower in that second sector.

00:46:19This last sector is where the Ferrari sometimes shines.

00:46:22These very fast corners are great for Michael Schumacher.

00:46:25They're great for the aerodynamics on these Ferraris.

00:46:28Can he do it again?

00:46:29Yeah, last corner.

00:46:39That is amazing.

00:46:41Wow, I didn't expect that.

00:46:44Right there with his teammate, a tenth quicker than Rubens Botticello's performance.

00:46:48Now, look at all that blue in the grandstand.

00:46:50You see the blue flags with the yellow crosses.

00:46:53It's known as the flag of victory.

00:46:56And they're waving it for Fernando Alonso.

00:46:58Now, is that, in fact, going to be down to tire choice, do you think, on the Ferraris Brookstones?

00:47:03Have they gone on compound?

00:47:04Listen to the crowd.

00:47:08Well, his teammate, Mr. Siquella, is in sixth.

00:47:12At no time has Alonso been on the top of the timesheets this weekend, I don't think.

00:47:16But, the Mcgown looking very strong.

00:47:19And of course, Jano Trum sits round.

00:47:23Slightly off the pace in the first sector.

00:47:2622-4, oh, well, yeah, it is only slightly off.

00:47:32It would be awesome if Alonso could put it on provisional pole today, I tell you.

00:47:38This house is going to absolutely rock on Sunday.

00:47:42Spain has never had a Formula One Grand Prix driver of note.

00:47:48Until now.

00:47:49The fourth, oh, look for it now, middle of that handling sector again.

00:47:53And listen to the crowd react to that.

00:47:56Now, we know the car works well.

00:47:58We know the car works well.

00:47:59They've got horsepower too.

00:48:01And Alonso is just brilliant behind the wheel.

00:48:04He couldn't do it.

00:48:05He couldn't do it.

00:48:06This is going to be Nipita.

00:48:08Oh, usually not.

00:48:09Come on, come on, come on.

00:48:11Oh, sack.

00:48:14Oh.

00:48:17Priya Tori pretty happy with that.

00:48:20So are they.

00:48:21It's a start, but not him.

00:48:23It's a start.

00:48:24He will be the second to last man on track in Sunday's final round of qualifying.

00:48:34So, again, Toyota looking very strong.

00:48:39Yano truly on provisional pole so far.

00:48:41Then Alonso, the Renault.

00:48:42Then Kibi Räikkönen and McCann.

00:48:44And Ralph Schumacher in the second of the Toyotas.

00:48:46So we've got a real mixture at the top of the field here.

00:48:48Looking very, very promising.

00:48:50And Nick Heidfeld fifth in the first of the Williams BMWs.

00:48:54Michael Schumacher down in seventh.

00:48:57Rubens Barrichello in ninth.

00:48:59And Barrichello will have to take a ten-spot hit because of that engine change.

00:49:04As will Nick Heidfeld.

00:49:06But fantastic job for Toyota right there.

00:49:09The question now is how will the car react on fuel tomorrow for final qualifying?

00:49:14Remember, they've put their race fuel in now for the first stint of the race.

00:49:19The Renault works very well with fuel in.

00:49:22I have to say, he could still do it.

00:49:24Look at that gap.

00:49:25Sixteen thousandths of a second from Trulli to Alonso.

00:49:31And look at Kibi Räikkönen right there.

00:49:33He's only 24,000.

00:49:34Seventy-five thousandths for Ralph Schumacher.

00:49:37Yep.

00:49:37And two tenths for Nick Heidfeld, who Steve already said's got a ten-spot penalty, unfortunately.

00:49:43So it'll be a great four-way battle for Pohl.

00:49:46Michael Schumacher, only six tenths off.

00:49:49But of course, six tenths over 66 laps is a long way.

00:49:55Well, it's all going to be about protecting the tires, as Mike Gascoigne was saying.

00:49:59And it could well be that Michael Schumacher has opted for the harder of the two compounds that Bridgestone have

00:50:04bought.

00:50:04And perhaps in the later stage of the race, I mean, look at the situation with Ferrari and Imler.

00:50:09They, they, the drive from 13th to 2nd from Michael on those tires at Imler was quite, quite remarkable.

00:50:17And I still think there's more performance to come from that car here than we haven't seen yet.

00:50:21But the problem with that coming through the field is, of course, you can come through the field,

00:50:25but then getting around these top guys is so, so difficult.

00:50:30Look at that huge crowd and the best crowd they've ever had at this Spanish race.

00:50:34And it's all because of this guy here.

00:50:38Alonso.

00:50:39An absolute brilliant driver.

00:50:42And still very, very young.

00:50:46Alonso still only 23 years old.

00:50:4923 and so calm and controlled.

00:50:52When you hear him in the press rooms talking, you know,

00:50:54and he was fending off seven times world champion Michael Schumacher and Ferrari

00:50:58being able to control the pace of that race.

00:51:00So calm.

00:51:01He said he had no intention of just looking after the points.

00:51:04He wanted that race with an Imler.

00:51:06Boy, did he get it.

00:51:06He's always been that way.

00:51:08He says he felt more pressure driving go-karts that he has in his Formula One career.

00:51:12Of course, I'm not sure he could ever have dreamed that he would have the Formula One career

00:51:16that he's having now with Renault.

00:51:18The winner of three straight races coming in.

00:51:22Truly, Alonso, Raikkonen, and Schumacher will battle for pole on Sunday with the race to follow.

00:51:28We'll be back to Spain.

00:51:31Welcome back to the circuit of Catalonia.

00:51:33There you see the flags of Asturias, the native region of Fernando Alonso,

00:51:38who was second quickest in today's opening round of qualifying for his home Grand Prix.

00:51:43You can be sure this racetrack will be packed to capacity when Alonso takes to the track on Sunday.

00:51:49Let's go to Peter Windsor with the top three.

00:51:51After the first qualifying session for the Marlborough Spanish Grand Prix, congratulations to the quickest three drivers.

00:51:58Third fastest for West McLaren Mercedes, Kimi Raikkonen.

00:52:02Second quickest for Mild 7 Renault, Fernando Alonso, and fastest for Panasonic Toyota, Jano Trulli.

00:52:09Jano, you're not planning to spoil Fernando's Spanish fiesta here, are you?

00:52:14Well, it's always difficult to predict.

00:52:16Last year I beat him, and I was very happy because, anyway, the crowd here are fantastic with any drivers.

00:52:25Absolutely for him, it's a nice Grand Prix.

00:52:27But on the other hand, I think Toyota now is doing a great job, and finally we are right on

00:52:32the top.

00:52:33To be honest, I'm a little bit surprised to be here because all morning I've been struggling a lot with

00:52:38the car.

00:52:39There's some problem with the engine, so at the end of the day I think all the engineers made a

00:52:43good job.

00:52:44They did a great lap, and I take the opportunity to thank the whole team and the factory as well

00:52:49because we had a new air update here.

00:52:52They worked very hard, and also as well the test team, which has been always running the car well.

00:52:57During testing, so we keep improving, and today is a good result for all of us.

00:53:03And an interesting lap because you weren't actually quickest on any of the sectors or through any of the traps,

00:53:07but the fastest lap.

00:53:09I think compared to everybody else, I got it right a bit everywhere without overdriving the car.

00:53:15That was the point, probably.

00:53:18It was a bit windy today, and I wasn't fully confident to attack like I normally do,

00:53:23so that's why I'm a little bit surprised to be here today.

00:53:27Well, congratulations.

00:53:29Fernando, the crowd support first of all, let's talk about that.

00:53:33What was it like going out, even on your outlet, those grandstands full of blue?

00:53:37Yeah, it was something special for me for sure, and probably it's my best lap in a Formula 1 car

00:53:43so far.

00:53:43You know, I think tomorrow we will have another one, and the 66 laps for the race will be something

00:53:50similar.

00:53:51And, you know, today I think the track has started to come to some people.

00:53:56Yesterday was maybe half of the grandstands.

00:53:59Today is maybe 80%, so you feel it, and it's something amazing and a pleasure.

00:54:06Well, on this lap today, after the first sector, you're a little bit down.

00:54:10Did you know at that point, and then, because you put in a brilliant second sector?

00:54:15Well, you always push every corner.

00:54:17But, yeah, I knew that I was down because I saw the biggest greens in that corner after the first

00:54:24sector,

00:54:25and I saw the orange color, it was not green, but anyway, I was doing the maximum, it was not

00:54:31because I was conservative.

00:54:33So, you know, at the end maybe, the last sector, I lost a little bit of time, but anyway, I

00:54:40didn't run too much this morning

00:54:43because we had a little problem, and, you know, to be in qualifying, the single lap qualifying with very few

00:54:52laps,

00:54:52I think I did five this morning, it's always difficult to take the maximum of the car, and, you know,

00:54:58I'm very, very happy.

00:55:00And that's because you're protecting the engine, of course, with this new regulation we have in 2005?

00:55:05No, no, it was a different problem.

00:55:07Can you talk about that a little bit?

00:55:08No, it's not anything special, and we sold out now, so everything is fine, but we lost a little bit

00:55:16in the morning.

00:55:18Thank you, Fernando.

00:55:19Kimi, from where you went out today with the track, obviously a little bit slower,

00:55:22and that little incident you had coming out of the tight left hander, a great lap for you here to

00:55:27be in the top three.

00:55:29Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed because I ran wide on corner two, I lost quite a bit of time,

00:55:35I would say that half a second to the morning, so the car seems to be quick.

00:55:42I'm just not happy to be in this place, we should have been really in the first,

00:55:46but anyhow we are very close to the second and the first guys, so it's a good place to start

00:55:51tomorrow.

00:55:53I cannot really say anything else, okay, it wasn't the best place to start,

00:55:57but the car has been working very well all weekend, so I was quite confident.

00:56:03Well, Carl, working very well in the previous race at Imola,

00:56:05to talk a little bit about the expectation at West McLaren Mercedes, the car appears to be really quick now.

00:56:11Yeah, but we still need to finish the races, it doesn't help if you put it in a pole or

00:56:16in the first three,

00:56:17if you don't finish the race you don't get points, so that's the area where we need to improve,

00:56:22and we have some work to do still, and at least we have the speed now,

00:56:27and that's the first thing, but the main thing is try to score points,

00:56:31and we desperately need more points than the other guys,

00:56:35so if we want to be anywhere close to get back in the championship,

00:56:39so everybody's definitely working hard, and we know that we have improved the car,

00:56:44and we will get some new parts for the next races again,

00:56:48so I think everything is going in the right direction.

00:56:52Thank you very much. Now, if we could have some words.

00:56:55Well, you can sense the frustration in Kimi Raikkonen's voice.

00:56:59Oh, boy.

00:56:59He is still angry about that breakdown at Imola.

00:57:02Yeah.

00:57:03He's looking on the Trulli's quick lap on the Saturday at Barcelona,

00:57:08with Sunday to come on race fuel to set the grid for Sunday afternoon's race.

00:57:12Of course, today is a demonstration of what these cars can really do.

00:57:17No fuel, a real setup for qualifying.

00:57:21Obviously, tomorrow for the second round of qualifying,

00:57:24the accurate time, the cars have race fuel.

00:57:27This is that downhill left-handed.

00:57:28It's very difficult.

00:57:29Look at it.

00:57:29All the way down here, that left-hander dropping away, dropping away, dropping away.

00:57:34Very difficult to get good grip there, especially the front end.

00:57:37Then a sudden change in directions.

00:57:39They climb that little hill there.

00:57:41Quick flip through this campsite, which is where Montoya went off yesterday.

00:57:44As you can see, no camber there to help the car at all.

00:57:46Very flat, fast corner.

00:57:50Trulli made a very good point.

00:57:52Although the car wasn't quickest in each of the three seconds,

00:57:55it worked best throughout the whole of the lap.

00:57:58And, of course, that's what you need to get the fastest lap out of it.

00:58:01It needs to work well on the infield section,

00:58:03the tight winding corners around Seat and Worth.

00:58:06And, of course, then you need the straight line speed right here.

00:58:10And although not perfect in each section,

00:58:12well, there's the result of a car that's well-balanced throughout the whole of the race.

00:58:16And, of course, that balance these days is that this year in particular is so important

00:58:20that you have good balance so that you're light as you can possibly be on your tires,

00:58:24which you've got to last right through from today,

00:58:26tomorrow's qualifying, and, of course, tomorrow's race.

00:58:28So they've got to be set up just right.

00:58:32Well, the battle for cold should be terrific.

00:58:35Truly Alonso, Raikkonen, and Schumacher.

00:58:38We'll be back to Barcelona in a moment.

00:58:41Hey, for round five of the 2005 Formula One season,

00:58:44setting the running order for Sunday's second round of qualifying.

00:58:48And for that, be sure to join us at 12 noon Eastern time

00:58:52for the all-important second round of qualifying to set the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix.

00:58:57The race itself can be seen same-day delay at 1 p.m. Eastern on CBS.

00:59:01However, on Friday, May 13th,

00:59:03you can check out our coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix at midnight Eastern,

00:59:07the witching hour.

00:59:08We'll have plenty of post-race reports from Peter Windsor,

00:59:11so you'll definitely want to check it out.

00:59:13Now let's take a look back to the highlights of last season's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.

00:59:23Last year, new changes to the La Caixa Corner.

00:59:26And a massive crowd of Spaniards there to support native son,

00:59:31Fernando Alonso.

00:59:32Little could they have known what he would someday do.

00:59:35We were on board.

00:59:36Juan Pablo Montoya at the start.

00:59:38Truly streaked through there.

00:59:41He's hitting a low shot there.

00:59:42Look at that fantastic start of Jano.

00:59:44Truly lurking.

00:59:45He's thrown from the first row to the front.

00:59:48Going down into that all-important Elf corner side-by-side there.

00:59:52There's a button there in the BAR.

00:59:54But truly snagged the lead.

00:59:56Michael Schumacher starts it.

00:59:59Pound after the Renault out in front.

01:00:01But it would be Trulli that pitted first in the Renault R24.

01:00:04Michael Schumacher responds in that traditional way of his and Ferrari

01:00:07by knocking out a series of very quick laps.

01:00:10In comes Michael Schumacher.

01:00:11The team works well.

01:00:13Ferrari just take the lead ahead of Trulli's Renault at the end of the straight.

01:00:19Victory for Michael Schumacher.

01:00:21What a difference a year makes.

01:00:23Rubens Batacchella would eventually get second place from Jano Trulli to make it a Ferrari 1-2.

01:00:28Catherine Zeta-Jones on hand.

01:00:30Along with a bevy of celebrities.

01:00:32Michael Schumacher sprayed the champagne from atop the podium.

01:00:38I mean, he had the whole package.

01:00:40How many was he?

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