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00:00:00A long, very, very fast loop. The cars go away over a mile down to a long loop at the far end of the track, which we shall see in a moment.

00:00:06They then come back on another straight, a bit of a mile.

00:00:09Each straight is now halved by a chicane, which were artificial installations put in for the running of the Grand Prix here in 1970, 11 years ago.

00:00:18And just to slow the cars down as a result of Jim Clark's fatal accident a couple of years before that, when he went off in a Formula 2 race, went into the woods and was tragically killed.

00:00:27There go the cars moving away. They're in the stadium section now, which is the slow bit of the track.

00:00:31This is the third gear right-hand corner that they take after the start-finish line, which sends them out into the country through the forests of this south-western Germany area.

00:00:45Long, long straight. The cars get pretty well up to full speed here. They go up to the top gear.

00:00:50Now, of course, they're just doing their warming up lap. There's a very slight curve as they go, but that's flat out.

00:00:55That's not a corner for them. And they'll be driving. They're warming up. They see them weaving about to warm their tyres up as they go.

00:01:02The Ferraris, of course, here they are arriving at the first chicane.

00:01:05These chicanes are wide open and pretty fast. They're facing at well over 100 miles an hour, probably 120 miles an hour.

00:01:10But they do just break up the straight and reduce the amount of slipstreaming that's available.

00:01:15And go further out into the country, down the straight. And they come to the big, fast loop that you see.

00:01:22You see the dot where the leader is now. This corner at the end of the straight is very, very nearly flat out, taken in top gear.

00:01:29And they've reached something like 180 miles an hour plus going into it.

00:01:34They'll take it probably at 170. And then back the other way, still in top gear, disappearing down that other straight.

00:01:41And at the far end of the straight, you can see they're in fact going to turn left into the other chicane.

00:01:46And then it goes around. They're just approaching the second chicane on the course.

00:01:50The Ferraris may be an interesting joker in the pack in that on the first lap, they've proved that they got off the line pretty well for a turbocharged car.

00:02:00And they've got this extra power. And I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them storming past the Williamses that are in front of them up the first straight.

00:02:08And then, of course, they're going to prove a big problem to repass if they can do that.

00:02:11They qualified reasonably well, but their chassis is still not that good.

00:02:15And therefore, whoever they get in front of, it tends to be a problem for them.

00:02:18And they're coming down into the stadium section now. They've come all the way down the final straight.

00:02:23They break down into third gear here, turning right into the stadium.

00:02:28Short little straight. We shall see as we follow one of the Ligiers around there.

00:02:33And then they come down to second gear half in probably the slowest corner on the circuit.

00:02:39They're now, you see the wonderful grandstands in the background, absolutely full, 100,000 people.

00:02:43And they, the people in these grandstand seats can see the whole of the stadium section, which is a marvelous spectacle for the cars.

00:02:50They lose them as they go out into the country, but they've got, they can, as I say, see all the important bit of the track, really.

00:02:57Leader coming, coming around now, slow right-hander, little double right-hander.

00:03:01And then into, there comes the runner, into the final corner, onto the start-finish line, where he will draw up onto the grid.

00:03:10As usual, the cars will form up on the grid into their positions.

00:03:14When they're all in position and not before, the starter will apply the red light.

00:03:19And then it's a minimum of six seconds, a maximum of ten, before he throws it to green, and away they go.

00:03:2624 drivers from 14 countries, five types of engine, four types of tyre, the two Renaults of Prost-Narnu on the front row,

00:03:34Reutemann and Jones on the second row, Piroli and Piquet on the third row.

00:03:3845 laps of the 4.2-mile circuit, 189.9 miles to go, as we await that red light to be followed by the green,

00:03:47and then the dash out of this motodrome into the countryside.

00:03:51All the engines working.

00:03:56Waiting for that light. There's a yellow light there as well, in case anything goes wrong for the first time ever at a Grand Prix,

00:04:01just to avoid what we saw happen at Belgium.

00:04:04Seems to be holding them a long time.

00:04:07Everybody in position.

00:04:11Safety cars behind. Can the Renaults pull away?

00:04:17And it's 15 Prost who does it, followed by number two, Carlos Reutemann, the world championship leader.

00:04:3245 laps to go, and one of the Renaults pulling that enormous weight, something like 46 gallons of fuel,

00:04:38as opposed to 38, in the lead.

00:04:40Alain Prost, followed by Reutemann, the Ferrari of Pironi is sneaking through, as they come up to the first chicane.

00:04:48125 miles an hour, third gear, and one of the Renaults clear.

00:04:53Prost clear, the man who thought he'd win the British Grand Prix, followed by Reutemann, followed by Pironi, followed by Rennie Arnoux.

00:04:59Everybody away cleanly, we can see in front of us, as they swoop down to one of the fastest curves in motor racing,

00:05:07the fifth gear, 150 mile an hour ost curve, out in the forest, and the crowds all the way around the circuit.

00:05:14Well, a good clean start, no problems at all, everybody away.

00:05:20The Renaults predictably a little bit slow off the line, and the Ferraris, just as I suggested earlier, have indeed come up and made their mark.

00:05:27Pironi's come storming through into third place.

00:05:30There goes the Renault, Reutemann going through the chicane, Pironi in third place.

00:05:34And Villeneuve, you see, up there, in with the pack a bit, and if he can get a good run down the straight, he'll be moving up.

00:05:40He was having an attack coming up the first straight, but looked to be a little bit boxed in.

00:05:44The field's still all clear.

00:05:50Coming round to the stadium for the first time, a huge roar from the crowd, seeing the Renaults have monies to pull away.

00:05:56But Prost has got behind him, Carlos Reutemann, the world championship leader, GDA Pironi.

00:06:01Behind Pironi.

00:06:04Alan Jones, the world champion.

00:06:08And Arnoux has vanished to the back of the pack.

00:06:11Something has happened to René Arnoux already, and though Prost is leading, as we come up to the end of the first lap,

00:06:17with Alan Prost leading from Carlos Reutemann, leading with GDA Pironi.

00:06:22René Arnoux has dropped to the back of the pack, and the order is Prost.

00:06:28Reutemann, Pironi, Jones, the beat, as René Arnoux sadly,

00:06:33after only 4.2 miles, makes his way into the pit.

00:06:37James Hunt.

00:06:38Yes, great shame to lose René Arnoux so early. Don't know what the problem is.

00:06:42Let's have a look and see if we can just work out what they're going to do to his car.

00:06:46The mechanic's descending upon it.

00:06:48They're doing a tyre change, which is routine in a pit stop, and they will deal with whatever other problem that he has.

00:06:54He didn't appear to have a puncture or anything, but they don't appear at the same time to be doing anything else to his car.

00:07:00Well, that must remain a little bit of a mystery for the moment.

00:07:04Quite amazing, James, because the Renault that was in trouble this morning was the Prost-Renault that had trouble with its turbos.

00:07:10Arnoux back in, and one of the Ferraris is pulling off.

00:07:13And now it's Didier Pironi, who was lying in third place.

00:07:16So two of the turbo-powered cars, who are expected to do so well in this German Grand Prix,

00:07:22are out of the hunt already, as Alan Prost leads from Carlos Reutemann,

00:07:26and that will mean that Alan Jones, the world champion, should be third.

00:07:35And so drama in the very first five miles of the German Grand Prix.

00:07:41189.9 miles to go, and yet already two of the favourites out of this race,

00:07:46and everything down to young Alan Prost, the man who was once a McLaren driver, James.

00:07:50Yes, Alan Jones would be very, very relieved to see Villeneuve as Pironi out of his way in the Ferrari,

00:07:57because he was already losing ground to his team-mate Reutemann, and to Prost in the lead.

00:08:04And there's Jacques Lafitte, who's come storming through the field from a relatively mediocre grip position.

00:08:10He took Pironi and saved him on the first lap, and he's having a bit of a stormy race,

00:08:14but Pique is right behind him and probably attacking him again.

00:08:17Yes, James, the end of lap two, and it's both Reutemann, Jones, Lafitte, and Pique.

00:08:27And John Watson moving quietly up the field.

00:08:32And Pique about to take Lafitte.

00:08:35Pique showing no sound as it has passed Lafitte, and Pique will now be in fourth position.

00:08:40So the first three men in the championship, Reutemann, Jones, and Pique are all in the first four,

00:08:47as we see Nelson Pique swing the bram around the chicane, going away from the Talbot Liget of Jacques Lafitte,

00:08:53chasing after the two men who are his greatest championship rivals,

00:08:56the two men from the Tag Williams team in the side-year laylands, Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann.

00:09:01But still, as you see in that picture, Alan Prost in the turbo Renault,

00:09:05the man carrying an enormous fuel load, nearly ten gallons more,

00:09:09because four-fifths of this circuit, believe it or not, is flat out.

00:09:13One of the hardest-hottest circuits in motor racing,

00:09:16but Alan Prost reveling in it as he sweeps into the second chicane,

00:09:21and Reutemann Jones, I am sure, James, will be content to sit there and wait

00:09:25for a few minutes to see what happens to the second Renault.

00:09:27Yes, Jones has already seen, apparently, he appears to be hauling them in a bit.

00:09:32I think he's moved up since he got a clear run when the Ferrari went out.

00:09:36But, of course, the problem for both Williams drivers is going to be what to do about Alan Prost,

00:09:42because the Renault is quicker down the straight, has more power.

00:09:45The old problem that we mention every weekend now, it seems, or every other weekend,

00:09:49there is Didier Peroni walking back from his abandoned Ferrari.

00:09:54He looked a bit smoky and nasty when he stopped.

00:09:57He'll be very disappointed.

00:10:00And so they come round, they order drone, to the end of the third lap,

00:10:05just over 12 miles gone,

00:10:06and it's Crost,

00:10:08Reutemann,

00:10:09Jones,

00:10:10Piquet,

00:10:11Lapite,

00:10:13Vilner,

00:10:13and John Watson is lying in 8th position.

00:10:20As Carlos Reutemann certainly seems to be closing on Alan Prost,

00:10:25as it's three down in fast back straight.

00:10:28John Watson has dropped back in that lap, back into 12th position.

00:10:42Peroni out already,

00:10:44Arnoux at the back of the field,

00:10:45but this man, Alan Prost,

00:10:47seemingly smoothly ahead,

00:10:49full load of fuel,

00:10:50past that straight Ferrari.

00:10:51What a strange position for a car to be in on the track,

00:10:54followed by the two Sadio Leylands,

00:10:56of Carlos Reutemann

00:10:57and Alan Jones,

00:10:58with Piquet having pulled ahead

00:11:00of Jacques Lapite

00:11:01and Gilles Villeneuve

00:11:04in a 6th position.

00:11:14So the fourth lap

00:11:16of this 45-lap German Grand Prix,

00:11:21and as we learnt at Silverstone,

00:11:22anything can happen.

00:11:23Will this be a race of attrition?

00:11:25It's a very, very hot day indeed,

00:11:27very humid,

00:11:28doesn't always suit the turbos,

00:11:30but at the moment,

00:11:31no problems at all for Alan Prost.

00:11:36Interesting fact,

00:11:36the drivers were all complaining

00:11:39about how bumpy the surface is in the chicanes.

00:11:42The cars are run

00:11:43with very, very stiff suspension these days

00:11:44to keep them close to the ground

00:11:46so they can get as much suction effect

00:11:48in due to the fact

00:11:49that they can no longer have their sliding skirt.

00:11:52They want to be close to the ground

00:11:53and the bumps in the chicanes

00:11:55are giving the drivers real difficulties.

00:11:57They're so bumpy,

00:11:58they can hardly see it,

00:11:59shaking their eyeballs

00:12:00about in their head

00:12:00and you sometimes get so much vibration

00:12:03you can get blurred vision

00:12:04from that.

00:12:06That looks like Jacques Lafitte to me.

00:12:08I can't quite see the number on it.

00:12:10Yes, that's Jacques Lafitte's car.

00:12:11He's chasing Nelson Piquet,

00:12:13but after getting past him

00:12:15on the first lap,

00:12:16Piquet seems to have established himself.

00:12:18There goes the leader,

00:12:19Alan Prost,

00:12:21with Reutemann and Jones,

00:12:22and Jones is now caught

00:12:23right up to his team mate,

00:12:24Carlos Reutemann.

00:12:25Now this presents an interesting spectacle

00:12:28from the point of view of team tactics.

00:12:30Carlos Reutemann is leading the world championship

00:12:32by some 17 points,

00:12:34but he is still officially the number two driver

00:12:36in the team.

00:12:37And I spoke to one or two of the team members

00:12:40this morning,

00:12:40and although he's still officially number two driver

00:12:43and therefore should let Alan Jones pass

00:12:45in the event that Jones is in position

00:12:47to come past,

00:12:48it's a problem.

00:12:51Somebody going into the pits there,

00:12:52I can't quite see who it is.

00:12:54It's Salazar into the pits

00:12:56in the end sign.

00:12:59As I was saying about these,

00:13:00and there is Jones having a go

00:13:01at his team mate,

00:13:02Carlos Reutemann.

00:13:03They're not allowed to fight each other,

00:13:05and he's got through

00:13:06into second place.

00:13:08Alan Jones,

00:13:08who's been so unlucky this year,

00:13:10he's driven really well,

00:13:12very aggressively.

00:13:13He made an unfortunate mistake

00:13:14in the Spanish Grand Prix,

00:13:15which blotted his copybook a bit there,

00:13:18but otherwise he's been afflicted

00:13:19by very bad luck all the season.

00:13:21Let's hope his car can hold together today,

00:13:23and he's now in position

00:13:24to set about the unenviable task

00:13:27of catching and then

00:13:29with more difficulty getting past

00:13:31Alan Prost's Renault.

00:13:45There's Nelson Fico,

00:13:47he's at the back of his four-car bunch,

00:13:49there are the four cars,

00:13:50and Alan Jones is right behind Prost,

00:13:53but he just hasn't got the power

00:13:55to even attack him.

00:13:56If he's going to have a go,

00:13:58can he do it into the cicada?

00:13:59He's getting alongside,

00:14:01but he hasn't got the power.

00:14:02I think if he's going to pass Prost,

00:14:04he's going to have to do

00:14:05some sort of big door-die effort

00:14:07in the stadium

00:14:07when he can get really close,

00:14:10but I don't envy him the problem.

00:14:13So it's a four-car race,

00:14:14we've got the three world championship leaders

00:14:17up there in the bunch,

00:14:19and today's race, I think,

00:14:21will be very, very critical

00:14:22as a pointer

00:14:23to which way the championship is going.

00:14:25P.K. or Jones

00:14:28is going to have to get

00:14:29a jolly good score today.

00:14:30Whoops!

00:14:30Oh!

00:14:31And Alan Prost,

00:14:32I don't think,

00:14:33saw Jones moving over behind him then,

00:14:35and he's now trying to block

00:14:36the inside line,

00:14:37and he's driving a little bit nautily

00:14:38by weaving on the straight.

00:14:40That is not what's considered

00:14:42to be acceptable practice,

00:14:44but he was moving over to the left

00:14:47to protect his inside line.

00:14:48Now this is where Jones

00:14:49has got to get really close to him.

00:14:50I don't think he'll be able

00:14:51to take him into the stadium,

00:14:52but he may be able to outbrake him

00:14:54into one of the tight corners

00:14:55in the stadium.

00:14:56He's having a go on the entry,

00:14:57but he's not close enough.

00:15:04Lap seven then,

00:15:06and Alan Jones deciding

00:15:07not to wait to see

00:15:08if the turbo breaks up,

00:15:09to take him as he comes

00:15:10into this autodrome,

00:15:10knowing that he's got

00:15:12a heavy load there,

00:15:14knowing that if that car

00:15:16gets a big lead

00:15:17and he gets lighter,

00:15:18he'll have to move

00:15:19heaven and earth to pass him,

00:15:20but Jones really pressing

00:15:21this young man.

00:15:22Drove a season for McLaren

00:15:23last year, Alain Frost.

00:15:24Won, of course,

00:15:25the French Grand Prix,

00:15:26the stop one,

00:15:26but at the end of lap eight,

00:15:28Alain Frost,

00:15:29pressured all the way

00:15:30by the world champion,

00:15:31the man who won here

00:15:32two years ago,

00:15:33leaves the race

00:15:34from Alan Jones,

00:15:35followed by Reutemann,

00:15:36followed by Piquet,

00:15:38followed by Lafitte

00:15:39and Tambay,

00:15:40John Watson is 16,

00:15:41and Britain's

00:15:42Michael Mantle is 15,

00:15:43but Arnau is weaving

00:15:45everywhere as

00:15:45John's comes in.

00:15:46James, this really is

00:15:47some strange driving,

00:15:49isn't it?

00:15:49Yes, well,

00:15:50it's all right

00:15:50so long as Frost

00:15:52has got some clear air

00:15:53in front of him,

00:15:54which he doesn't

00:15:55did in fact have there.

00:15:56He's just sort of

00:15:57making Arnau follow his

00:15:58eye,

00:15:59trying to throw the toe,

00:16:00but it doesn't really work

00:16:01because obviously

00:16:02if he can drive

00:16:02in a weave,

00:16:04pattern up the track,

00:16:05so can the guys

00:16:05following him

00:16:06because of course

00:16:06Jones obviously

00:16:07wants to sit

00:16:08in his draft,

00:16:10in his slipstream,

00:16:11to take the air,

00:16:12to take the hole

00:16:14in the air

00:16:14made by Frost's car,

00:16:16which will give him

00:16:17some more speed,

00:16:18but of course

00:16:18not enough still

00:16:19to stay with the

00:16:20superior power

00:16:21of the turbocharged

00:16:23Renault.

00:16:23Jones closing up again

00:16:24around the long

00:16:25fast sweep

00:16:26at the end of the

00:16:26straight.

00:16:27He's moving out

00:16:28to have a look,

00:16:29but I just don't think

00:16:30he's getting closer,

00:16:31but he is very close

00:16:32this time,

00:16:32but it'll have to be

00:16:33a superhuman effort.

00:16:34No, still not close

00:16:36enough.

00:16:37Frost is controlling

00:16:39everything pretty well

00:16:40from the front.

00:16:40He's keeping it

00:16:41reasonably cool,

00:16:42and Jones this time

00:16:43is certainly not

00:16:44close enough to

00:16:45attack.

00:16:47I gather in excitement

00:16:48we called Alan Prost

00:16:49our new by mistake.

00:16:51Apologies to Alan Prost

00:16:52who in his second

00:16:52full year of Formula

00:16:53One racing is holding

00:16:54off not only the

00:16:55world champion,

00:16:56but the world

00:16:56championship leader.

00:16:57The V6 Renault Turbo,

00:16:59at least 530 horsepower,

00:17:01some people would say

00:17:02550.

00:17:04The man who had to

00:17:05choose between being

00:17:06a soccer player

00:17:07and a racing driver,

00:17:08and perhaps at this

00:17:09moment Alan Jones

00:17:10wished he decided

00:17:11to play football.

00:17:11into the autodrome

00:17:13at the end of lap 8.

00:17:15Alan Prost

00:17:16still holding off

00:17:17Alan Jones,

00:17:18but you can see

00:17:18how close and you

00:17:19can see how

00:17:20almost ragged

00:17:21Alan Jones was there.

00:17:22How hard he was

00:17:23trying.

00:17:24Less than a second

00:17:25in between them,

00:17:26James.

00:17:27That's right.

00:17:27Keep an eye on this

00:17:28battle behind

00:17:29because Nelson Piquet

00:17:30is now on

00:17:31Reutemann's tail

00:17:32and is beginning

00:17:33to look a bit

00:17:33menacing behind him

00:17:34and the problem

00:17:34is probably the

00:17:36quickest car,

00:17:37Ford engine car,

00:17:39the aerodynamics

00:17:40of his quickest car

00:17:41on the straight

00:17:41and he will be

00:17:42trying to get a bit

00:17:43of a draft

00:17:43from Reutemann

00:17:44and slip out

00:17:45into the chicane

00:17:46and I wouldn't be

00:17:46surprised,

00:17:47though he's not

00:17:47close enough this

00:17:48time,

00:17:49but he'll be trying

00:17:49to get right under

00:17:50Reutemann's wing

00:17:51out of the corners

00:17:52onto one of these

00:17:53fast straights,

00:17:54then he's going to

00:17:54throw.

00:17:55He's closer now,

00:17:56but,

00:17:57though he didn't

00:17:59get out of that

00:18:00chicane

00:18:00absolutely spot on.

00:18:05Frost still pulling

00:18:06away on every

00:18:06straight,

00:18:07giving Jones a lot

00:18:08of problems.

00:18:08Jones is attacking

00:18:10hard at the moment.

00:18:11I suspect he'll try

00:18:12for another couple

00:18:13of laps maybe

00:18:14and then he may

00:18:15just give it a rest

00:18:16for a little while

00:18:17because when you're

00:18:18driving this close

00:18:19to another car,

00:18:19it requires a

00:18:20superhuman effort

00:18:21and it's very

00:18:21difficult to drive

00:18:22the whole length

00:18:22of a Grand Prix

00:18:23trying so hard.

00:18:24Jones is pulling

00:18:25out again,

00:18:25but I just don't

00:18:26think he's going

00:18:27to be close enough.

00:18:27No,

00:18:27he has to tuck

00:18:28back in.

00:18:30He's got a big

00:18:31problem on his

00:18:32hands.

00:18:33He's in that

00:18:34awful position

00:18:35where he can

00:18:36nearly do it

00:18:37each time,

00:18:37so it's not a

00:18:38hopeless case,

00:18:39but there's no way

00:18:40you can keep

00:18:40this sort of

00:18:41pressure up.

00:18:41He may have to

00:18:42take a breather

00:18:42in a little while

00:18:43and try and see

00:18:45if Frost's car

00:18:46will break.

00:18:47It's very warm

00:18:48and humid here

00:18:48at Hockenheim,

00:18:49which in the

00:18:50normal way is a

00:18:51disadvantage

00:18:51relatively to the

00:18:53turbocharged cars.

00:18:54Their reliability

00:18:55tends to become

00:18:57more suspect

00:18:59when it's hot

00:19:00and the humidity

00:19:02probably won't

00:19:02help and Piquet

00:19:03has got through.

00:19:04Piquet has passed

00:19:05Carlos Reutemann

00:19:06into third place.

00:19:08Yes,

00:19:09the end of lap

00:19:10nine and Piquet

00:19:11has passed

00:19:12Carlos Reutemann

00:19:12so Alan Jones

00:19:13is now going

00:19:14half the roof

00:19:14as we see

00:19:15Frost,

00:19:16followed by Jones,

00:19:17followed by Piquet,

00:19:19followed by

00:19:19Carlos Reutemann

00:19:20and these four men

00:19:21have set such a

00:19:22pace that they've

00:19:23cleared away from

00:19:24everyone else.

00:19:24Lafitte and

00:19:25Tambay are still

00:19:26not in sight.

00:19:27Villeneuve seven

00:19:27for a back eight

00:19:28for Crazy ninth

00:19:29and Andretti ten.

00:19:36Lafitte in the

00:19:38Talbot Ligier

00:19:39lying fifth

00:19:41but a long way

00:19:42as you can see

00:19:42from this battle.

00:19:44Alan Frost,

00:19:45Alan Jones,

00:19:47Nelson Piquet

00:19:48and Carlos Reutemann.

00:19:49Alan Krupp

00:19:50in only his

00:19:5119th race.

00:19:52Alan Jones

00:19:53in his

00:19:5391st.

00:19:55Jones looking

00:19:55for his

00:19:5512th victory

00:19:56and Jones knowing

00:19:57that if he's going

00:19:58to keep the

00:19:59championship,

00:20:00well let's face it,

00:20:01he's now 19 points

00:20:02behind Carlos Reutemann.

00:20:03He has to start

00:20:04a victory sequence

00:20:05here in Germany.

00:20:07But I was at the

00:20:07Williams factory

00:20:08earlier this week

00:20:09and Frank Williams

00:20:10himself said he

00:20:11feels that Alan

00:20:12is ready to come

00:20:13out of the box.

00:20:14But at the moment

00:20:15he's got to get away

00:20:15from the gearbox

00:20:16of that Renault

00:20:17to get past

00:20:18pros somehow.

00:20:19He can sit there,

00:20:20he can hope

00:20:21he can pressure

00:20:21him into a mistake

00:20:22but of course

00:20:23all the time

00:20:24Nelson Piquet

00:20:25in the problem

00:20:25is closing,

00:20:26closing, closing

00:20:27and that problem

00:20:28the first car

00:20:29to have the

00:20:29rising rate suspension

00:20:30one of the best

00:20:31designs on the circuit

00:20:32going extremely well

00:20:34and Jones

00:20:34cannot afford

00:20:35to sit there

00:20:36too much longer.

00:20:39Jones having

00:20:40another little look

00:20:41but again

00:20:42it's a little bit

00:20:43of a hopeless case

00:20:44but he's nice

00:20:44and close in the stadium

00:20:45now and he's

00:20:46having a go

00:20:46and has he done it?

00:20:48Alan Jones is inside

00:20:49Frost and I think

00:20:50he's got it,

00:20:51he's got the inside

00:20:52Lino there

00:20:52actually neck and neck

00:20:53and the power

00:20:54oh, marvellous stuff

00:20:56side by side

00:20:57round the hairpin

00:20:57Frost got the power

00:20:59down better

00:20:59Jones was very good

00:21:00he didn't lean on him

00:21:01neither driver of course

00:21:03could possibly afford

00:21:03to touch each other

00:21:04they'll be very careful

00:21:05of that at this stage

00:21:06of the Grand Prix

00:21:06but that was marvellous stuff

00:21:07but it has brought

00:21:08Nelson Piquet

00:21:09right up to join them.

00:21:12Now, if I was in

00:21:13Carlos Reutemann's shoes

00:21:15I'd be pretty happy

00:21:16with the situation

00:21:16although he's been

00:21:17elbow to the back

00:21:18of the bunch

00:21:18he's got all his

00:21:20main contenders

00:21:21in his sight

00:21:22just in front of him

00:21:23he knows exactly

00:21:23what's going on

00:21:24and he'd be quite happy

00:21:25to see manoeuvres

00:21:26like side by side

00:21:27round the hairpin

00:21:27going on

00:21:28and probably hoping

00:21:29that they'll touch

00:21:30and move him up

00:21:32a couple of places

00:21:32by default

00:21:33but he'll be waiting

00:21:34he's reached the position

00:21:37he's in this year

00:21:37by running steadily

00:21:39and reliably

00:21:39and if he can do that

00:21:41for the rest of the year

00:21:42he's going to be

00:21:43a hard man to beat

00:21:44in the World Championship

00:21:45and so with

00:21:48nearly a quarter

00:21:48of the race

00:21:49on a superb battle

00:21:50between three of the

00:21:51great drivers

00:21:52of this season

00:21:53men who've all

00:21:54won a Grand Prix

00:21:55Alain Prost

00:21:56who won in France

00:21:57Piquet of course

00:21:59whom we saw win

00:21:59in the Argentine

00:22:00and again in Italy

00:22:01and Alan Jones

00:22:02who won the first race

00:22:03at Long Beach

00:22:04chased by Carlos Reutemann

00:22:05the man leading

00:22:06the championship

00:22:07after his wins

00:22:08in Brazil and Belgium

00:22:09these are contenders

00:22:10this is a battle

00:22:11and once again

00:22:13Pro's manages to pull away

00:22:15not only pulling away

00:22:16from Alan Jones

00:22:17but pushing Jones

00:22:18further into the clutches

00:22:19of Nelson Piquet

00:22:20and really we could be

00:22:21seeing James

00:22:22the battle that decides

00:22:23the championship

00:22:24yes I think so

00:22:26this is certainly

00:22:27the absolutely

00:22:28critical time

00:22:29to see which way

00:22:30the championship's going

00:22:31car coming to the pits

00:22:32with a flat front tower

00:22:33and he's stuck on

00:22:34the state road

00:22:36that was Derek Daly

00:22:37the Irish driver

00:22:38he had a flat tower

00:22:38I don't think

00:22:39he'll be able to

00:22:40may not even be able

00:22:41to get it to the pits

00:22:42so Alan Jones now

00:22:44is in a very unfortunate

00:22:45situation

00:22:46because he really

00:22:46wants to concentrate

00:22:47on the man

00:22:49in front of him

00:22:49Alan Prost

00:22:50to get past him

00:22:51but he's now got

00:22:52Piquet

00:22:53sufficiently close to him

00:22:54that he's got to look

00:22:55in his mirrors as well

00:22:56so he's now got to drive

00:22:58with four eyes

00:22:59two looking forward

00:23:00and two looking back

00:23:00and that makes his life

00:23:01very difficult indeed

00:23:03because any aggressive

00:23:05passing manoeuvre

00:23:06that doesn't come off

00:23:07is able to slow him down

00:23:09and let Piquet

00:23:10sweep through

00:23:11into his second place

00:23:13so it's a

00:23:14much more difficult problem

00:23:16to drive

00:23:16to try and overtake somebody

00:23:18when you've also got

00:23:19to protect your rear

00:23:1934 laps to go

00:23:22and these are the three men

00:23:24who are making this race

00:23:25Prost

00:23:26Jones

00:23:27and Piquet

00:23:27with Reutemann lurking

00:23:29I talked to Gilles Villeneuve

00:23:30the Ferrari driver

00:23:31just before the start

00:23:32of this race

00:23:32and he said

00:23:33whoever wins it

00:23:34Reutemann will get points

00:23:35and I'm sure that

00:23:36Reutemann sitting there

00:23:37knowing that the 11 best races

00:23:39count this season

00:23:40he'll be happy

00:23:41just to pick up points

00:23:42and add to that total

00:23:44but these three men

00:23:45are all looking

00:23:46for outright victory

00:23:47you're watching

00:23:48the BBC coverage

00:23:49at Silverstone

00:23:50you'd have seen

00:23:51Alain Prost say

00:23:52that he thought

00:23:52his defeat there

00:23:53cost him the championship

00:23:54he's certainly showing

00:23:55all the determination

00:23:57you could expect

00:23:58from the 26-year-old

00:23:59here as Alan Jones

00:24:00again goes up

00:24:00on his right-hand side

00:24:01tries to pass

00:24:02is he going to leave

00:24:03a way through for Piquet

00:24:04no he shuts that door

00:24:05on Piquet

00:24:06Reutemann still again

00:24:07Jones again

00:24:07trying to get past

00:24:08he's tried one side

00:24:09he's tried the other side

00:24:11Prost must have mirrors

00:24:12full of Alan Jones

00:24:13in that familiar white helmet

00:24:14Jones driving as aggressively

00:24:16as I've ever seen him drive

00:24:18bitterly disappointed

00:24:19about what happened

00:24:20when he was in

00:24:21the British Grand Prix

00:24:22when he couldn't help

00:24:23but hit Villeneuve

00:24:24really trying to get past

00:24:26and all the time

00:24:26in his mirrors

00:24:27he's got Piquet

00:24:28as he comes out

00:24:28of the chicane

00:24:29shot tossed there

00:24:30by Alain Prost

00:24:32couldn't get through

00:24:33but he's trying

00:24:33every inch of the way

00:24:35James Hunt

00:24:35yes I think it's a shame

00:24:37that he tried to pass

00:24:39at the end of the straight

00:24:40there going to that corner

00:24:41I think he would have

00:24:41had a much better chance

00:24:42to keep tucked in

00:24:43get through that one

00:24:44really quickly

00:24:45and have another go

00:24:46at the same place

00:24:47where he got alongside

00:24:48into the hairpin

00:24:49a lap or two ago

00:24:52he's certainly trying everything

00:24:54as Barry rightly says

00:24:56he's driving

00:24:56at the peak of his aggression

00:24:58he's driving

00:24:59if anything has matured

00:25:00since he's been world champion

00:25:01he's been unlucky

00:25:03to not to do better

00:25:06this year on points

00:25:07he's had

00:25:08everything's gone wrong

00:25:09for him

00:25:09mostly through no fault

00:25:11of his own

00:25:11but he's driving

00:25:12with great aggression

00:25:15and panache

00:25:16but there's safety through

00:25:29Alain Prost

00:25:30with the extra power

00:25:31doesn't really have a problem

00:25:33because he's able

00:25:33to go past him

00:25:34on the straight

00:25:34and Scherer pulls out

00:25:36of the way

00:25:36to let P.K. Reusman

00:25:37back to go through

00:25:38P.K. goes with him

00:25:39just as that's purely

00:25:40to pick up the slipstream

00:25:41which of course

00:25:42makes his car

00:25:43just that little bit

00:25:44closer down the straight

00:25:45really at the end

00:25:47of the chicane

00:25:48it's like a

00:25:48horseback chariot race

00:25:50with Alain Jones

00:25:50doing his best

00:25:51to do a Bodiceo

00:25:52or a Ben-Hur

00:25:53and get ahead

00:25:54of that approach

00:25:54and the good news

00:25:56for the British listeners

00:25:57is that Nigel Manley

00:25:58out of the pits again

00:25:59as Jones

00:26:00still nibbles away there

00:26:02as they come into

00:26:02the mode of trial

00:26:03and Mansell is back out

00:26:05and is in 19th position

00:26:07and so

00:26:09coming up

00:26:10to the end

00:26:11of the 14th lap

00:26:12of Alain Prost

00:26:14who has held its lead

00:26:15since a very

00:26:15wobbly start

00:26:17off the line

00:26:17passes underneath

00:26:18the country position

00:26:19and it is

00:26:20Prost

00:26:21Jones

00:26:22P.K.

00:26:24Reutemann

00:26:25Lapite

00:26:25and Rebac

00:26:26followed by

00:26:27Tambay

00:26:28Petrezzi

00:26:28Chiva

00:26:29and Mario Andretti

00:26:30John Watson

00:26:31has moved up

00:26:32to 14th position

00:26:33round into that

00:26:44first chicane

00:26:44dropping down

00:26:45into third gear

00:26:46125 miles an hour

00:26:49according to

00:26:49Alain Jones'

00:26:50little chart

00:26:50which I must tell you

00:26:52Alisio Salazar

00:26:53was having a look at

00:26:54over my shoulder

00:26:55today

00:26:55up into fourth

00:26:56and to 140 miles an hour

00:26:59accelerating into fifth

00:27:01to go round the course

00:27:02curve

00:27:02at something like

00:27:04160 miles an hour

00:27:06one driver described

00:27:08this corner to me

00:27:09as being swung round

00:27:10like a conker

00:27:11on a piece of string

00:27:12tremendous key force there

00:27:14and they then

00:27:15swooped down in fifth gear

00:27:16to the next chicane

00:27:17and so after 15 rounds

00:27:21Alain Prost

00:27:21just leading from

00:27:23Alain Jones

00:27:23to the Sadio Leyland

00:27:25Nelson Figue third

00:27:26Carlos Reutemann

00:27:27fourth

00:27:28Jacques Lafitte fifth

00:27:29and Hector

00:27:30back in the

00:27:31Alderbarram

00:27:31sixth

00:27:32last 15 of the 45 luck race

00:27:46last 15 of the 45 luck race

00:28:00a third of the race

00:28:01nearly completed

00:28:02and for most of it

00:28:04Alain Prost

00:28:04the young Frenchman

00:28:05has had to see

00:28:07Alain Jones

00:28:07one of the hardest

00:28:08charges in the business

00:28:09sitting there

00:28:10on his exit

00:28:11and Jones

00:28:13has got

00:28:13Carlos Reutemann

00:28:14behind him

00:28:15in third place

00:28:17Reutemann

00:28:21who has taken Piquet

00:28:22and sold now

00:28:23it is Renault

00:28:24Sadio Leyland

00:28:25Sadio Leyland

00:28:26Brabham

00:28:27and suddenly

00:28:28Jones the world champion

00:28:29has his teammate

00:28:30the world championship

00:28:31leader behind him

00:28:32Piquet

00:28:34something has happened

00:28:35to Piquet

00:28:35what do you think

00:28:36happened there James?

00:28:37well I didn't see anything

00:28:38I suspect that Piquet

00:28:40maybe made a little

00:28:41slip in a corner

00:28:42and just slowed himself down

00:28:43and Reutemann went past

00:28:44because Piquet is pretty fast

00:28:45on the straight

00:28:46normally

00:28:47and I should think

00:28:48Alain Jones

00:28:48will be quite relieved

00:28:49I think he would prefer

00:28:51to see Carlos Reutemann

00:28:52in his immediate mirrors

00:28:54than Nelson Piquet

00:28:56because the Brabham

00:28:56is a pretty quick car

00:28:57in the straight line

00:28:58and if you ever got

00:28:59into a good

00:29:00slingshot

00:29:01sort of toe position

00:29:02behind him

00:29:04he might well come past

00:29:05Jones still

00:29:06climbing all over

00:29:07the back of the Renault

00:29:08all over him

00:29:09like a rachius

00:29:10but

00:29:11there's no avail

00:29:13with that extra power

00:29:14oh

00:29:14they're diving about

00:29:16all over the place

00:29:17but the trouble is

00:29:18there's always a couple

00:29:18of extra clear air

00:29:19between the cars

00:29:20and there's no position

00:29:22in which to attack

00:29:24particularly into these

00:29:25very very fast

00:29:25chicanes

00:29:26where they have

00:29:26such a short

00:29:27braking distance

00:29:27Renault who had the

00:29:31first tire change

00:29:32during the race

00:29:33for Renault who

00:29:34destroyed his tires

00:29:35when he went over the curve

00:29:37he told him to end

00:29:38because it started

00:29:40a little bit of rain

00:29:41Renault die den ersten

00:29:42reifenwechsel heute

00:29:43hatten mit Renault

00:29:44und Huber

00:29:44und die schrecken

00:29:45begrenzungen ausprobenden

00:29:46und die schrecken

00:29:47und die schrecken

00:29:48sie hatten sie vor

00:29:48an eventuellen reifenwechsel

00:29:50und hatten die Regenreisen

00:29:51geblieben

00:29:52um zu schrecken

00:29:53zu sein

00:29:53gerüstet zu sein

00:29:54und die großen

00:29:56ausprobieren

00:29:56Well, Harald Oertl

00:29:59the German sportscar driver

00:30:01who's helping us

00:30:02in both English

00:30:02and German

00:30:03in the pit

00:30:03saying that there are

00:30:05spots of rain

00:30:06and what a tragedy

00:30:07it would be

00:30:08if rain broke up

00:30:09this tremendous battle

00:30:10between young

00:30:11Alain Kroft

00:30:12the world champion

00:30:13Alan Jones

00:30:13in second place

00:30:14and Carla Troy

00:30:15and of course

00:30:16the man with more

00:30:16Grand Prix

00:30:17than anyone else

00:30:18sitting nursing

00:30:19that third place

00:30:20ahead of PK

00:30:20It would be rather

00:30:22ironical

00:30:23wouldn't it Barry

00:30:23but most of the time

00:30:25we're praying

00:30:25we pray for rain

00:30:28to liven them up

00:30:29to give them

00:30:30a bit of spark

00:30:31and today we've got

00:30:32an absolute humdinger

00:30:33of a motor race

00:30:34four cars

00:30:35three of them

00:30:36the top men

00:30:38in the world championship

00:30:39table

00:30:39all batting away

00:30:40for the lead

00:30:41and if we get rain

00:30:42of course

00:30:42particularly if it comes

00:30:44down hard

00:30:44they're not able

00:30:45to stop the race

00:30:46and restart it again

00:30:47when everybody's

00:30:48spinning it out

00:30:49onto wet towers

00:30:49I don't think

00:30:50these pits are big

00:30:50enough to handle

00:30:51a whole field

00:30:52coming in together

00:30:52too dangerous

00:30:54when they all come

00:30:55in and change towers

00:30:56which is why they

00:30:57stop races

00:30:58should those conditions

00:30:59prevail

00:31:00but I

00:31:00Harold Spedding

00:31:02is spotting the drain

00:31:03I'm looking carefully

00:31:05at the track

00:31:05I can't see anything wet

00:31:06Jones still battling away

00:31:08but still

00:31:09still that couple of lengths

00:31:11of clear air between them

00:31:13and it's just

00:31:13not on

00:31:14he's got to get a good run

00:31:15now

00:31:16through the chicane

00:31:17down to the stadium

00:31:18get close

00:31:19to cross

00:31:20as they break

00:31:21to the stadium

00:31:22he doesn't want to pass here

00:31:28he wants to get

00:31:29really close to here

00:31:29and then

00:31:30try and outbrake him

00:31:31he's not really close enough

00:31:32unless he gets a good run

00:31:33to his call

00:31:33and then try and outbrake him

00:31:34into this left-hand hairpin

00:31:35that they're approaching now

00:31:36not close enough this time

00:31:38Roitermann's

00:31:40getting very close

00:31:41right back in contention there

00:31:42but I don't think

00:31:43he'll be making

00:31:43any particularly

00:31:45ferocious attempts

00:31:46coming up then

00:31:49to complete

00:31:4917 laps

00:31:50and Alain Cross

00:31:51still holding on

00:31:52to that tenuous

00:31:53turbo lead

00:31:54from Alan Jones

00:31:54in second place

00:31:55Carlos Roitermann's

00:31:56third

00:31:57Nelson Piquet's fourth

00:31:58Jack Lafitte's fifth

00:31:59Trevathan's fifth

00:32:01followed by

00:32:01Tambay

00:32:02Patrezi

00:32:03Chiva

00:32:04and De Angelis

00:32:05Mario Andretti's 11th

00:32:06and Jarrier's 12th

00:32:07and John Watson

00:32:08has now moved up

00:32:09to 13th place

00:32:10and Nigel Mantle

00:32:11is according to my reckoning

00:32:1321st

00:32:14and I think we should say

00:32:16James

00:32:17that in fifth position

00:32:18behind this big quartet

00:32:19is the man who won

00:32:20the race last year

00:32:21Jack Lafitte

00:32:22in the Colbert Ligier

00:32:23yes Jack certainly

00:32:26was going like

00:32:26a real tiger

00:32:27on the first lap

00:32:28but his car

00:32:29just hasn't quite

00:32:29got the legs

00:32:30to stay with

00:32:31the leading group

00:32:32but he's a

00:32:33he's a great trier

00:32:34Jack

00:32:34he's a very good driver

00:32:35he's a really tough

00:32:36little man

00:32:37it's very hard work

00:32:38to drive

00:32:38these Grand Prix cars

00:32:39these days

00:32:40but one thing

00:32:40Jack knows

00:32:41that Jack

00:32:42despite his

00:32:43diminished size

00:32:44all wiry

00:32:46little muscles

00:32:46he's not

00:32:47he never

00:32:48gets tired

00:32:49he's always

00:32:49hanging in there

00:32:50but as I say

00:32:50he's basically

00:32:51racing the

00:32:52Division 2 cars

00:32:54and leading them

00:32:56quite comfortably

00:32:56and holding them off

00:32:58here we go

00:32:58back to the leading battle

00:32:59Alan Jones

00:33:00once again

00:33:01doing his little

00:33:02pulling out trick

00:33:03but

00:33:03Alan Frost

00:33:04weaving a bit

00:33:05down the straight

00:33:06but

00:33:06still

00:33:08it's not close enough

00:33:10come down

00:33:11let's see if Alan Jones

00:33:12if he could run

00:33:13through there

00:33:13he can get

00:33:14right

00:33:14what he wants to do

00:33:15is to get right

00:33:16across the exhaust pipe

00:33:18as they come out

00:33:19of this right-hand corner

00:33:20so that they're heading

00:33:22down to down

00:33:23quite close this time

00:33:24still not quite close

00:33:28enough to swing

00:33:29through there

00:33:29really well

00:33:30and of course

00:33:31one of the problems

00:33:32is that

00:33:33as the race

00:33:34goes on

00:33:35things may get worse

00:33:37the Jones

00:33:38as far as

00:33:38passing

00:33:39across the car

00:33:39because

00:33:40the thermocharged

00:33:41cars

00:33:41do have a bit

00:33:42despite

00:33:43because of their

00:33:43extra power

00:33:44they also use

00:33:45quite a considerable

00:33:46more

00:33:48considerably

00:33:49larger quantity

00:33:50of fuel

00:33:50therefore they start

00:33:51with their cars

00:33:51a great deal heavier

00:33:52but as the race

00:33:54goes on

00:33:54this thing is

00:33:56evened up

00:33:56because they're

00:33:57drinking it

00:33:57at a faster rate

00:33:58and therefore

00:33:58they get

00:33:59relatively lighter

00:34:00so the acceleration

00:34:01of the car

00:34:02relative to the

00:34:03forward-engine car

00:34:04of Alan Jones

00:34:05and the others

00:34:06goes up

00:34:08which improves

00:34:09the performance

00:34:11just creates

00:34:11makes the problem

00:34:12even worse

00:34:12for the people

00:34:14who are trying

00:34:14to get past it

00:34:15still leads

00:34:26from the two

00:34:27Saudi alaylands

00:34:28the Tagwellian

00:34:30team drivers

00:34:30of Jones and

00:34:32Reutemann

00:34:32the world champion

00:34:33and the man

00:34:34who wants to win

00:34:35the world championship

00:34:36Carlos Reutemann

00:34:37now 39 with a

00:34:3917 point lead

00:34:40James

00:34:40I've just noticed

00:34:43they do seem to be

00:34:43dropping Piquet a little

00:34:44bit now

00:34:45Piquet is there

00:34:46goes Piquet

00:34:47but that shot

00:34:49is a little bit

00:34:50foreshortened

00:34:50and he's a little bit

00:34:51further behind

00:34:52than he looks

00:34:53it's nothing significant

00:34:55but he's

00:34:553.6 seconds

00:34:57behind there

00:34:58you see on the

00:34:59captions

00:34:59and

00:35:00in view of the fact

00:35:03the two Williamses

00:35:04are probably not

00:35:04going as fast

00:35:05as they could

00:35:06because they're

00:35:06a bit held up

00:35:07through the

00:35:07twisty sections

00:35:08by

00:35:08Frost-Breno

00:35:10that was

00:35:10incidentally

00:35:11René Arnoux

00:35:12just in front

00:35:13of Frost

00:35:13there

00:35:13who you've

00:35:14remembered

00:35:14has been

00:35:14into the pit

00:35:15lost some time

00:35:16and they're

00:35:17slowly gaining

00:35:18on him

00:35:18the latters

00:35:19and so he

00:35:19would go a lap

00:35:20down

00:35:20as and when

00:35:22they catch

00:35:23and pass

00:35:23him

00:35:23he may do

00:35:24I don't suppose

00:35:25he can be

00:35:25of much help

00:35:26to his team mate

00:35:27Alan Frost

00:35:28his job

00:35:28when they catch

00:35:29it will keep

00:35:29well out of the way

00:35:30and make sure

00:35:30that he doesn't

00:35:31give the two

00:35:33Williamses

00:35:33a chance

00:35:34to gobble up

00:35:35Frost-Breno

00:35:36by making

00:35:37a mess of things

00:35:38well you see

00:35:41how close

00:35:41they are there

00:35:42I just got by

00:35:43watch on it

00:35:44as we complete

00:35:4520 laps of this race

00:35:46and there's only

00:35:47half a second

00:35:48in it

00:35:48half a second

00:35:49between

00:35:49Frost and Jones

00:35:50and there isn't

00:35:51even half a second

00:35:52in it

00:35:52between Jones

00:35:53and Reutemann

00:35:54but Reutemann

00:35:55has got nearly

00:35:55a four second

00:35:56lead over

00:35:57Nelson Figue

00:35:57as the back

00:35:59mark

00:35:59now that is

00:36:00René Arnoux

00:36:01ahead of his

00:36:02teammate

00:36:02and Alan Jones

00:36:03almost then

00:36:04got past

00:36:05Alan Frost

00:36:05because of where

00:36:06René Arnoux

00:36:07was on the track

00:36:07James

00:36:08well that

00:36:09Frost

00:36:10is again doing

00:36:10his moving about

00:36:11across the track

00:36:12trick

00:36:13and he nearly

00:36:14let Alan Jones

00:36:15pick up

00:36:16what show

00:36:17that René Arnoux

00:36:18was doing

00:36:18of course

00:36:18that just

00:36:19doesn't get

00:36:20nearly so much

00:36:20effect

00:36:21but

00:36:21Frost

00:36:23certainly

00:36:23wants to sit

00:36:24right to hide

00:36:25the lie

00:36:25that Arnoux's

00:36:27car is big

00:36:27not only

00:36:28to benefit

00:36:28from the show

00:36:29for himself

00:36:30but also

00:36:30to make sure

00:36:31Jones

00:36:31can pick it up

00:36:32and feel

00:36:33the benefit

00:36:34for him

00:36:35well just

00:36:37in case

00:36:37you get confused

00:36:38as we look

00:36:38at Nelson

00:36:39Piquet

00:36:39who's dropping

00:36:40back

00:36:40the yellow

00:36:41car you see

00:36:41in the

00:36:42France

00:36:42his car

00:36:42number 16

00:36:43of René Arnoux

00:36:44who's in

00:36:4416th position

00:36:45followed by

00:36:46his teammate

00:36:46Alan Frost

00:36:4715

00:36:47who is

00:36:48first

00:36:48ahead of

00:36:49Alan Jones

00:36:49number 1

00:36:50who is

00:36:50second

00:36:51Carlos Reutemann

00:36:52number 2

00:36:53who is

00:36:53third

00:36:53and Nelson

00:36:54Piquet

00:36:55number 5

00:36:55who is

00:36:56fourth

00:36:56I think

00:36:57things could

00:36:58be developing

00:36:58here

00:36:59I don't know

00:36:59whether Arnoux

00:37:00plans to get

00:37:01out of the way

00:37:01and let them

00:37:02go into the

00:37:02stadium on their

00:37:02own

00:37:03but he's going

00:37:03to give Jones

00:37:04a chance

00:37:04to be held

00:37:04crossed up

00:37:05at all

00:37:06Jones decides

00:37:07to close

00:37:07now can Jones

00:37:08stay close

00:37:08enough to have

00:37:09a swing

00:37:09into this

00:37:11camp in here

00:37:12no he can't

00:37:12yes he can

00:37:14Alan Jones

00:37:14has not through

00:37:15Alan Jones

00:37:16takes the lead

00:37:17on the right

00:37:18part of the

00:37:18he's now got

00:37:19the stadium

00:37:19section left

00:37:20to pull away

00:37:21enough of a lead

00:37:22he needs enough

00:37:22of a lead

00:37:23which he seems

00:37:24to have got

00:37:24already

00:37:25he's pulled

00:37:25away

00:37:26already

00:37:2720-30 yards

00:37:28he may need

00:37:29a little bit

00:37:29more

00:37:30to get

00:37:31to get by

00:37:33yes

00:37:34but

00:37:34Reutemann

00:37:35has moved

00:37:35past one

00:37:36of the

00:37:36Reds

00:37:36I can't

00:37:36see which

00:37:37one

00:37:37but all I

00:37:37can see is

00:37:38here we have

00:37:38a little replay

00:37:39it was best

00:37:40by his own

00:37:41team mate

00:37:41and how ironic

00:37:43and very very

00:37:43sad for Alan

00:37:44Frost

00:37:44I think

00:37:45René Arnoux

00:37:46really should

00:37:46have let them

00:37:47through on the

00:37:47straight

00:37:48slow down

00:37:48because

00:37:49he could only

00:37:50cause risks

00:37:52and problems

00:37:52by joining in

00:37:54with their little

00:37:54battle through

00:37:55the stadium

00:37:55and Alan

00:37:56Jones

00:37:56now has

00:37:56a big enough

00:37:57lead

00:37:58and Alan

00:37:58Jones

00:37:58is off

00:37:59and away

00:37:59and no one

00:38:00is going to

00:38:01catch him

00:38:02or at least

00:38:03not

00:38:03the Renaults

00:38:04aren't going to

00:38:05catch him

00:38:05it's now up to

00:38:06Carlos Reutemann

00:38:07to find a way

00:38:08past Alan

00:38:09Frost

00:38:09and try and get

00:38:10through

00:38:10so Alan

00:38:11Jones

00:38:11now clearly

00:38:12established

00:38:13vastly superior

00:38:14speed

00:38:14you see the

00:38:15huge lead

00:38:15he's already

00:38:16opened out

00:38:16and of course

00:38:17now as Reutemann

00:38:18is going to

00:38:18start panicking

00:38:19and you see

00:38:19Jones

00:38:19at the distance

00:38:20but of course

00:38:21championship

00:38:22position wise

00:38:23he only has

00:38:23the finish

00:38:24close behind

00:38:25Jones

00:38:25is going to

00:38:26Jones has all

00:38:28going to

00:38:30well that really

00:38:31was quite

00:38:32amazing

00:38:32that poor man

00:38:33car number 15

00:38:34Alan Frost

00:38:35who found himself

00:38:36in a tangle

00:38:36with his teammate

00:38:37René Arnoux

00:38:38who in all his

00:38:3940 races

00:38:40with Renault

00:38:40can surely

00:38:41not have made

00:38:42a mistake

00:38:42quite as crucial

00:38:43as that one

00:38:43he really did

00:38:45as James

00:38:45Hans has explained

00:38:46seemed to

00:38:47open the gate

00:38:48for Alan

00:38:48Jones to get

00:38:49through

00:38:49and although

00:38:50Alan Frost

00:38:51is managing

00:38:51now to hold

00:38:52Reutemann

00:38:52Bay

00:38:53Alan Jones

00:38:54looks at it

00:38:55he could be

00:38:55heading for

00:38:56nine points

00:38:57and just as

00:38:58Frank Williams

00:38:58forecast earlier

00:38:59this week

00:39:00the German

00:39:01Grand Prix

00:39:01is the race

00:39:03where Jones

00:39:03first won

00:39:04a race here

00:39:05for Williams

00:39:06he went on

00:39:06to win four

00:39:07in a row

00:39:07there is no way

00:39:09that Alan Jones

00:39:09has surrendered

00:39:10the world

00:39:11championship

00:39:11he may be

00:39:1219 points

00:39:13behind

00:39:14his teammate

00:39:15Charlotte Reutemann

00:39:16but as he leads

00:39:17the way

00:39:18into the

00:39:19motodrome

00:39:20there you see

00:39:20Arnoux and

00:39:21Reutemann

00:39:22with 22 laps

00:39:23completed

00:39:24Alan Jones

00:39:25has already

00:39:26built up

00:39:26a 1.6

00:39:28second lead

00:39:29over Alan

00:39:29Cross

00:39:29there you see

00:39:30him in the picture

00:39:31Jones

00:39:32followed by

00:39:33Frost

00:39:33followed by

00:39:34Reutemann

00:39:35Nelson Pite

00:39:36has closed up

00:39:37enjoying that

00:39:37little drama

00:39:38Jacques Lafitte

00:39:39last year's

00:39:40winner

00:39:40is 6

00:39:41and

00:39:43Hector Rebac

00:39:44in the second

00:39:44Brabham

00:39:45is 6

00:39:45we see

00:39:47that John

00:39:48Watson

00:39:48is still

00:39:4813

00:39:49Nigel

00:39:50Mantle

00:39:50is 22nd

00:39:51Derek

00:39:52daily despite

00:39:53his excursion

00:39:53his 21st

00:39:54what a remarkable

00:39:55overtaking

00:39:56manoeuvre

00:39:57on that lap

00:39:58Alan Jones

00:39:59in the lead

00:39:59followed as you

00:40:01can see there

00:40:01by Alan Cross

00:40:02followed by

00:40:03Carlos Reutemann

00:40:04and Renault

00:40:06who have had a

00:40:07first throw

00:40:07qualification here

00:40:08for 3 years

00:40:09never finish a car

00:40:10here

00:40:11at least have a

00:40:12car second

00:40:12but anything

00:40:14can happen

00:40:14now

00:40:15and Alan Cross

00:40:16the man who

00:40:17is so unlucky

00:40:18at Silverstone

00:40:19must be feeling

00:40:20very fed up

00:40:20with his

00:40:21team mate

00:40:21indeed

00:40:22James

00:40:22yes I'm

00:40:24afraid so

00:40:24that was

00:40:25unincullished

00:40:26describing

00:40:27by

00:40:27Freddie Arnoux

00:40:29I think

00:40:30I said

00:40:30as they came

00:40:31down the

00:40:31straight

00:40:31before

00:40:32that Arnoux

00:40:33should get

00:40:33out of the

00:40:34way

00:40:34and let him

00:40:34go through

00:40:35let Cross

00:40:35get on

00:40:35with the

00:40:36job

00:40:36that he

00:40:36was doing

00:40:36fine

00:40:37when he

00:40:37was doing

00:40:38without

00:40:38any help

00:40:39from his

00:40:39team mate

00:40:40or anybody

00:40:40else

00:40:41and as soon

00:40:41as he got

00:40:42a bit of

00:40:42help

00:40:42from his

00:40:42team mate

00:40:43that was

00:40:43sadly

00:40:44at the end

00:40:45of the job

00:40:45he was doing

00:40:46I think

00:40:46there would be

00:40:47some pretty

00:40:48angry people

00:40:49in the

00:40:49Renault pit

00:40:50and I

00:40:51would think

00:40:51there would be

00:40:52one pretty

00:40:52angry man

00:40:53out there

00:40:53on the track

00:40:54possibly two

00:40:55because I'm

00:40:55sure Arnoux

00:40:55is very angry

00:40:56with himself

00:40:56as well

00:40:57because he

00:40:57must realise

00:40:58the little

00:40:59disaster

00:41:00that he

00:41:00perpetrates

00:41:01it

00:41:01I would be

00:41:02surprised

00:41:02if we see

00:41:03a new

00:41:03faster

00:41:03flashed up

00:41:05pretty soon

00:41:05because

00:41:05Jones

00:41:06is really

00:41:06streaking

00:41:07away

00:41:07and I'm

00:41:07sure

00:41:07now that

00:41:08he's got

00:41:08a clear

00:41:08track

00:41:09in front of

00:41:09him

00:41:09he's

00:41:10going to

00:41:10be

00:41:10lapping

00:41:11a

00:41:11fair bit

00:41:11quicker

00:41:19PK 29

00:41:26and

00:41:26Lafitte

00:41:27and

00:41:27Villeneuve

00:41:2823

00:41:28and

00:41:29James

00:41:30Hudson

00:41:30was the

00:41:31man

00:41:31who

00:41:31heard

00:41:32funny

00:41:32noises

00:41:33at

00:41:33Silver

00:41:33Soul

00:41:33but there

00:41:34are no

00:41:34funny

00:41:34noises

00:41:35in the

00:41:35leading

00:41:35cars

00:41:36at the

00:41:36moment

00:41:36James

00:41:37they all

00:41:38sound quite

00:41:39healthy

00:41:39and

00:41:40Reutemann

00:41:41is certainly

00:41:41very healthy

00:41:42and full of

00:41:42beans

00:41:42in his car

00:41:43because he's

00:41:43now resorted

00:41:45to psychological

00:41:46shatkins

00:41:46with Alain Frost

00:41:47successfully

00:41:48holding it up

00:41:49but it's quite

00:41:50legitimate here

00:41:50that he's wanting

00:41:51to keep his

00:41:51second base

00:41:52Reutemann

00:41:52is waving his

00:41:53fist

00:41:53fairly frantically

00:41:54at Frost

00:41:55telling him

00:41:56he wants to

00:41:57come through

00:41:57but I don't

00:41:58think Frost

00:41:58is going to

00:41:59bow to

00:42:00that sort

00:42:00of bludgeoning

00:42:01and will

00:42:02probably

00:42:03just calm

00:42:04his resolve

00:42:05to keep

00:42:06Reutemann

00:42:06Lefei

00:42:07behind him

00:42:07he's probably

00:42:08probably still

00:42:10still rankling

00:42:12over

00:42:13his unfortunate

00:42:15error

00:42:15team mate

00:42:16and gets him

00:42:17there

00:42:17goes Frost

00:42:18swinging

00:42:19through the

00:42:19right-hander

00:42:20into the

00:42:20stadium

00:42:20Reutemann

00:42:22not close

00:42:22enough

00:42:23to have

00:42:23a go

00:42:23certainly

00:42:24we haven't

00:42:24quite got

00:42:24a good shot

00:42:25he's close

00:42:27enough

00:42:27he's got to

00:42:28just about

00:42:28get a long

00:42:28time

00:42:29before

00:42:29you can

00:42:29have a

00:42:29go

00:42:30under

00:42:30breaking

00:42:30but of

00:42:30course

00:42:31he's

00:42:32closed

00:42:32up

00:42:32the

00:42:32stadium

00:42:33and

00:42:33of course

00:42:34what's

00:42:35probably

00:42:35bothering

00:42:36Carlos

00:42:36Roy

00:42:36but

00:42:37something

00:42:37fell

00:42:37off

00:42:37one of

00:42:38the

00:42:38back

00:42:38Marcus

00:42:38cars

00:42:39and

00:42:39Alan

00:42:39Jones

00:42:39could easily

00:42:40have got that

00:42:41in the face

00:42:41it bounced off

00:42:42his front

00:42:42tower

00:42:43I don't know

00:42:43whether you

00:42:43saw that

00:42:44little bit

00:42:44it looks like

00:42:44they have a

00:42:45little flip-up

00:42:46flip on the

00:42:47rear wing

00:42:47a little bit of

00:42:48aluminium

00:42:49but of course

00:42:49if you pull in the

00:42:50place

00:42:51lengthways on

00:42:52that can

00:42:53do you a very

00:42:55serious injury

00:42:55could even

00:42:56kill somebody

00:42:57it's not a

00:42:57good idea

00:42:58to have racing

00:42:59cars running

00:42:59on the

00:42:59traffic

00:42:59falling off

00:43:00of

00:43:00but

00:43:01obviously

00:43:02wasn't intended

00:43:03and that

00:43:05is

00:43:06is that

00:43:07René Arnoux

00:43:07is René Arnoux

00:43:09now on his own

00:43:10out of the way

00:43:11of the leading

00:43:12front

00:43:12and just

00:43:12soldiering on

00:43:13hoping to pick up

00:43:15faces

00:43:15probably through

00:43:16rather than

00:43:17anything else

00:43:18so he can finish in the

00:43:20frame somewhere

00:43:21we're having a look at

00:43:32some of the back

00:43:33markers there

00:43:33Sieg B. Storr

00:43:34the young psychologist

00:43:36from Rome

00:43:37German name

00:43:38Italian driver

00:43:39just scraped in

00:43:39at the back

00:43:40of the grid

00:43:40we haven't told you

00:43:42that neither

00:43:43of the Tolmans

00:43:44qualified

00:43:44there Storr

00:43:45just ahead of Jones

00:43:46both the Tolmans

00:43:47failed to qualify

00:43:48Brian Henson

00:43:49had an engine

00:43:50blow up

00:43:50in the final practice

00:43:51neither of the

00:43:52Pitti-Powleys

00:43:53qualified

00:43:53Gabiani

00:43:54didn't qualify

00:43:55but Charrier

00:43:56did very well

00:43:56in the Ocella

00:43:57and this man's

00:43:58secret Storr

00:43:59who Jones

00:43:59is just sweeping

00:44:01by now

00:44:01he's glad to get

00:44:02past him

00:44:03into the chicane

00:44:04Storr

00:44:06with the 24th

00:44:07in the Arrows

00:44:07Ricardo Petraezi

00:44:09of course

00:44:10the Arrows

00:44:10team leader

00:44:11been the subject

00:44:11of that speculation

00:44:12here this weekend

00:44:13there are rumours

00:44:15that Andretti

00:44:15might go back

00:44:16to American racing

00:44:17next year

00:44:18and Petraezi

00:44:19is being

00:44:19supported very strongly

00:44:20by Alfa Romeo

00:44:21but at the moment

00:44:23for Kraezi

00:44:23who is lying

00:44:24eighth in the Arrows

00:44:25I should think

00:44:26would be very happy

00:44:27to be with the Arrows team

00:44:28as Andretti

00:44:29is 11th

00:44:30there's the famous

00:44:32ABBA symbol

00:44:33we've got Tommy Borgood

00:44:34the drummer

00:44:35the man we saw

00:44:36in his sixth

00:44:37at Silverstone

00:44:38being cheered on

00:44:39by his colleague

00:44:40from ABBA

00:44:40at the moment

00:44:4119 laps to go

00:44:44of this 45 lap race

00:44:45and the order

00:44:47is still

00:44:47Alan Jones

00:44:48number one

00:44:49in your picture

00:44:50Alan Jones

00:44:51first in the

00:44:52Sadia Leyland

00:44:53Alan Croft

00:44:54second in your picture

00:44:55now the second

00:44:56yellow car

00:44:57in the Renault

00:44:58third

00:44:59with Nelson Piquet

00:45:00right on his

00:45:01angles

00:45:01now

00:45:02and Piquet

00:45:02coming to take

00:45:03Carlos Reutemann

00:45:04Piquet who dropped back

00:45:05trying to take Reutemann

00:45:06he's swept through

00:45:07on the inside

00:45:07Piquet has done it

00:45:09is there something

00:45:10wrong with Reutemann's

00:45:11car

00:45:11that's the third

00:45:12move at the

00:45:13championship

00:45:13Nelson Piquet

00:45:14second in the

00:45:15championship

00:45:15the moment

00:45:16behind Reutemann

00:45:17now leads him

00:45:18on the road

00:45:18and the order

00:45:19Alan Jones

00:45:20Alan Croft

00:45:21now Nelson Piquet

00:45:23in the Brabham

00:45:23leading Carlos Reutemann

00:45:25and James

00:45:25well that's not a

00:45:27good news

00:45:27bad news

00:45:28because in

00:45:29position stay

00:45:30at the end

00:45:31it takes a couple

00:45:32of points away

00:45:32from Carlos Reutemann

00:45:34on the other hand

00:45:34it gives

00:45:35that extra couple

00:45:36of points

00:45:36to Nelson Piquet

00:45:37and James

00:45:39of course

00:45:39line third

00:45:39in the championship

00:45:40they're both

00:45:40ahead of him

00:45:41so he probably

00:45:42in fact

00:45:44I think he'll probably

00:45:44see the points

00:45:45removed from Reutemann

00:45:46more than

00:45:47he minds

00:45:48Piquet getting

00:45:48points at the

00:45:49moment

00:45:49but

00:45:50as we've said

00:45:52already

00:45:53a couple of times

00:45:54in this race

00:45:54an absolutely

00:45:55critical stage

00:45:56in the championship

00:45:57and Reutemann

00:45:59still

00:45:59as well

00:46:01now stop waiting

00:46:02to lift the front

00:46:03that's the back

00:46:04mark at the time

00:46:05Piquet

00:46:05has tried to pass

00:46:07yes

00:46:07he's given him

00:46:08he's spotted him

00:46:09at the last minute

00:46:10Piquet's through

00:46:11it was possibly

00:46:12a slightly

00:46:13fraught moment

00:46:13and Reutemann

00:46:14will be wanting

00:46:15to get round

00:46:15the outside

00:46:16of his

00:46:16there

00:46:17it was funny

00:46:19just before

00:46:20that manoeuvre

00:46:21by Piquet

00:46:22Reutemann

00:46:22was shaking

00:46:23his fist

00:46:23at Kroos

00:46:24probably he was

00:46:25paying too much

00:46:25attention

00:46:26to the car

00:46:26in front

00:46:27and perhaps

00:46:28not enough

00:46:28to Piquet

00:46:29behind

00:46:29Piquet

00:46:30certainly slowed

00:46:31at one point

00:46:31of the race

00:46:32would have been

00:46:33the tyres

00:46:33on the half

00:46:33and there you see

00:46:34Alan Jones

00:46:35with a seven

00:46:36second lead

00:46:37over Alan

00:46:38Kroos

00:46:38and Kroos

00:46:40has got

00:46:41quite a lead

00:46:42now over

00:46:43Nelson Piquet

00:46:44in Kroos

00:46:44nine second lead

00:46:45and Reutemann

00:46:47is really

00:46:48dropping back

00:46:49now

00:46:49so there

00:46:50you see

00:46:51that Alan Jones

00:46:53being chased

00:46:54still by Kroos

00:46:54but Piquet

00:46:55his very serious

00:46:57rival

00:46:57Piquet really fought

00:46:58in for the world

00:46:59championship

00:46:59last year

00:47:00moving up

00:47:01and I'm sure

00:47:01we're going

00:47:02to see Piquet

00:47:02challenging

00:47:03Prost

00:47:03very shortly

00:47:04now

00:47:04yes

00:47:07I think

00:47:08Piquet

00:47:08probably

00:47:09has more

00:47:10chance

00:47:10of dealing

00:47:11with Prost

00:47:12than Reutemann

00:47:13did

00:47:13because I think

00:47:13Piquet's car

00:47:14there probably

00:47:15is a little bit

00:47:15quicker down

00:47:16the straight

00:47:16in the wind

00:47:17but

00:47:18Reutemann

00:47:19seems to be

00:47:20very down

00:47:21he may just

00:47:21be taking

00:47:22a breather

00:47:22remember

00:47:23it's very hot

00:47:23here

00:47:24very hard

00:47:25working

00:47:25the cockpit

00:47:25the cars

00:47:26with their

00:47:27very hard

00:47:27suspension

00:47:28or almost

00:47:29no suspension

00:47:30really battered

00:47:32the drivers

00:47:32a lot

00:47:33and it's

00:47:33quite an order

00:47:34to take the

00:47:35out

00:47:35freedom

00:47:35particularly

00:47:36we've just

00:47:36been passed

00:47:37but I am

00:47:37trying to get

00:47:38a good look

00:47:39at Reutemann's

00:47:40car

00:47:41particularly

00:47:41his tyres

00:47:42to see if I

00:47:42can see any

00:47:43marking up

00:47:43of the tyres

00:47:44because

00:47:45if for example

00:47:47there is

00:47:47anything wrong

00:47:47with him

00:47:48then of course

00:47:48he's got

00:47:50potential problems

00:47:52for both

00:47:53Piquet

00:47:54and Jones

00:47:54and there's

00:47:55Alan Jones

00:47:55is it

00:47:55no it's

00:47:57Reutemann

00:47:58Reutemann

00:47:58has let go

00:47:59that's

00:48:00an engine

00:48:00blow up

00:48:01so that

00:48:01would probably

00:48:02explain why

00:48:02Reutemann

00:48:03slowed up

00:48:04a bit

00:48:04it looks

00:48:05via the

00:48:06smoke

00:48:07as if he

00:48:07might have

00:48:07dropped a

00:48:07valve

00:48:08or something

00:48:08so maybe

00:48:09he broke

00:48:09a valve

00:48:09spring

00:48:10forward

00:48:10which would

00:48:10just take

00:48:10a little bit

00:48:11of power

00:48:11off the

00:48:11engine

00:48:12which would

00:48:13explain how

00:48:13he slowed

00:48:14a little bit

00:48:14so once again

00:48:16James

00:48:16you're absolutely

00:48:16right

00:48:17Carlos Reutemann

00:48:18did have

00:48:18problems

00:48:18this morning

00:48:20he came in

00:48:20very angrily

00:48:21in the unofficial

00:48:22practice

00:48:22he had an engine

00:48:23with a water leak

00:48:24he went out

00:48:25in a spare car

00:48:26without even

00:48:26passing his

00:48:27safety belt

00:48:27he was in

00:48:28such a

00:48:28tizzy

00:48:29felt that they

00:48:31changed the

00:48:31engine of course

00:48:32but Reutemann

00:48:33the man who

00:48:33has finished

00:48:34seven of the

00:48:35nine Grands Prix

00:48:36this season

00:48:36is out of the

00:48:38race

00:48:38and that of course

00:48:39really affects

00:48:40the championship

00:48:41because Reutemann

00:48:42as every driver

00:48:43here forecast

00:48:44looked as if

00:48:45he was going

00:48:45to get more points

00:48:46that's the end

00:48:47of Reutemann's race

00:48:48it's last 29

00:48:50of the 45 lap race

00:48:51so Alan Jones

00:48:52is really

00:48:53going to close up

00:48:54to within 10 points

00:48:55of Reutemann

00:48:56now if he stays

00:48:57on the circuit

00:48:58yes

00:48:59this could be

00:49:00a very very important

00:49:01factor

00:49:02in the race

00:49:03for the world championship

00:49:04and whilst obviously

00:49:06it's very bad luck

00:49:07on Reutemann

00:49:07he's had

00:49:09his fair share

00:49:10of luck

00:49:11he's finished

00:49:12a huge number of races

00:49:13in the last

00:49:13season and a half

00:49:15and more

00:49:17than one would

00:49:19normally expect

00:49:20to other than

00:49:20with the aid

00:49:22of the God

00:49:22but it's awfully

00:49:23bad luck on him

00:49:24that the luck

00:49:24has deserted him

00:49:25at such a critical

00:49:26time

00:49:27that's Patrick

00:49:28Tambay's car

00:49:29in the pit

00:49:30it's a rear

00:49:35wheel bearing

00:49:36which is

00:49:36well that was

00:49:42Harold Ertel

00:49:43telling us

00:49:43that Patrick Tambay

00:49:44the man who

00:49:45left the Theodore

00:49:46team to drive

00:49:47for Talbot Ligier

00:49:48has pulled in

00:49:49with a rear

00:49:50bearing problem

00:49:50so this circuit

00:49:51is certainly

00:49:52taking its toll

00:49:53of entrance

00:49:53we've had of course

00:49:55the Carlos Reutemann problem

00:49:56we've had now

00:49:58the Patrick Tambay problem

00:50:00we've seen

00:50:00Andre Di Cesare's

00:50:01spin-off

00:50:01we've seen

00:50:02Dele go up once

00:50:03although Dele is now

00:50:04lying 21st

00:50:05but with 29 rounds gone

00:50:07here we see

00:50:08Alan Jones

00:50:09pleading

00:50:10he will have had the signal

00:50:11from his pit

00:50:12that Reutemann is out

00:50:13he'll say

00:50:14tough on my team mate

00:50:15but he'll know

00:50:16it's 9 points

00:50:17and 9 complete points

00:50:18to close

00:50:19on Carlos Reutemann

00:50:20so he'll only be

00:50:2110 points

00:50:22behind Reutemann

00:50:23now in the championship

00:50:24and of course

00:50:25we've got Holland

00:50:26we've got Hofstra

00:50:27we've got Italy

00:50:27we've got Montreal

00:50:28and it was confirmed

00:50:30this weekend

00:50:30that the last race

00:50:32of the season

00:50:33will indeed

00:50:33be around

00:50:34the Caesars Palace

00:50:35car park

00:50:36none other

00:50:36than Los Angeles

00:50:38John has obviously

00:50:52had problems

00:50:52he said the car

00:50:53wasn't happening

00:50:54well here

00:50:54we thought his luck

00:50:55had changed

00:50:56this morning

00:50:56when his car

00:50:57broke down

00:50:58in the other

00:50:58visual practice

00:50:59a failure

00:51:00which could have

00:51:00passed in the race

00:51:01but Watson

00:51:02who's been lapped

00:51:03by Alan Jones

00:51:03is now 10th

00:51:05and Nigel Mansell

00:51:08is 22nd

00:51:10just behind

00:51:11Derek Daly

00:51:12of Ireland

00:51:12who's 21st

00:51:14but Alan Jones

00:51:15is very much

00:51:16the man out in front

00:51:17on the 31st lap

00:51:19of this 45 lap race

00:51:21189 miles

00:51:23the 10th round

00:51:25of the world championship

00:51:2615 round championship

00:51:28and Jones

00:51:29and Jones

00:51:29who won the first round

00:51:30of Longley

00:51:31crosses the line

00:51:32at the end of 31 laps

00:51:34with a 9.7 line

00:51:37lead

00:51:37let's see

00:51:38he agreed with my stopwatch

00:51:4010 to 0.3 now

00:51:42Alan Jones

00:51:44ahead of Alan Cross

00:51:45star number 15

00:51:46the turbo-powered Renault

00:51:48but at least the Renault

00:51:49is still running

00:51:52and as I said earlier

00:51:53this is the first time

00:51:54if he completes

00:51:55the next 14 laps

00:51:57that the Renault

00:51:58has succeeded

00:51:59in finishing

00:51:59here at Hockenheim

00:52:00and if Alan Jones

00:52:02stays in that position

00:52:03and if

00:52:05Piquet stays third

00:52:06then the championship table

00:52:08would look like this

00:52:09this evening

00:52:10Reutemann 43 points

00:52:12Jones 33

00:52:13Piquet 30

00:52:15Jacques Lafitte

00:52:16in the Talbot

00:52:16Ligier

00:52:17who is now lying fourth

00:52:18will move up

00:52:19to 24 points

00:52:20Builder 21

00:52:22and Watson

00:52:23will be sixth

00:52:24equal with Prost

00:52:25with 19 points each

00:52:26John Watson

00:52:27in your picture now

00:52:28in the carbon fibre

00:52:30McLaren MP4

00:52:31so Alan Jones

00:52:35laughing there

00:52:38Jean-Pierre Jarrier

00:52:39Jarrier

00:52:40the man who's

00:52:40driven for Lotus

00:52:41the man who drove

00:52:42for Ligier

00:52:43and very well

00:52:43it must be said

00:52:44earlier in the season

00:52:45who thought he was

00:52:46out of Grand Prix racing

00:52:47but has been given

00:52:48a chance

00:52:49by the Italian

00:52:50Arcella team

00:52:50and has come back in

00:52:52and there you saw

00:52:53a flash of car 22

00:52:54that's Mario Andretti

00:52:56Andretti

00:52:57who's driven

00:52:58for just about everybody

00:52:59including Lotus

00:53:01and Ferrari

00:53:02now with Alfa Romeo

00:53:03but it must be said

00:53:04that Alfa Romeo

00:53:05must be praying

00:53:06for the turbo engine

00:53:07which we hear

00:53:08will be coming out

00:53:08probably at Monza

00:53:10Jones at the moment

00:53:11is quite happy

00:53:12with the 500 horsepower

00:53:14he's got

00:53:14from the Ford engine

00:53:15happy with the

00:53:16Patrick Head design

00:53:17Fadi Alaylan

00:53:18happy with the fact

00:53:20that he's in the lead

00:53:21and a little signal

00:53:23there at one of the tyres

00:53:24James

00:53:25is that going to be

00:53:25a tyre stop?

00:53:27Yes I think Alan Jones

00:53:28is pointing at his

00:53:29left front tyre there

00:53:30and we've got 13 laps to go

00:53:35and that's a long way

00:53:36round here

00:53:37and the left of the front tyre

00:53:38is the outside front tyre

00:53:40for a right-handed track

00:53:42such as this

00:53:42it's the tyre that takes

00:53:43the most strain

00:53:45the most of a bashing

00:53:46and that will be cause

00:53:48for a lot of concern

00:53:49for him

00:53:50I'm going to try

00:53:50and get a good look at it

00:53:51as he comes past

00:53:52if we can get a close-up shot

00:53:53of his car

00:53:53well he's got a 10.9 second lead

00:53:58over Alain Croce

00:53:59but we were saying

00:54:00he was happy with the engine

00:54:02happy with the car

00:54:02but he can't be happy

00:54:03with that tyre situation

00:54:04they changed tyres

00:54:06at the French Grand Prix

00:54:07back to the people

00:54:08they'd raced with last year

00:54:10they've had problems

00:54:10and there's another man

00:54:11with problems

00:54:12Tommy Borges

00:54:13in the 80s

00:54:15the man who finished

00:54:166 at Silverstone

00:54:17and gave the Avon fire

00:54:18to their first point

00:54:19into the pit

00:54:20now will he be followed

00:54:22very shortly

00:54:23on this

00:54:23the 33rd lap

00:54:24by Alan Jones

00:54:25James Hunt

00:54:26watching very closely

00:54:28in the autodrome

00:54:29as we've seen

00:54:29Watson, Guy and Jones

00:54:31in there

00:54:33James

00:54:33looking across the track

00:54:36I can see

00:54:37the very anxious faces

00:54:38in the Williams pit

00:54:38they're all prepared

00:54:39the mechanics are ready

00:54:40with their air guns

00:54:41and

00:54:42but it'll be

00:54:43an interesting thing

00:54:44to see if Alan

00:54:45actually tries to come in

00:54:47now let's see

00:54:48if we can get a look

00:54:48at his left front tyre

00:54:49unfortunately we're not

00:54:50in quite tight enough

00:54:51on the shot

00:54:52it doesn't

00:54:53look too badly

00:54:55but that might

00:54:56explain

00:54:56why Alan didn't

00:54:58open up a bigger lead

00:54:59because he went

00:55:00when he passed

00:55:01he started to go away

00:55:03like a rocket

00:55:03and then suddenly

00:55:04he was only edging away

00:55:06the gap

00:55:06he's still increasing

00:55:07his lead

00:55:08so I would think

00:55:09if he can find away

00:55:10look at that

00:55:10left front tyre

00:55:11it doesn't look

00:55:12too bad to me

00:55:12but it may just be

00:55:13chunking up

00:55:14or vibrating him

00:55:14on him a bit

00:55:16he's pointing again

00:55:18at it

00:55:18so maybe

00:55:20just informing

00:55:21the team

00:55:21of the problem

00:55:22so they know

00:55:23what they've got to do

00:55:24in the event

00:55:25that he does come in

00:55:26but I would think

00:55:27that especially

00:55:28while he's still

00:55:28going reasonably quickly

00:55:29which he is now

00:55:29he will try

00:55:30and stay out there

00:55:31but the only problem

00:55:32with that

00:55:32sort of assumption

00:55:33is of course

00:55:34he does

00:55:35take a risk

00:55:36of a possible blowout

00:55:37Nelson Piquet

00:55:38on the same

00:55:39make of start

00:55:39had a failure

00:55:40at Silverstone

00:55:40when he was going

00:55:41very well

00:55:42which pitched him

00:55:42into the barrier

00:55:44and out of the race

00:55:45and of course

00:55:45that's a potentially

00:55:46dangerous situation

00:55:47as well as

00:55:47losing in the race

00:55:48if you do that

00:55:49so Alan will be

00:55:50a very worried man

00:55:51in fact James

00:55:52Alan Jones

00:55:53could have been

00:55:53pointing at tyres

00:55:54because of the weather

00:55:55if you look down

00:55:56the pit road

00:55:57from here

00:55:58you can see

00:55:59as we see

00:55:59he's on the 11 second lead

00:56:00that people are

00:56:01putting umbrellas

00:56:02up in the pit

00:56:02and some people

00:56:03sitting down

00:56:04in front of us

00:56:04in the grandstand

00:56:05are putting umbrellas

00:56:06up

00:56:06there could just be

00:56:07a segasy of rain

00:56:08we don't want

00:56:09to be alarmed

00:56:10we certainly

00:56:10don't want to

00:56:11Dijon

00:56:11James

00:56:12what do you think?

00:56:13well I think

00:56:14if Alan has

00:56:16tyre problems

00:56:16and that is rain

00:56:18then of course

00:56:19that will be

00:56:21to his advantage

00:56:21because the rain

00:56:22will cool the

00:56:23track surface

00:56:23that will cool

00:56:24the tyre

00:56:25it will take

00:56:25the strain

00:56:27of the friction

00:56:28obviously

00:56:29off the tyre

00:56:29and of course

00:56:30if it rains hard

00:56:31although the sky

00:56:32certainly doesn't

00:56:32look as if that's

00:56:33likely to happen

00:56:34but if it does

00:56:35rain decently

00:56:36enough to make

00:56:37the track properly

00:56:38wet

00:56:38then they are

00:56:38liable to stop

00:56:39the race

00:56:39and that will

00:56:40hand victory

00:56:41to Alan

00:56:41on a plate

00:56:42if they've

00:56:43completed

00:56:43their 75%

00:56:45of the distance

00:56:46well in fact

00:56:47they have to

00:56:48complete 34 laps

00:56:49as this is

00:56:50the 34th lap

00:56:51so if the race

00:56:52did stop

00:56:53and if Alan

00:56:54Jones did have

00:56:54a problem

00:56:55perhaps he'd be

00:56:56a very happy man

00:56:57but there are

00:56:57certainly some

00:56:57umbrellas going up

00:56:58in the pit

00:56:59Alan Jones

00:57:00is certainly

00:57:00not slowing down

00:57:01he's certainly

00:57:02got an 11 second

00:57:03lead over

00:57:04Alan Frost

00:57:05Nelson Piquet

00:57:06third

00:57:07Jack Lafitte

00:57:08fourth

00:57:08Hector

00:57:09back fifth

00:57:10and Eddie

00:57:10Cheever

00:57:11sixth

00:57:11chord

00:57:16and Eddie

00:57:17cam

00:57:18with eight

00:57:20others

00:57:23misty

00:57:26yeah

00:57:26he就會

00:57:27use all our

00:57:28in the

00:57:29ORT

00:57:31he has a

00:57:34way to

00:57:35under

00:57:36him

00:57:36I

00:57:37mean

00:57:37and

00:57:38show it

00:57:39I

00:57:40You, you know what he wants

00:57:51He's gonna be, get many

00:57:57You, you know what he wants

00:58:04Cause he's gonna be, get many

00:58:12Nine left to go, 36 plus hours at the moment

00:58:20Nelson Piquet fighting for second place in your picture with Alain Cross

00:58:24Alain Jones out in the lead, but, and a very big but

00:58:27Pointing from the pits and from the officials

00:58:30But he could be raining out there, so if Piquet wants to get past Alain Cross

00:58:35And prevent the smaller thing that has the siege on, he's got to do it now

00:58:40Since you left us, Carlos Reutemann, the man who leads the World Championship

00:58:44Parked sadly by the side of the road in his Saudi Leyland

00:58:47Alain Jones, who you've seen overtake, Cross

00:58:50Leads by eight seconds of Alain Cross into your picture now in car number 15

00:58:55Nelson Piquet in the battle is third

00:58:57Jack Lapite is fourth

00:58:59Hector Rivack in the battle is fifth

00:59:01Eddie Cheever in the turtle is sixth

00:59:03And John Watson has moved up to tenth place

00:59:06Going to the Grand Prix

00:59:10Last 36, you're looking at John Watson in tenth place

00:59:13Some specks of rain on the track

00:59:15But they are not flowing this enormous battle

00:59:17Between Alain Cross and Nelson Piquet in the second place

00:59:18There it is, you see the two cars almost as one

00:59:20Alan Cross in car number 15 to Renault

00:59:23It's eight seconds behind Alain Jones

00:59:25But Nelson Piquet is just there in your picture

00:59:27You can see how close his front wheel is to gearbox

00:59:29James, another superb fuel

00:59:31Yes, fantastic stuff and it's really livened up though

00:59:33Because the track is greasy

00:59:35Or certainly was a lap ago

00:59:37And Piquet is coming through

00:59:39But he's still got a bit of a way to go

00:59:40And that Renault is very powerful

00:59:41But I think Piquet has made it this time

00:59:42Now, the situation is now

00:59:43Now, the situation is now

00:59:44And it's now

00:59:45It's now

00:59:46It's now

00:59:47It's now

00:59:48It's now

00:59:49It's now

00:59:50It's now

00:59:51It's now

00:59:52It's now

00:59:53It's now

00:59:54It's now

00:59:55It's now

00:59:56It's now

00:59:57It's now

00:59:58It's now

00:59:59It's now

01:00:00It's now

01:00:01It's now

01:00:02And Piquet is coming through

01:00:03But he's still got a bit of a way to go

01:00:05And that Renault is very powerful

01:00:06But I think Piquet has made it this time

01:00:07Now

01:00:08The situation is getting very interesting indeed

01:00:11Because Alain Jones

01:00:12As you would expect the leader with a bit of road in hand

01:00:15Has taken it a bit easy

01:00:17And they've closed the gap just a little bit on Jones

01:00:20The track got greasy

01:00:21Nelson Piquet

01:00:22Nelson Piquet

01:00:23Threw very well on the greasy surface

01:00:25And has taken advantage of that little light showering

01:00:28To finally find a way around Alain Frost

01:00:31And now we've got to watch and see if he can pull away

01:00:33And I'm sure he will do

01:00:34But can he do anything about Alain Jones?

01:00:36Jones, we know

01:00:37Is in a bit of tyre trouble

01:00:38He's been pointing at his left front tyre

01:00:40A greasy surface should help to protect that tyre

01:00:43From further wear and tear

01:00:45But I don't think it's raining anymore

01:00:48It's very hard to tell from where we are up in the grandstand

01:00:51The cars don't seem to be sliding about quite so much as they were a lap ago

01:00:54And I think it was just a little flip

01:00:56And maybe it'll all dry up

01:00:58Which of course will be very worrying for Jones if he's got a dodgy tyre

01:01:02So only 40 miles to go before the end of this 190 mile Grand Prix

01:01:08And Alain Jones must be getting signal shorted

01:01:10And the man there in the Parvalas Grabham

01:01:12Nelson Piquet of Brazil

01:01:14Is now in second place

01:01:15Ahead of Alain Frost in the Renault

01:01:17And there's no love lost between Nelson Piquet and Alain Jones

01:01:21They fought each other

01:01:22Tremendous duel last year for the World Championship

01:01:25Piquet of course has already won two races this year

01:01:29Piquet won in Argentine

01:01:31Won again in San Marino

01:01:33Jones going for his second victory

01:01:35And he crosses the line at the end of lap 38

01:01:38With the order

01:01:39First Jones

01:01:40Then Piquet

01:01:41Then Proce

01:01:42Then Lapique

01:01:43Then Rebac

01:01:45And then Cheever

01:01:46And the gap between Alain Jones and Nelson Piquet James

01:01:49Is only 5.2

01:01:51As Piquet passes the backmarters to get closer to him

01:01:54Yes he pulled over three seconds on Alain Jones on that one lap

01:01:57Now is that Jones thing very circumspect on the damn track

01:02:00With a little bit in hand

01:02:02If it drives out or if Piquet gets right to him

01:02:04Or is Jones in real trouble

01:02:06Possibly with his left front tyre

01:02:08As we've been suspecting from his gesticulations

01:02:10As he goes past his pit

01:02:12A few laps ago

01:02:14But they are now within sight of each other

01:02:17Piquet I think is nearly close enough for Jones

01:02:19To start seeing him looming in his mirrors

01:02:21So at least he'll have the chance to watch

01:02:23But it must be a very worried Alain Jones indeed right now

01:02:28And as they're on lap 38

01:02:31It's less than a second a lap

01:02:33That Nelson Piquet needs to make up

01:02:35To catch and pass his old rival Alain Jones

01:02:37And I'm sure James will agree

01:02:39Catching is one thing

01:02:40Passing is another

01:02:41But you can see they're both in the same picture

01:02:43As we see pro sweet past Elio De Angelis

01:02:46Who by the way is lying seventh in the Lotus 87

01:02:49No Lotus 88 here

01:02:52So Alain Jones will be getting a signal

01:02:54Every time he comes past the fit

01:02:56Warning him about the approach of Nelson Piquet

01:02:59The Brazilian in the Brabham

01:03:01Who fortunately was not hurt in that big action

01:03:03The Silverstone

01:03:04A man who really wishes to lay claim

01:03:06To the championship

01:03:08And he'd be marvellous if he did well here

01:03:10Just Carlos Reutemann was the last man to win in Germany

01:03:12And you can see that whatever the computer score says

01:03:16There cannot be more than two and a half seconds between them now James

01:03:19Just that because I'll write on Jones' tail

01:03:22So I have to assume that Jones is in quite serious trouble

01:03:28I'm going to have a listen to the engine though

01:03:33Well I think Jones' engine sounds a bit rough

01:03:36I think Jones is in engine trouble

01:03:38Let's see

01:03:39What happens as they go up the straight

01:03:41We should be able to see by how the gap

01:03:43Alters

01:03:44If Jones falls back

01:03:45I think

01:03:46Well he seems to be keeping up all right

01:03:49That's

01:03:51Slimborger going up there

01:03:53But the thing that matters is that Nelson Piquet

01:03:55On the 39th lap of a 45 lap race

01:03:57Has passed Jones

01:03:58And the world champion that once again

01:04:00Seems to be in trouble here at Hockenheim

01:04:02Last year

01:04:12Behind Watson in 8th place is Elio De Angelis

01:04:15Followed by Jarrier, Andretti, Villeneuve and Stuart

01:04:21So Nelson Piquet on lap 40 of this 45 lap race

01:04:27In the lead

01:04:28A man who seemed to be dropping back when he was in 4th place

01:04:31There you see the order again

01:04:33Piquet across

01:04:34Jones, Le Piquet

01:04:35Back in Chiva

01:04:36The fastest lap still belongs to Alan Jones

01:04:39But you need more than a past lap now

01:04:41To overtake both Piquet and Froese

01:04:44To regain the 9 points that seem to be his

01:04:47Until

01:04:48With less than 40 miles to go

01:04:50Everything happened at once

01:04:52And he lost out not only to Piquet

01:04:54But to Froese

01:04:55Perhaps it's a tyre

01:04:56Perhaps he should have come into the pit

01:04:58Or perhaps it's something more serious James

01:05:00But Jones

01:05:01Has certainly got problems

01:05:02And could be falling into the clutches

01:05:04As you have to the pit

01:05:06He's got

01:05:07Over 40 seconds on the pit at the moment

01:05:10And

01:05:11I think his problems

01:05:13Such as

01:05:14They might be

01:05:15Would have to get worse

01:05:16And slow him down more

01:05:17If he was going to

01:05:19Be caught by the pit

01:05:20But of course

01:05:21That's always a worry

01:05:22I think Jones would be happy

01:05:23To zip his car home

01:05:24He's coming round the stadium now

01:05:26And I will actually

01:05:27As Alan Frost

01:05:29Soldiering on

01:05:30I will just take my cans off

01:05:32And have a listen to his engines

01:05:33To see if that's the trouble

01:05:36While James has listened to Nelson Piquet

01:05:38We're watching Nelson Piquet

01:05:40And looking once again

01:05:42For the fourth time

01:05:43At our revised championship point

01:05:45And if in fact

01:05:47The order stays as it is at the moment

01:05:49Reutemann 43 points

01:05:51Piquet would have 35

01:05:52Jones 28

01:05:54And the feet 24

01:05:55James

01:05:56Well

01:05:57I had a listen to Alan Jones

01:05:58And yesterday

01:05:59His engines are misfiring very badly

01:06:00It sounds extremely rough

01:06:02So

01:06:03He will now be keeping his fingers crossed

01:06:05He can lift the thing to the line already

01:06:07In touch

01:06:08Temperature high

01:06:09If you remember

01:06:10He had a fuel feed problem

01:06:12Very near the end of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix

01:06:14This was one of the

01:06:16Firepillers

01:06:17One of his finest drives

01:06:18He drove absolutely marvelously there

01:06:20And then was robbed

01:06:21Of a certain victory

01:06:22Close to the end of the race

01:06:23When

01:06:24His

01:06:25Fuel system

01:06:26Was vaporising

01:06:27Or whatever it was doing

01:06:28He wasn't getting his full dose of fuel

01:06:29Into the

01:06:30Inlets of the engine

01:06:31And

01:06:32It sounds to me

01:06:33Like that

01:06:34It could of course be electrical

01:06:35They sound much the same

01:06:36But whatever it is

01:06:37I don't think Alan really cares

01:06:39His main

01:06:40Concern now

01:06:41Will be to hang on

01:06:42To his third race

01:06:43And

01:06:44To the record

01:06:45But

01:06:46An even

01:06:47Stronger emotion

01:06:48Must be of

01:06:49Despair and disappointment

01:06:50After

01:06:51A really fine drive

01:06:52And

01:06:53A drive that really deserved the victory

01:06:55A great shame for Alan

01:06:56Well they are on the

01:06:5841st lap

01:06:59Of the 45 lap

01:07:00Race

01:07:01And

01:07:02Nelson

01:07:03TK

01:07:04The

01:07:0520 year 8 road from Brazil

01:07:06Who

01:07:07Rather interesting

01:07:08Nelson

01:07:09TK

01:07:10Had to choose motor racing

01:07:11Instead of tennis

01:07:12Instead of soccer

01:07:13And Alan Jones

01:07:14Sitting in third place

01:07:15And Alan Jones

01:07:16Sitting in third place

01:07:17The Twister

01:07:18Both of them have chosen

01:07:19The other four

01:07:20Cruel luck for Alan Jones

01:07:21But perhaps

01:07:22Nelson

01:07:23TK

01:07:24Who is

01:07:254.41 seconds

01:07:26Deserves

01:07:27Deserves a little bit of luck

01:07:28He certainly ran out of it

01:07:29At the end of last season

01:07:31And remember that

01:07:32Piquet

01:07:33Took up a tremendous challenge

01:07:35When he stepped in

01:07:36To the

01:07:37Graven seat of Lauda

01:07:38Montreal

01:07:39In 1979

01:07:40He's done 44 Grand Prix

01:07:42He's had 5 victories

01:07:43And he looks at the moment

01:07:44As if he's on his way

01:07:45To a sixth

01:07:46He won in Long Beach

01:07:48Holland

01:07:49And Italy last year

01:07:50To finish second in the championship

01:07:51He definitely wants to

01:07:53Win here

01:07:54To help him win it this time

01:07:56As I said

01:07:57There's a little bit of needle

01:07:58Between Jones and himself

01:07:59But Jones is far too far behind

01:08:01Now to do anything about it

01:08:03Some half a minute

01:08:04Behind Nelson

01:08:05Piquet

01:08:06And with 4.42 laps completed

01:08:08The order

01:08:09Piquet

01:08:10Prost

01:08:11Jones

01:08:12Lafitte's rib-action leaver

01:08:14Watson

01:08:15De Angelis

01:08:16Gerrier

01:08:17And Andretti

01:08:18Well I think Jones

01:08:20Is unlikely now to make it

01:08:22Even in third place

01:08:23He's off

01:08:24Over 10 seconds

01:08:26On the last lap

01:08:27For Jacques Lafitte

01:08:28Lafitte is now

01:08:29Only 19 seconds

01:08:31Behind him

01:08:32And that really means

01:08:34At the current range of progress

01:08:36Lafitte is going to gobble him up

01:08:37In plenty of time

01:08:38And that's

01:08:40It's just

01:08:41I'm speechless

01:08:42I know exactly how he feels

01:08:43Things like this

01:08:44Patent in Grand Prix racing

01:08:45But

01:08:46They've happened to Alan Jones

01:08:47With totally unfair

01:08:48Regularity

01:08:49This year

01:08:50And he must be

01:08:51Feeling

01:08:52Just absolutely

01:08:53Just absolutely

01:08:54Descent

01:08:55And

01:08:56Nelson Piquet

01:08:57Who's also driven a very good race

01:08:59He's been a bit unlucky recently

01:09:01And he's had a bad run

01:09:03He's looked very very good this year

01:09:05To the last four or five Grand Prix's

01:09:07Everything's gone wrong for him as well

01:09:09And

01:09:10But

01:09:11Today

01:09:12Things look pretty good so far

01:09:14He's now

01:09:15Has only mechanical failure

01:09:17And

01:09:18His own

01:09:19Danger of making an error

01:09:20Between him and the chequered flag

01:09:22And I don't think Piquet's going to make a mistake now

01:09:24That's no danger of that

01:09:25He's experienced

01:09:26Cool

01:09:27And

01:09:28He'll be keeping the car on the road

01:09:29And

01:09:30Keeping his fingers crossed

01:09:3142 laps completed

01:09:35They're on their 43rd lap

01:09:36And

01:09:37Piquet

01:09:38Has a 6.41

01:09:39Second lead

01:09:40Over

01:09:41Alan Prost

01:09:42And Alan Jones

01:09:43As we sadly predicted

01:09:44Is getting

01:09:45Overhauled

01:09:46More and more

01:09:47By Jack Lafitte

01:09:48In fourth place

01:09:49In the goal

01:09:50Back in the Brabham

01:09:51And his fifth

01:09:52He could be a first and fifth

01:09:53For the British Brabham team

01:09:54At Eddie Cheever 6

01:09:57Well Alan Jones

01:09:58Now has the beat

01:09:59Right on his tail

01:10:00He's lost 20 seconds

01:10:01In that lap

01:10:02And he's coming into the fifth

01:10:03Alan Jones

01:10:04And

01:10:05I'd have given up the unequal struggle

01:10:06He's come in to put fuel in

01:10:08And

01:10:09You can see by the way

01:10:10His head's rocking

01:10:11That the car is going

01:10:12Burp burp burp burp like this

01:10:13And

01:10:14It's

01:10:15Absolutely disastrous

01:10:16Obviously he was

01:10:17Probably quite lucky

01:10:18To limp round that last lap

01:10:19I don't know what they're doing

01:10:20They're probably

01:10:21Stuffing it

01:10:22As much fuel as they can get into

01:10:23In a short space of time

01:10:24No they've actually got the engine cover off

01:10:26I'm having

01:10:27A look at that

01:10:28But

01:10:29Anyway

01:10:30That's no points for Jones

01:10:31I'm afraid

01:10:32That could of course mean James

01:10:33That John Watson

01:10:34Moves up into sixth position

01:10:35John Watson lying seventh at the moment

01:10:37It does look as if Alan Jones

01:10:39Is going to stay in the pit

01:10:40And I suddenly don't envy

01:10:41Harold Ertel

01:10:42The

01:10:43German sports car driver

01:10:44Who's trying to speak to him

01:10:45I don't think Alan Jones

01:10:46I don't think Alan Jones will be in a very friendly move at the moment

01:10:49Bit of disappointment

01:10:50A long long time since this team

01:10:52Has suffered that sort of disappointment

01:10:54One of the most reliable teams in motor racing

01:10:57And no finishes then for the

01:11:04Oh yeah

01:11:05As Jones is going out again

01:11:06I apologise to Frank Williams

01:11:07And all the team

01:11:08He's going to go back out

01:11:10It'll be very easy to see where he comes up on our computer

01:11:13It certainly still seems to be misfiring

01:11:16But we're on the 44th lap

01:11:18The penultimate lap of this 45 lap race

01:11:21And the man, Nelson Piquet

01:11:23In your picture now

01:11:24Is not only leading the race

01:11:26But certainly changing the face of this year's world championship

01:11:30As this would be his third victory

01:11:33So two laps to go

01:11:38In fact only one and three quarters

01:11:40For Nelson Piquet

01:11:45Alain Prost in second place

01:11:47Jacques Lapique

01:11:48Moved up to third place

01:11:49So a good day for the French

01:11:50Second and third

01:11:51Alan Jones at the moment

01:11:53Registering fourth from the computer

01:11:55Hector Ebert fifth

01:11:56Eddie Chivas sixth

01:11:57John McWatson seventh

01:11:59One lap behind

01:12:00And I don't think that Alan Jones lost

01:12:02A whole lap there

01:12:04As we come up

01:12:05To the end

01:12:07Of the last lap that won

01:12:09With Alan Prost obviously happy with his six points

01:12:13Nelson Piquet obviously delighted with his points

01:12:16And John Watson

01:12:17Probably not going to be able to improve on his position in seventh place

01:12:23A tremendously dramatic race

01:12:25First René Arnau out in the first lap

01:12:28Carlos Reutemann

01:12:29Suddenly pulling up with engine failure

01:12:31Alan Jones

01:12:32Alan Jones

01:12:33Overtaking Alan Prost

01:12:34Because of a seeming mistake

01:12:36By René Arnau

01:12:37Nelson Piquet starting a charge through the field

01:12:40And Alan Jones

01:12:42Hardly striking trouble

01:12:45With about 40 miles to go

01:12:47But the result of it all

01:12:48Is that Nelson Piquet

01:12:50Is now leading this German Grand Prix

01:12:53The tenth round of the world championship

01:12:56In Lebrun

01:12:57As they come across the line

01:12:58To start the last lap

01:13:03According to my watch

01:13:04He's got an 8.9 second lead

01:13:07Over Alan Prost

01:13:08Nelson Piquet on the last lap

01:13:10What will he be thinking now James?

01:13:12Well I think Piquet will be thinking just about getting the car right

01:13:17In fact both drivers will

01:13:18They're just not in position to overtake one another

01:13:21They're too far apart

01:13:23They'll be just keeping their fingers crossed

01:13:24They don't run out of petrol

01:13:25Or anything dramatic happens

01:13:27It's been a little bit of a lucky race for Nelson Piquet

01:13:31But he was always there and thereabouts

01:13:33He was running competitively with the leaders all the time

01:13:36He took advantage of their misfortune

01:13:38And it's a very fair and deserved victory

01:13:41Because as I say

01:13:42He was always up there

01:13:43And it's nice to see Piquet back

01:13:45He had a bad run recently

01:13:46I think he's found things rather tough going

01:13:50It's certainly seen as the pressure in a way more off than you

01:13:54But this will restore his confidence

01:13:57And I think it is reasonably true and fair to say

01:14:00That Nelson Piquet lets us if he's back

01:14:02His confidence will be back

01:14:03And that's a very nice thing

01:14:05Terribly bad luck on Alan Jones

01:14:07A fine drive by Alan Prost

01:14:09In a tough car to drive

01:14:11Because it's hard work to drive that turbo René around

01:14:13And he'll be pretty pleased with second

01:14:16The problem he had with his teammate René Arnoux

01:14:19Which helped Jones through into the lead

01:14:21Will probably be forgotten now

01:14:22Because I think Alan Prost will realise

01:14:24That when that rain came down

01:14:25He was going to be swallowed up anyway

01:14:27So he'll be very happy with a good second place

01:14:31Nelson Piquet in the motordrome

01:14:33In front of 80,000 people

01:14:3552,000 of them seated

01:14:37But not at a moment

01:14:38They're on their feet

01:14:39To cheer the victory by the 28 year old gravel driver

01:14:42Nelson Piquet coming in to win his third Grand Prix of the season

01:14:47In the gravel

01:14:48The Ford-powered Carmelan gravel

01:14:50With a BMW turbo up their sleeves

01:14:52He comes along to take the finishing fly

01:14:55You'll hear the cheer

01:14:56Nelson Piquet has won the German Grand Prix

01:15:00Second is this man, Alan Prost

01:15:03And John Watson sitting behind him

01:15:05Has actually finished sixth to get a world championship point

01:15:08So second, Alan Prost in the Renault

01:15:11Third, this man, Jacques Lafitte in the Talbot Ligier

01:15:15Fourth behind him will be yet another gravel driver

01:15:18Hector Rayback

01:15:20Getting his best ever result

01:15:22Eddie Cheever at the UFA

01:15:24Will be fifth in the Tyrell

01:15:25And John Watson, sixth in the Marlboro McLaren

01:15:29And poor old Alan Jones

01:15:30Because of that pit stop

01:15:32Is one lap behind

01:15:33And has finished ninth

01:15:35So no points today for the Tag Williams team

01:15:38But nine points for Nelson Piquet

01:15:41And a changed championship

01:15:43Which according to my reckoning

01:15:45Is Reutemann 43

01:15:47Piquet 35

01:15:48Lafitte

01:15:49The man in your picture now

01:15:5025

01:15:51Alan Jones 24

01:15:53Gilles Villeneuve 21

01:15:55Watson has moved up to 20

01:15:57And Prost 19

01:15:59A tremendously dramatic

01:16:01Being able

01:16:05This year

01:16:06Our team

01:16:08Who have been

01:16:10And the first or larger

01:16:11Of the team

01:16:12We awakens

01:16:13We awakens

01:16:14The other team

01:16:15Is the most powerful

01:16:16Like the old

01:16:17We have been

01:16:18And the last one

01:16:18The last one

01:16:19Was the worst

01:16:20We have been

01:16:21We were out

01:16:22And the last one

01:16:23We're back

01:16:24And the last one

01:16:25We were home

01:16:26We had a very

01:16:27We were playing

F1 1981 - Grand Prix of Germany

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