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Good evening and welcome to this coverage of a full replay of the 1989 drama filled Australian Grand Prix.
We're going to pick up the action after the restart when Alan Prost decided he didn't want to continue in the rain.
They stopped the race after around about two laps.
There was a lot of drama in between time, but finally the race did go ahead.
We pick up the commentary with Murray Walker and James Hunt.
The green and Martini's made a flyout. Martini comes up alongside Ayrton Senna.
Senna's got the inside line for the left and right and the S's.
This is where Martini nearly lost it on the original start.
He does not do so this time.
Nannini nearly does in third position.
It is Bootson in fourth position as they go through the wall of spray.
And Senna has already got a lead.
Look at it as we look down from the helicopter as they go round East Terrace Bend and up towards Flinders.
It is Senna leading Martini second.
It is Nannini in third position.
Bootson is in fourth place.
Patrese in the other Williams is in fifth position.
And Senna is sprinting away, meaning to control the race from the front.
But the danger in this race for Ayrton Senna and everybody else is going to be lapping.
When they come up to pass people in these conditions, it's going to be very dangerous.
And if you look back behind Senna's car, if we look at it from the front and you try and see through the wall of spray,
you can't see anything.
And that is the reverse of the view that the following drivers have.
As they follow Senna, they can see absolutely nothing through that wall of spray.
They can't see his car.
And there's a battle now for second place.
Martini moving over to defend the corner as Bootson has a look.
But goes discretion being the better part of Valla for the moment.
Now Martini's on wet weather Pirelli tyres.
Bootson and Patrese behind him are on Goudier.
The Pirelli is alleged not to be so good as the Goudier in the wet,
in which case Martini will be holding up Bootson and Patrese
and letting Senna get away.
And Senna has just gone through and I think there's going to be an enormous,
there is going to be an enormous gap at the end of the first lap.
Martini second, Bootson third, Patrese fourth.
Manini is in fifth position.
Another long gap in six places to Cesaris.
Seventh is Nigel Mansell.
Eighth is Caffey.
Ninth is Modena.
Tenth is Bruntle.
Eleventh is Boerig.
In twelfth position is Piquet.
And they are tiptoeing gingerly down the straight as Martini holds off.
Bootson who is attacking for second place and Manini is closing up on Patrese.
Yes, and I think at this stage of the race,
Martini is a bit naughty to be defending the insides of these corners
as he is and working on the blocking
because it's not a situation that he's going to be able to sustain for very long.
It would appear that he's got a significant amount less grip
than the Goodyear Shod cars behind him
and they're all falling over each other trying to get by.
And meanwhile Senna has just disappeared into the distance ahead.
Indeed he has and Martini is going to have to give way to the pressure.
But there is the order with Senna literally out of sight.
Martini is second, Bootson is third,
Patrese moving to the right down Fravem Street
as they come up to racetrack hairpin,
which is where Bootson tried to challenge before.
And now they're punching right up.
And it's because Martini is holding them up.
Manini is in fifth position.
Patrese challenging Bootson for third.
Well, it's a great race for second place.
But at the end of the first lap,
Ayrton Senna was nearly nine seconds ahead of everybody else.
He is going to cakewalk this race if he just keeps going.
And knowing Senna in this weather, he's a master in the wet.
He will keep going.
Over the line, coming up to complete Senna's second lap.
Martini wipes his visor.
Bootson attacks on the inside and he's going through, is he?
No. Martini shuts the door.
The two Williams-Renos,
which they have worked on the handling of,
very, very carefully in the period
between the Japanese Grand Prix and here,
and are vastly improved, are up into third and fourth places.
Alessandro Nanini, who crashed at the beginning of the race last year,
is fourth, fifth, I'm sorry.
And now Bootson goes for it.
And once again, Martini moves across.
That's my line, he says, and I'm keeping it.
And Bootson just hadn't got the grunt with the V10 Renault engine
to get past the Ford DF-R V8-powered car of...
Now he has, now he has.
Bootson goes up to second.
But the gap between himself and Ayrton Senna in the lead
as Martini attacks again in third position now.
And, of course, Martini is now getting the spray
and Patrese is going through.
Martini's getting the treatment that he had been giving Bootson
and succumbs to it.
Bootson second, Williams-Reno.
Patrese third, Williams-Reno.
Martini fourth in the Minardi.
Nanini in the background in fifth position.
In sixth place, it's Di Cesaris still, but there's a long gap.
Mansell is attacking Di Cesaris for sixth place,
as you will see in the moment.
And the Australian Grand Prix has only just begun.
There are still nearly two hours of it to go.
Now, Thierry Bootson won the Canadian Grand Prix,
which was one of the other two wet races we had this year.
Bootson won in Canada.
And the other wet one, of course, even worse than today,
was the Belgian Grand Prix, which Senna won.
And there's 23 seconds now between Senna and Bootson,
who is second.
This, of course, is now a very comfortable situation for Senna.
I think that as the two Williams cars have got past Martini,
one would expect to see them speed up,
but Senna really should be able to drive very cautiously now,
knowing that he has an enormous lead.
He will have heard that on the radio.
And an enormous lead for Ayrton Senna.
Yes, Senna even now can afford to take it easy
and go for his seventh Grand Prix win of 1989.
And I remind everybody who's watching that,
whilst Alain Prost has been declared world champion of 1899,
following the rejection of McLaren's appeal in Paris this week...
If Senna wins today and McLaren's appeal is successful,
that could put things in doubt again.
That's Arnoux taking any cheever and losing it.
Well, René Arnoux, last Grand Prix ever,
and he's beat it, he's beat it.
He's got the car stuck on the kerb,
the rear wheels are off the ground, there is no drive.
And I don't think we'll be seeing him again.
Ayrton Senna.
Here's a replay and you see Arnoux going very wide.
Yes, a cheever appeared to give him a bit of a nudge
with his front wheel then.
He just pushed Arnoux's rear wheel, spun him round,
and he's got stuck on the kerb.
He can't remember a very, very low,
there's very little suspension movement.
So any love problem at all, but something is there it stays.
If it's possible for anybody to revel in these conditions,
here is the man that will be doing so.
Because Senna, who has been under an enormous amount of pressure
for the last two weeks as any cheever comes through in the Arrows,
Senna is under an enormous amount of pressure,
is leaning from the front and demonstrating his superiority
and weather expertise.
We're with Martin Brabham's,
Martin Bruntles Brabham now.
We've got a rearward-facing camera on it,
and this gives you an absolutely magnificent impression
of what a draw-free car is like at speed.
And you can hear as the engine revs,
suddenly jump up, you hear the wheels spin there,
because these cars have got so much power
that they can comfortably spin their wheels at 150 miles an hour.
Now, it is incidentally the left-leaning cheever.
You're looking at cheever.
He's actually got a forward-facing camera on his car,
but the conditions are so appalling
that I imagine he's not getting any picture from it.
Not that he'll care too much about that.
And the backward-facing camera is on Martin Bruntles' car.
We're with Derek Warwick now.
It's the two Arrows cars that have got the cameras.
Cheever is in 12th position,
and Derek Warwick is well down the field.
You can hear his engine listen.
So, race order on this,
the fifth lap out of what are supposed to be 81,
but I don't think will be.
Ayrton Senna now leading by 24 seconds,
and here's Jerry Bootson as Alessi comes out of the pits.
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Looking out of our window here, Barry,
I see if anything, the rain is coming down a little bit harder.
It's a steady drizzle that's been all day,
but this is an extremely heavy steady drizzle
that we're getting now.
And in fact, looking across at the hills,
beyond the circuit, it looks even worse.
It looks more closed in than any time earlier today.
You've just seen Freddie Arnoux close to the side of the circuit.
He's going to be one of many, many retirements today.
This course is difficult enough to finish on
when the weather is good.
In 1985, the first time, as in Warcher and Sennalini,
that the Australian Grand Prix was held,
eight people finished.
In 1986, 10 people.
In 1987, it was nine people, and last year, only 11.
Out of the 26 who started.
And that, as I say, was in very good conditions.
Today, the water is bound to get into some of the cars.
Drivers are bound to go off in these slippery conditions.
I would be quite surprised, actually,
if all six people finished to score World Championship points.
Looking back down the field,
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He was started 17th on the grid,
was around 17th in the last couple of laps,
and has now moved up into 14th place.
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Having a chance today to show his talent
in the most extremely difficult conditions.
And, heads-off, incidentally,
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And off goes Alessi!
Water skein across the infield
as he's gone past the Adelaide Racecourse entrance,
Victoria Park Racecourse entrance.
He slid onto the grass.
That's where Frost went off this morning
in the wet weather practice.
And it's another indication of how poorly the conditions are.
I was saying, heads-off to the two Williams drivers.
They're in second and third places.
Now, 29 seconds behind Senna.
They finish second and third in Japan
with Patrese in front,
and it's Bootson in front this time.
Fourth is Nanini.
Vansal is up into fifth place,
and sixth is Martini.
There's the replay of Jean Alessi,
who rejoined after going into the pit lane.
And you saw that he had to have his car pushed through.
His car pushed over the curving.
But of course, these big tyres with an enormous contact area,
even the grooved ones, which are wet weather tyres,
resist not at all when you hit deep water.
Ayrton Senna is now on his eighth lap.
That is one-tenth distance of the planned race, 81 laps.
And still, Bootson and Senna are already just going through
30 seconds behind.
Yes, Senna, I think, has eased his pace a little bit.
His last lap was a couple of seconds slower than the previous.
And still, he's edging away rather than taking...
Oh, and contact there.
It's Gerhard Berger that's made the contact
hitting Billy Balliot in the Lola Lamborghini.
So it looks as though Berger's raced just as last year,
because you remember that last year,
there is Alio's car being pushed away.
Berger's car is empty.
The Austrian is fed up.
He didn't want to start this race anyway.
Here's the replay.
Alio turns in, clips the nose of Berger's Ferrari,
takes off the front aero foils, and that's it.
There's no point in Berger even trying to go on.
He would have had to go into the pits and get a new nose,
and he's fed up.
Particularly as with the delay to the race,
he's now missed the flight that he caught last year
by getting out of the race hurry.
He's come out of the race hurry,
but the race started a bit late.
Last year, he was taken out at Racetrack Hairpin
by Rudi Arnoux, who has already retired this year.
And on lap eight of the 81 lap,
hopefully Australian Grand Prix,
Senna leads Bootsen by 29 seconds.
There is Riccardo Petrezzi.
You can see what the gap is between third and second.
Thierry Bootsen, to the extent that he is able to
take his thinking away from controlling the car,
which won't be very much,
may be saying to himself,
this is a recap of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Senna was leading me and went out.
I am second, and I won in Canada.
And I have a feeling that Petrezzi is getting very anxious
to pass his teammate Bootsen.
Petrezzi beginning to look for a way by,
and of course with the visibility, the spray,
and the poor visibility,
overtaking in equally matched cars
really is very different indeed.
Now Senna has definitely eased his pace.
He's lapping some four seconds slower
than his quickest lap of the race so far,
and in fact Bootsen has caught him a little bit.
Gap now down to 27 seconds.
There's a spin up, and it's one of the arrows.
Let's see the... it's Derek Warwick.
Derek Warwick's out now.
So we now have Berger out, we have Arnoux out,
we have Derek Warwick out,
and you can see there the on-car camera.
That's what happened to Derek Warwick.
The wheel is off.
He did the same thing in practice in the drive.
And you may have noticed then how difficult it was to see
through that on-board camera,
and I'm afraid to have to tell you that
the drivers had no better view than that,
and that is one of these problems.
Here we see now the Tracy,
definitely starting to look for a way past,
and he's got this problem of the spray.
Eddie Cheever will be solved on the outside there.
We're now watching him get on board his car.
And the problems come really when he's following another car.
He's not close behind anybody else at the moment,
but you see how long the spray hangs in the air.
And now the spray from the car in front.
Ayrton Senna has gone through,
and there is Emanuele Pirro all around the circuit.
Cars are spinning out of contention,
and Pirro has just done exactly that.
Now, here we are with the on-car arrows camera
on Eddie Cheever and on lap 10 in this 80-lap race.
Ayrton Senna leads Thierry Bootson by 27 seconds.
Here is a replay of Pirro spinning off in the men's off course.
Third is Patrese, challenging Bootson after, as you have seen.
Fourth is Alessandro Nanini, who is eight seconds behind Patrese,
and seven seconds ahead of Nigel Mansell,
who is in fifth position.
And Pier Luigi Martini in the Minardi is in sixth position.
Seventh is Di Cesaris, eighth is Cathy.
Ayrton Senna is in a class of his own here today.
As James has said, he has slowed down, actually,
and he still...there's the gap.
Yes, and he's getting all the information he needs for Bootson,
because he is now quite clearly matching his pace
to the two Williams cars behind him.
He may find that as and when Patrese manages to scrabble past Bootson,
he might have to up his pace a little bit,
but I'm sure he's got an awful lot in hand.
And Patrese having a go, and Patrese had to really scramble it,
but he is past.
So Riccardo Patrese moves up into second place.
Yes, Riccardo Patrese, who already this season in an incredible season
as a spinner, and that is Nigel Mansell.
Now, there was some confusion earlier on about whether Mansell or Berger
had gone out, and of course it was Berger.
Mansell did there what Senna did in the wet weather practice this morning,
spun through 360 degrees.
Here it is again, and watch him miraculously catch it
in exactly the same place that it happened to Ayrton Senna,
in exactly the same way.
In fact, if you could have superimposed the pictures of the McLaren on the Ferrari there,
you would have had a mirror image.
That would have been a multicoloured one.
And there's Patrese.
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So it's Senna
And then the two Williams
Then Nanini in fourth position
Nigel Mansell trying very hard
He had actually reduced the gap between himself
And Nanini in fourth place
He didn't lose a place because of that spin
We're looking back now
Oh, we were looking back
And there's Patrese, he's lost it
Bootson is going to go through back into second place
Yes, I think that was a replay
Because we saw Bootson back in second place just a moment ago
So the two Williams cars having a tremendous battle
And there is JJ Leto who's been making good progress
Through the field so far
Following achievements
Following I tell you live Rundle's travel course
We see the rear-ward facing camera
And Senna looks as if he's just driving away from some sort of drama
Yes, there's drama all around the circuit
Martin Brundle's camera looking back
And Leto will probably see something from that soon
And Martin Brundle that you see there is in tenth position
Leto has worked his way up to the left
And there's Senna, Senna's spinning
Spin, spin, spin, round, round, round he goes now
Has he kept his cool?
And he's got enough of a gap between himself and the second place man
To stay in the lead
But if that happens to Ayrton Senna
It can happen to anybody and almost certainly will
Bootson in second place, Petrezzi third
There's the replay
Just watch the way Ayrton just cool and calmly looks to the right
Looks to the left
27 seconds between himself and the second place man
And here he Bootson, so Senna is safe
Yes, and he lost an amazingly small amount of time on that
Only four seconds of his lead went away
And further back down the field Leto will be very, very keen to get past Martin Brundle
Brundle, remember of course, is on the Pirelli tyres
Which is quite clear from the lap times
Not providing the level of grip Senna's right back in the groove now
Just what difficulty even the outstandingly talented Senna is having at keeping his car on the island
It really is fantastic
And the rain is still, as I told you a few minutes ago
The rain is coming down harder and it is still persisting
The rain is now and has been for the last 10 minutes or so
Harder than any other time during the day
And the weather really looks set
Ayrton Senna swimming his way through the spray
Well, he certainly found his limits on that corner
And he won't be trying that one quite as quick again
But he's leading by a country mile, metaphorically speaking
It was 27 seconds, let's see what it is now
As Bootson goes through in second place
Followed by Riccardo Petrezzi
Ayrton Senna is leading by 24 seconds
Bootson is actually lapping 2.5 seconds faster at the present moment
When Senna, on Senna's lap, following his spin
Petrezzi is slower than Bootson
And Nanini is now just 5 seconds ahead of Mansell who is in fifth position
And there's Di Cesaris, you see they're all going off in the same place
And that's where they went off this morning
That's on the right hander between Jones Street, Runwell Road
And you see the wheel spin as Senna, as Di Cesaris, feeds in the power
And boils the water between the tread of his tyre and the surface of the road
And it's a fourth gear, 110mph right hander in dry conditions
That they're going off on
And you see they hit that curb
The marshals taking a very interested view of the proceedings
And Di Cesaris was only just missed by the yellow Minardi
Of Pierre-Louise Martini who is now in sixth position
Because he has been passed by Nigel Mansell long since
And Petrezzi is back with Pierre-Yves Bootson
This is the battle in the Australian Grand Prix, it's for second place
24.6 seconds between race leader, ex-World Champion Ayrton Senna and this
Formula 1, all three drivers are paying a great deal of money
Nigel Mansell is alleged to have some £4m a year income
So is Senna, so is Prost
They earn it in my opinion when the conditions are good
But when the conditions are like this, literally indescribable
For their horrific nature, they certainly earn every penny of it
That's Capelli who is about to be lapped by Bootson
Petrezzi once again starts to depress Bootson
He appears to be capable of lapping Prost at the Bootson
But he panics when he got past him before
He's had several laps to find a way by
And then within half a lap he'd thrown it away
And Bootson was back through again
Senna has got to start all over again
And that looks like De Cesar is at it again at the same corner
Martin Brundle in major trouble, no rear wing, he's gone off somewhere
Senna is only got three wheels, my goodness
Senna is out of the Australian Grand Prix
We are going to have a new race leader
And as in Canada it is going to be Thierry Bootson followed by Petrezzi
He may do a wheel-nerve and try and drive the rest of the race on three wheels
And he's got the tummy on the kerb yet again
Well this is the sensational development that finally rivets
The World Championship because there was possibly going to be
Well there was going to be contention if Senna had won this race
But even Ayrton Senna, if he comes in as he did in Japan
Where he had a new nose cone put on
There is no way they're going to put a new left front suspension on the McLaren
And that means to say that Alain Prost is probably feeling pretty happy
And perhaps a touch smug in the pit
And we are speculating here that he may have made contact
And there is Caffey, Alex Caffey having a little reversing practice there
He won't want to practice that too often
And his team mate, De Cesaris, stuck on the kerb
So we speculate that maybe there was contact between Senna and Brundle
Because Brundle was without a rear wing
We didn't see what happened, maybe we were going to replay in a moment
But we don't know very much
We're out of one corner and the McLaren team could put one on but not quickly enough
And here is the new race leader and we have a race in Australia
Except that Patrese had a spin on that last lap
He's lost ten seconds to Brundsen
But so long as he's got going again without damage
I suspect that Patrese will catch that
Very quickly Caffey walked away
Looks like he's got a bit of a bump but he's on two legs
So as you look at race leader Thierry Budsen on lap 15 of the Australia Crawl 3
He is leading Riccardo Patrese, his team mate, by ten seconds
Alessandro Nannini is in third place
Nigel Mansell is fourth
Here Luigi Martini is fifth
And Edi Ciba is in sixth place
And as you saw again, Andrea de Cesare has once again beat the Dallara
And I have a feeling that he's not going to be in the race much longer
I also have a feeling that the stewards will be meeting
And trying to decide whether or not they are sensible to continue the Australia Crawl 3
Thus far nobody with the possible exception of Caffey has been hurt
But things could get worse
What I'm sure the stewards will be doing is hoping that they can reach one third distance in the race
Because if they can get it past that they can stop it and declare a half points result if the conditions don't improve
They'll stop it and wait to see if the conditions improve
If they don't then they can at least call the race a result
And I'm sure they'll be trying to do that
But certainly they must be watching the conditions because basically it's like a lottery out there
Whether you can keep it on the island or not
And if Senna, who after all had a very comfortable lead and had only to keep the car on the island
And progressed without any undue hurry
And if he couldn't do that when that was his only real challenge
A man of his ability then really the conditions one would have to say are silly
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Well, Thierry Bootson leads but Patrese is no longer in second place
Alessandro Nanini, the man who won in Japan, is there
And in third position it is now Nigel Mansell
In fourth position it is Riccardo Patrese
In fifth position it is Eni Chima
And Bootson is leading Nanini by nine and a half seconds
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And still that car seems to be very truly stuck
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The cars are almost impossible to control
And there's a lot of damage to machinery
The risk to life and limb is not too great
Because these cars are going a lot more slowly obviously
Than they are designed to do
And also the circuit is safety arranged
Which are designed to catch cars that are going a lot quicker
And the danger to life and limb
I'm happy to say, although the cross is there
It's not as great as in a dry race
Now there is the man to watch, Alessandro Nanini
He is lapping in second place faster than Thierry Bootson
He is lapping 1.3 seconds faster than Thierry Bootson
He is eight seconds behind the Belgian
He, Alessandro Nanini, won the Japanese Grand Prix in the Benetton Ford
And won the makes second Grand Prix victory two weeks ago
And he goes down the straight gaining all the time
Are we going to see Alina change soon?
Well, it looks to me as if Patrezzi has had another spin
He's now back in fourth place but lapping quite quickly again
But the fastest man on the circuit at the moment is Nigel Mansell
He's in third place some 12 seconds behind Bootson
And Mansell is charging
Yes! We really have got a race now
Ayrton Senna outs, the World Championship revolve
Resolved without contradiction
But with contention and that will continue
Bootson leading on lap 17
And we think this race, if it goes its full length
Will only go 70 laps for the full two hours
Bootson leading Nanini by eight seconds
Nanini lapping faster than Bootson
There is the Italian crossing the line
And Mansell in third position
The gap between Nanini and Bootson is down to under six seconds
And Nanini is continuing to lapse up one and a half seconds faster
The Rory Fern design, the Benetton is a very nimble car
With an extremely great chassis
Nanini coming up to lap Olivier Grisard
The Frenchman in the luge, is he going to give him room to get through?
Thank you very much Olivier
Pass goes Nanini
Mansell meantime is lapping at the present moment slower than Nanini
Who is the quickest man on the course
Riccardo Patrese is in fourth position
And we, I remind you that Ayrton Senna has joined his team mate now
My goodness that is Nigel Mansell, Mansell out
He wants a push but he's not going to do him much good
No he's out of the car
So now we have Berger out, we have Arnoux out, we have Warwick out
Senna, Caffey, Di Cesar is Mansell
How much longer can this race go on?
But now we have, there is Pirro, Pirro and Bootson is catching him
Yes and Bootson is trying to lap Immanuel Pirro
And he won't be thanking him for holding him up at the moment
Because he knows that Pirro will probably have been informed on his radio
That he can just help a bit by holding up
And that's Mansell who just seemed to come flying across there
Maybe he knocked his brakes or lost control under braking
But that body language just sums it up completely
Yes I read it in a slide in Cromwell when I said he wants a push
He was obviously furious and frustrated because he was going jolly well
But this is Pirro in the Benetton, don't get confused
Pirro is well down the field and is being caught and passed by the Williams
And Bootson has been, Pirro has managed to hold him up
Because Nenini is now only two and a half seconds behind Bootson
And Bootson lost a lot of time as Grian done just a little bit more spinnary
Elegant dancing there, whoops oh dear, muddy tires don't help of course
But Nenini and still Bootson can't find a way past
Yes Pirro may know of course by radio from his tits that Nenini who is bearing down on Bootson
I wouldn't accuse him of deliberately holding him up but he's certainly doing so
As we see a replay of Grian spinning and I noticed when we saw that previous shot
That Nenini is now within sight of Bootson as going through to take Pirro
Who cuts him off at racetrack hairpin and Nenini is now, there he is in the background
Look for the other green Benetton, that's it
And the gap I think, it says 2.6 seconds there
But soon Alessandro Nenini the Italian Charger is going to be up there
With the multi colored Williams and its Renault engine
Nenini second for Tracy is up in the third position, Cheever is fourth, Nakajima is fifth
And Leto is in sixth position
Yes and Leso and Nakajima, Nakajima having a tremendous race into fifth place
They have been battling for a long time now on the circuit, they come through the field together
And in fact the swap places were a couple of times, Nakajima still ahead
But Leto is still hounding him as Bootson finally finds a way by
But Pirro's job for the team is very much done, a lot of a fist wave for Bootson
And presumably Pirro will be pulled by Radio and will get straight out of the way
And let his teammate by as he does
And Bootson an understandably rather aggravated person at the moment
But it's a long race, a long way to go
And I don't think the loss of five seconds on the circuit
That Pirro Gawson is going to be very important at the end of the day
So there's the gap, there's the battle
And we are on lap 20 in what we expect to be a 70 lap race from the originally intended 81
And Alessandro Nannini has got the problem now of pushing through the wall of spray
Modena is in his way in the Brabham Janda as Bootson goes around that right hander
And everybody is going off at that same corner between Jones Street which is frontal road in Tandemane
And de Cantabelle Terrace, it's a very fast right hander and they're just misjudging it
And that is a comment and not a criticism I hasten to say
Thierry Bootson, the Belgian, one world three victory to his credit so far
And that was in Canada this year
Now the gap was 1.4 seconds
And it is now 2.5 seconds but this time it's Nannini there
And Nannini is laughing slower than Bootson who has got the message
This is his 105th Grand Prix so he knows what it's all about
Team mate Patrese, Williams are really coming good
Third position on this lap, Eddie Cheever driving in his last race for Arrows in fourth position
Nakajima in his last race for Lotus in fifth position
And the quite incredible youngest driver in the race, 23 year old JJ Leto
The ex British Formula 3 champion is in sixth position in the points for Onyx
And Michael the Onyx boss will be delighted with that because it will help them to avoid pre-qualification next year
So far their only world championship points have been scored by Stefan Johansson
And later is in the points
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Bootsen leads Nanini second for Tracy third
Di Manuele's caro has dropped right back now
Having either done his job deliberately or inadvertently
And that is to delay things for Thierry Bootsen
So that Nanini could close the gap
And yellow flags now, there's a lot of debris on the circuits
Oh dear, that's a replay I think of what has happened
And Cheever having a...
Oh sorry
It's Piquet and the Osella of Pierre-Carlo Ginzani
Nelson Piquet, the world champion of free times
Has a colossal comeback
And he's the only one left
The world champion of free times has a colossal coming together with Ginzani
And that is yet another two more of them
So that's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine that I know about
Who are out of the Australian Grand Prix
There's probably one or two more dotted round the circuit
Here's the replay, Ginzani
And thump into the back of him and up his car goes Piquet
Yes, and that you see Piquet couldn't see him
He was braking a little bit earlier than Piquet expected
You can only see a wall of spray
And that's clearly...
And you see the wheels still on the track there
Debris, very dangerously placed
Massive waving of yellow flags
There's Nannini, the leaders, ticking their way through the debris then
Before all that excitement, incidentally, the rain has eased very, very slightly
And Putson and Nannini are speeding up at the front
Just on lap 21, they both put in their personal fastest laps of the race
And whether that has meant the circuit's just eased slightly in its treachery
We don't know
But Nakajima, who you may recall and criticise many times in the past
Is, I have to say, driving a tremendous race this time
Nakajima in fifth place, is lapping as quickly as anybody on the circuit
And he's kept it on the island, which is no mean feat for anybody in these conditions
And JJ Leto, right behind him, and the two of them
Driving terrific races and having a terrific back-end
Only about five seconds separates any Chiba that we're riding with now
Nakajima and Leto, who are in fourth, fifth and sixth positions
In fact, if Chiba had a backward-facing camera on his car
You would see the yellow Lotus Judd of Satoru Nakajima
Driving it for the last time
You might even see JJ Leto's Onix as well
But any Chiba's got a battle on his hands
Nakajima's had a really grisly season
He hasn't scored a single point
And he needs to have one in this race
And Putson is really spotting to the pressure from Nannini
He's just put up another fastest lap for himself
And he's now pulled his lead out to nearly five seconds on Nannini
Betrays him quite a while away
Away away some 24 seconds behind Nannini in third place
And that's about as much as the driving speed
And now Chiba breaking down with a fixed hairpin
Very slow corner
All the grip
That was the Senna-Brungel crash
You see there the replay
The backwards-facing camera from Martin Brungel's car
Saw the McLaren bearing down on it like jaws
And then suddenly the two made contact
And out went Ayrton Senna, the world champion of 1988
Here is the battle between Eddie Chiba in fourth place
And Satoru Nakajima, Chiba in the Arrows
He's just had one third place this year, Eddie Chiba
And he's had an enormous number of retirements
It's his last race for Arrows
Before joining the Jaguar World Championship sports car team next year
And before the race his team boss Jackie Oliver was confident of a good result
Both him and Derek Warwick with their experience in the conditions to drive defensively
Well, defensively wasn't good enough to keep Derek Warwick out of trouble
He's out already but Chiba holding down well
But under pressure now from Nakajima and JJ Leto sitting behind them covering the pair of them
As you watch Chiba going to the corner
There is the race leader Thierry Bootson
The race order is Bootson leading
Horses are one and a half seconds ahead of Danny Patrese
He is third, this is lap 24
There's Bootson
He's got his rhythm of course
He will know what the limits of the car are on this circuit
He's a sensible chap, he's a quiet, slightly introverted individual
He really goes for it when he's in a motor car
And this year after driving for Benetton and getting a lot of third places last year
He's going well, there is Nanini, second in the background
Fourth position is Chiba as you know
Fifth position is Nakajima who is now three seconds behind the American
Leto is, sorry, Leto is three seconds behind Nakajima who is right with Chiba
So there's three seconds separating fourth, fifth and sixth
As down to the hairpin again comes the Benetton
Tucks in tight, gets the apex
And Thierry Bootson goes through to complete the lap
And now Nanini, it's 4.3 seconds
So Alessandro Nanini is dropping back
He may of course be trying to gather himself to attack in these conditions
As the sparks strike up it's very, very difficult for a driver to build the necessary mental attack
To come back again, Chiba and Nakajima going through
So Satoru Nakajima driving a fighting race here in Australia
The last time for Lotus up into fourth position
Past the American Eddie Chiba
Yes without any doubt this is Nakajima's best world three yet
He must be really enjoying himself and that's a more excellent griot I think
Indeed it is and another one out of the race to join his teammate René Arnoux
And incur the wrath yet again of Guy Ligier who had fired the Frenchman anyway before this race
And now surely they will have to stop the race
Because if ever I saw a car in a position of danger, that's it
They'll be coming round that bend not knowing that Griot's Ligier is lying stricken in the middle of the circuit
Bootson avoids it, will the others?
There won't be one of course it is but they will know that it's probably because the marshals who are very good here
Will be violently waving the yellow flags and they do get plenty of warning
And you can see the red coming down on the track there ahead of Bootson's car
And really the weather's still not the best
Thierry Bootson leading, there are now ten very broken motor cars now to hold this race
And I feel confident in my mind, I haven't had any consultations
But it seems very likely to me that this race will be stopped when it gets to the mandatory point where it can be stopped
And Nakajima has moved past Eddie Cheever
And Leto is now attacking Cheever
So fourth position for Nakajima
Some distance behind Riccardo Petrezzi who's having a very lonely race in third place
I get the feeling that maybe Petrezzi in the spins that he had may have just damaged his car a little bit
We haven't seen him for a while to see if it's carrying any damage
But he's dropping back from the leaders
Bootson really looking very together in the lead
He's driving very sensibly, he hasn't really looked like making any mistakes
But this is a very very good controlled drive by Thierry Bootson, again one of his best
Let me explain the point I was making about stopping the race
If the race is stopped because of weather or whatever other reason
At one third distance, 33% of the race distance, half world championship points are awarded
That's 27 laps, Bootson is on his 26th lap now
And Leto has also passed Eddie Cheever now
So the stars of the race if you like, fourth and fifth place now, Nakajima and Leto
Leto lost a bit of time getting by Cheever in seven seconds behind Nakajima
But they've been locked in combat throughout
And really I have to admire the effort of Bootson
He's remained apparently unflustered in the conditions
He's kept it on the island when all around him has been falling off the island
And once more we see the view from Cheever's car
But he seems to be struggling to stay with the others
He's dropped back a bit behind Leto already
Yes, right off the cam in that corner
Not that I'm blaming him in the least conditions
As you see the water streaming up over the side of the arrows
Truly appalling
With Thierry Bootson leading on now the 27th lap
I've got one eye on the flag marshal of the start and finish point
And another on the monitor
And he is now 5.4 seconds ahead
Glenn Dix is actually ready with the red flag, I can tell you that
And Glenn Dix is the man who would operate the checkered flag
To finish the Australian Grand Prix
We're seeing blue flags out here now
That means there's someone behind you who wants to pass
Yes, well the rules state that if they're going to stop the race now
And once they've got past one third distance
They then can stop the race, have a delay to see if the weather improves
If it doesn't and it remains too dangerous to continue
They can then declare it a result
But it is only a half Grand Prix in that they have half points
If the race reaches two thirds distance
And then gets stopped on the grounds of Saint-Fiorment
Passes two thirds distance
Then it is a full Grand Prix
But if they stop it and hold it for a while and then restart it
It becomes two heats that add together and it's a full race
So they can restart later if the weather improves
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Bendix holding the red flag on the rostrum
So he may well be considering wielding it
No, I think not
We've just had a message from Race Control
Saying that they have absolutely no intention of stopping the race
Which is good news
28 laps now
On the 28th lap having done one third race distance
First island, Bendix moving
And it is Thierry Bootson leading in the Williams Renault
It's the second time he's been in front of a Grand Prix
And showing signs of winning it
In Canada he did so
That's Pirro who is well down
Manini is dropping back all the time
He's now 7.7 seconds behind Thierry Bootson in the lead
Riccardo Petrezzi is third
And then there's a long gap
Because Petrezzi is 32 seconds behind Manini
As Bootson goes through to take Stefano Modena
Tip-toeing round
Eddie Chiva in the background
And you can see that Bootson has actually now
Lacked everybody up to Nakajima
Who is in fourth position
So the Belgian is going very, very well indeed
After all Senna went off and admittedly he hit Martin Brunwell
Mansell's gone off
But Bootson has managed to stay on the circuit
And as in every race to win you have to finish
And that's only seven seconds behind Nakajima
But he has got
Pirro between them
And of course with the visibility problems
It won't be easy to get past
Sorry, Gugelbein he had in the March
And that won't be easy for him to get past any car for that matter
Bootson comes from Brussels incidentally
Started his career like most racing drivers in cars
Went on to Formula 4, Formula 3, Formula 2, all the different categories
Up into Formula 1
Drove for Arrows for three years
Then for Benetton for two years
This is his second year with Williams
There is the Arrows going down to Catterville Street
Which is renamed for the Australian Grand Prix
No it isn't, sorry that was Jodan Street
And Bootson now lapping consistently in about 1 minute 43 seconds
Which is 1.3 seconds faster than Nannini in second place
Eddie Cheever with behind him Stefano Modena
And he sees his left front wheel
No, ah that's, see there is part of the body
He has got somebody's left right wing I think stuck in his bodywork
That's a guess, I don't know
But he has got something distinctly non-standard sticking out to the left side of the Arrows
And it wouldn't be at all surprising of course if he had made contact
And there we are, you can see it again
You can see it is acting as a kind of water break
He has got somebody's spoiler jammed between the side pod at the bottom of the car
As Nannini comes through to lap him, Nannini in second place
There is only enough left for the front wings lying around on the circuit
For him to have picked one up between several of the past companies
And I think we have lost JJ Leto, I didn't see him go past at that time
They were looking to see what happened to Leto
Well I can tell you he is not in sixth position because Martini has just gone through
Here is a replay having a look at Eddie Teva's car
And you can see that I am guessing, spoiler, front spoiler jammed between the side pod and the body
And on lap 13 which is still five laps short of what we think fall distance will be
Thierry Bootson in these appalling conditions leads by 14 seconds
With in second position Alessandro Nannini in the Veneton
In third position Riccardo Patrese in fourth position but lacked already Nakojima
Fifth position is Eddie Chima, sixth is Martini, seventh is Kiro
So as James surmised, JJ Leto having forced his way up into the points seems to be out of the race
And how do you like this new fastest lap of the race by Satoru Nakojima
Nakojima is really being a star today and there it is on the caption
And this must be the greatest moment of Nakojima's life so far, certainly his finest race ever
And good for him, he is making me eat some of the criticisms I have levelled in the past
Although I think at the time they were justifiable
But I am very pleased that Nakojima is doing so well today
Yes, Surmise is an extremely nice chap, the highest he has finished this season is a couple of eighth places in Brazil and Fretland
There is the graphic which shows you where the yellow dot leader Thierry Bootson is in comparison to his teammate Alessandro Nannini
He is actually approaching the season's stag turn now as he turns into the right
Now he is on his next corner, the one that has claimed most of the people including Nigel Mansell
Into the right hander goes Bootson, that is artificial curbing which is not there during the other 365, well the non-Australian call three days of the year
And Bootson now is putting away hand over fist from Alessandro Nannini who is 16 seconds behind the Williams Renault
And it gives me a chance to congratulate Renault in public again
They came back into Grand Prix racing at the beginning of this year having previously had an RN engine which won races but not the World Championship and they opted out
They came back with a new engine designed by Bernard Dudo, a V10
And this was supposed to be their experimentation if you like, their pilot year, getting ready for 1991
But already Thierry Bootson has won the Canadian Grand Prix and had three third places
And Riccardo Petrezzi has had four second places and a third so Renault is back with a vengeance
Yes and I can't stress too much what an excellent race Bootson is driving
He is the one person who has stood up while all else have tripped and fallen by the wayside
Some of them to start again
He has resisted a powerful challenge from Nannini
Resisted it sufficiently well that Nannini would now appear not to be chasing any more some nearly 18 seconds behind Bootson
He resisted it without panicking, without trying to go too quickly
And there is Leto's car parked, I saw it there, it didn't appear to be damaged
So if Leto, and we just got a message that Leto stopped for engine reasons and that is cruel luck
Because the one thing that in the wet doesn't normally happen is mechanical failure
Because the cars are so understressed compared with what they are designed for
That mechanical failure is a very rare thing in these conditions
As we've seen today, normally accident damage and that sort of thing
And while you are watching Nannini concentrating on second place
It gives me an opportunity as well to say congratulations to Australia
Who as ever are putting on a superb Grand Prix on an excellent circuit
With truly impressive organisation and administration
In 1985 the Grand Prix came here for the first time
And it seems to have got better and better every year
And it's a good thing for Nannini this year because amongst other things
There was a complete contingency plan covering absolutely everything
For what would happen if, as it has turned out to be, it was wet
And Thierry Bootson has now completed 33 laps
That last lap we did has superseded Nacogibus' fastest lap
So Bootson, very impressive indeed, he's going steadily quicker
He's always been up quickly around the quickest, well on the quickest on the circuit
And now he's really grinding out a big lead in fact
And very soon I would have thought he would be starting to measure his lead back to Nannini
It's now over 20 seconds
Alessandro, not bad if he finishes second, he would have won in Japan
Second here, two third places, two fourth places, a fifth, a sixth and so on
The Venetan was getting very close to it last year
Which was the turbo year with the Ford V6 engine
And then this year, of course like everybody else, no, last year of course, I apologise
This year they have gone to the 3.5 litre Ford engine
And it's the new development one as opposed to the DFR
And that is Riccardo Petrezzi
Now if Petrezzi can stay where he is with Nigel Mansell out of the race
He would move up to third place in the World Championship
There is only two points difference between Riccardo with his four second places this year
And Nigel Mansell who of course is very much out of the Australian Grand Prix
Bootson has completed another lap and that is his 33rd
And Petrezzi is on target at the moment to move up one place in the World Championship
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It may be paradoxically a bit easier for the drivers that are left on the circuit
Not only because they've got their rhythm and know what the conditions are like
But because there are far less cars on the circuit
There are only nine runners at the moment
And there's less than an hour gone
And because there are only nine runners
It means that each of those nine will have a clearer circuit, obviously
That he would have done if he had 25 other people against him
24 other people because Alain Prost did not start
But the World Championship to hark back to that is very much resolved
Because there's, of course, from the moment that Ertensena went out so violently and spectacularly
There was absolutely no question of him maintaining his lead and winning in Australia
For making seven wins to the four that Prost had already had
And Senna would at least probably have been able to say I was the fourth World Champion
Even if it was taken away from him
But now he is out, Prost didn't start
You're looking at the charging Satoru Nakajima from Japan in fourth position
A long gap, 29 seconds now behind Riccardo Patrese
But the race seems to very much have settled down indeed
For another hour
The nine have got to, I would hardly say, grind around the Adelaide circuit
Float around the Adelaide circuit would be a better way of describing it
And they are all pretty spread out
Senna's just off to complete his 34th lap
He's just lapped to 142.1
He's extended his lead yet further over Nanini
There is Piro, about to be lapped by Nakajima
Of course, Piquet is very much out of the race too with another violence
And that's Frank Williams
One of the truly great men of Grand Prix racing
Despite being confined to a wheelchair, turns up to every race
And he is now worriedly relishing the prospect of another win for the Williams team
With Thierry Bootson there at the wheel
And I was saying that they are getting pretty spread out
As you watch Bootson go down, grab him straight to Caterville Terrace
Go in what you will and into the acute second gear right hander
Grab him to accelerate away and then go through and complete another lap
He is getting on for half a minute ahead of Nanini
Who is getting on for half a minute ahead of Patrese
Who is half a minute ahead of Nakajima
And then there is Eddie Chiba who is a minute behind
Over a minute behind the Japanese driver
Martini still going strong, is in sixth position now
Piro that we are seeing from time to time is in seventh place
Mauricio Gurgelman with his team mate Ivan Capelli long since having disappeared
Is in eighth place
And Stefano Fominer with his team mate Martin Brungel out of the running is in ninth place
And those are the nine that are left in the Australian Grand Prix
With only an hour gone
Well we have beaten the 1988 record when 11 people finished
We have beaten the 1986 record when 10 people finished
We are equaling the 1987 record when 9 finished
But in 85 there were only 8
Make of that what you will
And still no sign of any let up from the rain
This heavy drizzle, continue to come down
The mist over the hills
And really no sign whatsoever of any change in the weather
James you have done it, I haven't
Driven in conditions like this
How do you moderate your driving to make sure that you go as fast as you possibly can
While staying on the island and preferably maintaining your position
Well if you ask for that, it is with great difficulty
It is really tip toe stuff, got to be tremendously light on the controls
Because all these cars are being designed for dry weather conditions
They get a lot more grip, they got much too much power
For the wet, the brakes are very vicious and violent
So everything, the steering is very direct
And all these things are exaggerated in the wet
So the cars have to be treated with real fingertip control
A tremendous concentration because they get away from you with very little warning indeed
And it really is an exercise in great self control
And a certain amount of bravery because the visibility in these conditions
Is probably the single worst factor that the driver has to take
The car worse than the car sliding about is following another car
Even as far as 100 yards away and just being presented with a complete wall of spray
Through which you can't see anything ahead
And to see when you're following closely behind another car
You literally have to look at the side of the track to see where you are on it
Yes, and there's another problem of course
And that is keeping the inside of the visor free of condensation
Motorcyclists who are listening to me will know that there are all sorts of dodges
Ranging from rubbing the inside of the visor with a piece of potato
To putting special preparations on it
But it's very, very difficult when you're breathing out
And the temperature inside your helmet is higher than the temperature outside your car
Because of the wind and the spray
And incidentally that's Nakajima bearing down on Martini
It's very difficult to avoid condensation
Nakajima doing everything he can to find a way through and succeeding
While the Japanese driver really is driving the race of his life as James has said
The highest he has ever finished before was one fourth position
He's had a fifth position, he's had a single six place two
But today he looks as though he's going to at least equal his previous record
Here he is
Lotus Jag, the Lotus team will be absolutely delighted for him and themselves
They have to have the best of seasons
They have regrouped completely at Lotus
Because next year they are not going to have either PK or Nakajima that you are looking at
They are being replaced by that experienced and extremely likeable charger Derek Warwick
And Nakajima is being replaced by Martin Donnelly, the Irish driver who has shown so much promise in the last couple of years
They are going to have a new engine instead of the V8 Jund
They are going to have a V12 lap or E-D engine
The same as is in the Lola and that has been getting better and better race by race
Frank Derny, their new designer for 1989
He's already designed a fine car
He's going to slot with some changes the new engine into it
And when I tell you that Nelson Piquet said to me here
That if he had had a Honda engine in this year's Lotus chassis
He felt that it would beat the McLaren
That is an indication of how good the Frank Derny chassis is
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So, Burtson leading, that is Pirro in seventh position, trying to catch Martini and get both the Venetops into the top six because Nanini is in second place
To help him get a drive for 1990
He's got far more experience than people give him credit for
Because although he only came into Grand Prix this year when he replaced Johnny Herbert, he had been the McLaren's tester
Oh, Eddie Cheever sounding very rough, or rather his arrows sounding very rough
What's the master's diagnosis?
Sounds like a bit of waterlogging in the electrics, the engine actually cleared as it got the revs up but it seems to be a bit of a damp pick-up
And that sounded alright, yes, I think it's just a little bit rough on half throttle and on pick-up
On full power it seems to be alright and his lap time suggests that he's not in too serious an engine problem
He's lapping pretty much at the same speed that he has been for most of the race and still holding down fifth place
Yes, I should think Eddie will be pleased when this race is over, he said that he's opting out of Formula One because he's lost his motivation
He didn't think rightly or wrongly that he was in a car that was capable of winning and he's been right so far this season
Next year of course if he's in conditions like this he won't mind as much because he will have the roof of the Jaguar over his head
And at least he won't have wind and rain beating at him
Bootson still leading, it is lap 39, 23.5 seconds, he's just gone through now to complete his 39th lap and into his 40th lap
And you see that Eddie Cheever is hammering down the 180mph in dry conditions, grab him straight into that second gear, watch his hand as he changes gear
Last aligier of René Arnoux parked by the wall and Eddie Cheever like all of them is tiptoeing around this circuit
Trying to find the best possible compromise between a lot of revs and the avoidance of wheel spin and therefore not going off the circuit
That's exactly where he went off the circuit yesterday in one of the most spectacular crashes I have ever seen
He came out of that corner, he had the on-car camera working, he lost it when his left rear wheel slid up onto the curb and went straight into the wall
Eddie Cheever then and his car was in the middle of the circuit minus the left rear wheel, Eddie furiously detached the steering wheel
Plug it across the circuit and then plug himself after it and I have never seen a driver cover the distance from his car to the pit wall as quickly
Bootson, there he is, Thierry Bootson, as in Canada when the weather conditions were much the same as this, he is leading
He's coming up to 41 laps which will be half distance if the race went the full distance but there's absolutely no question of it doing that in these conditions
Our best guess is 70 laps and I have said in the past that Bootson won in Canada by default
He had a 360 degree spin at enormous speed and managed to keep it on the track but Ayrton Senna was ahead of him
And it was not until Ayrton Senna went out of the race with a broken Honda engine, something that very seldom happens
That Bootson in the closing stages of the race took over to win elatedly but if truth be told, if it wasn't for that problem with Senna's car he would have been second
However, there is no question of that in this race, he hasn't inherited the lead, he has taken the lead
And Bootson, Thierry Bootson took that lead on the 14th lap, it is now lap 41 and he has unremittingly not only retained it but extended it
It's come down a little now because either Bootson has slowed down or Nanini has speeded up
1.2 seconds difference between the lap 40 time of Nanini which was 1 minute 42.3 and Bootson which was 1 minute 43.5
So the Belgian has nothing to worry about, he is obviously pacing himself, he is coming up now to lap Martini who was the only Minardi driver to start there
As he does so is Alessandro Nanini completing the lap so that gives you an idea of how much distance there is, that's how much time there is
Between the leader Bootson in the Williams red-o and this man Alessandro Nanini second in the Benetton 4
And think back to 1988, McLaren won 15 of the 16 races last year, they certainly have not had it their own way this year because Williams have already won one, so have Benetton and so of course have Ferrari
And having just passed half distance of the race, Nanini is now starting impossibly to attack, he's just put up the last two laps, he's gone quicker and then quicker again, it's two fastest laps of the race
And he's now got the gap down to 20 seconds and he is certainly lapping it quicker than Thierry Bootson at the moment
And it may be that Nanini as the fuel load comes down will be starting possibly to attack
And you can be sure that we will keep a very careful eye on it, if for now at the feast that it's one of the few things to keep a careful eye on at the moment
There are just nine runners left, Bootson as James has just pointed out lapping slower than Nanini, the gap down to 20 seconds
But Tracy half a minute behind the Italian countryman in third place
Yes the good news for us is that the nine who are still out there are at the feast at the moment behaving themselves
Because we've had nine cars only for quite some time now and they've all managed to keep it on the island and drive quite sensibly
But the conditions haven't really got any easier, the rain is still coming down this strong heavy heavy drizzle and the clouds have in fact closed in even more
And looking out across the circuit to the hills behind, some of them are completely shrouded in cloud now and that hasn't been the case earlier today
Look at Thierry Bootson's car and he...
And Nanini is definitely catching, Nanini's got the gap down now to 17 and a half seconds, he pulled another two and a half seconds from Bootson's lead on that lap, lap 42
So Nanini is certainly making some sort of a play to try and catch Bootson, Bootson will surely by now have been informed by his team
And we'll see if Bootson has been taking it easy and can now respond to this attack
Yes look at Bootson's car and here's an interesting fact for you motor racing historical buffs
You will know that this is the FW13 which has replaced the FW12C at rather more than mid-season
The car has been a long time coming because Patrick Head, its designer who has produced so many world championship race winning cars, was not prepared to put it on the circuit until he was happy
It's really designed for active suspension which was the system that Lotus pioneered and Williams also used in the past last year
But it is on conventional suspension now and has been a notably nervous car in the early races
That has not stopped it doing extremely well, Bootson has just gone through to complete another lap, the gap was down to 17 seconds, Nanini goes through
Bootson has responded, his last lap was almost a second quicker than Nanini's, the gap has gone up to 18.5 seconds, we are on lap 44 now
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And just as I was saying earlier on, Ayrton Senna would have been very much in touch with his pitch to Rob Dennis with the radio to keep in touch with what was happening
The same will apply to Thierry Bootson and in his pit his team engineer and team manager will be in touch with him by radio monitoring his progress informing people who are behind him
And this is the battle that you are looking at now for sixth position because Pirro in the background is closing up on Pierluigi Martini
Emanuele Pirro in his last race for Benetton and yet to score a world championship point is closing up on Martini and he's going to take him before very much longer of that there is very little doubt
Pirro desperately looking like everybody else for a good finish in his last Grand Prix of 1989 and his last Grand Prix for Benetton is now right up with Martini
Pirro in seventh place, Martini in eighth position and Pirro of course has got the ever present problem of trying to get past that wall of spray
Unfortunately he's got the message, he responded, new fastest lap of the race for Thierry Bootson and now pushing the lead out again
Edi Cieber going off but just holding it and whilst Bootson is going quicker and quicker and Edi Cieber is trying to get going, never mind go quicker
He's stalled it, he's lost the engine, he's got the right front wheel off the ground, you can see it spinning there, he's not only stalled the engine but he's beat the car
Now it's rolling backwards, he's on the surface and there is the battle for sixth position between Pierluigi Martini in the yellow, white and black Minardi and the challenging Emanuele Pirro
Replay of Edi Cieber, let's watch and see what happens, loses it, left lock, up over the kerb, yes, coming any second now
Just missed the kerb, you can see it in the foreground, he stops, rolls forward, over the kerb and walks away, a disgusted Edi Cieber is out of his last Grand Prix for Arrows
And I think he's going to be very glad indeed to see the back of what has been a disastrous 1989 for himself except for the Grand Prix in his own home town, Phoenix, America where he finished in third place
Pirro is there, up into fifth position ahead of Martini, new fastest lap so far for Thierry Boots and 1 minute 40.771, 135kms and you're looking now at not only Pirro and Martini
But Alessandro Nannini who in second place is about to lap and does so Martini, I think the Italian was probably racked on and lost his rhythm when Pirro went past him
Well we're down to the 1985 figure now, 8 competitors, it looks like the Australian Grand Prix is going to create a new record of having the least number of finishers
And if Nannini does much more of that he's going to be one of them but I think he caught it very well and Bootson on lap 46 is 23 seconds ahead
23 seconds ahead of Alessandro Nannini who is 30 seconds ahead of Riccardo Patrese
So the Williams cars are still first and third on their way to 13 world championship points to more than consolidate their second place in the Constructors Championship
With this combination of the old FW12 and this new FW which stands for Frank Williams 13th car
Riccardo Patrese is now the fastest man on the circuit, 1 minute 40.8 and that is two tenths of a second faster than Bootson and four seconds nearly faster than Nannini
And although there's a half minute gap between the two of them, if he goes on at that rate in about 7 or 8 laps he's going to be up with the Italian in the Benetton
There he is leading his own countryman, Emanuele Pirro
So it is a Belgian in the lead, it is an Italian, this Italian, Alessandro Nannini second place, another Italian, Patrese in third place, a Japanese Nakajima fourth
And then two more Italians, Pirro and Martini in fifth and sixth places, but as you can see two laps behind
I don't think it would be unfair to say that the Australian draw pre has turned into an interesting rather than a rivetingly exciting race, but my goodness, we had our share of excitement and contention before the race even began
Then when it began with Alain Prost coming into the pit lane to retire voluntarily after just one lap, the restart of the race and then a succession of people going out in these dreadful conditions
Gerhard Berger, René Arnoux, Derek Warwick, then the race leader Ayrton Senna hitting Martin Brunwell to go out in the most violent and spectacular fashion
Alex Cathay going out with I think a badly twisted arm, followed by his teammate Andrew de Cesaris, then Nigel Mansell whizzed over the kerb, bumped into the wall backwards for the second time today to leave the race in his Ferrari
Nelson Piquet out when he collided with Pierre Carlo Ginzani who literally hopped out of the car, then Grial Leto and Chiva and you're up to date
And Thierry Putsen is really laughing very consistently now considering the conditions
He's laughing within three or four tenths of a second at the same time every lap
His lead's entirely comfortable when Nalini challenged a little bit a while back
Putsen was able to respond immediately, Nalini closed the gap down to 17.5 seconds
At that point Putsen came in a little bit poor and the gap is now just under 27 seconds
So in five laps he's pulled away nearly 10 seconds from the situation as it stood before
Patrese, well, some nearly 30 seconds behind Nalini in third place
So the first three very well spread out, nearly half a minute between each car
And then Patrese in turn, 20 seconds ahead of Nakajima who has just put up a new fastest lap of the race
It's a tour of Nakajima without any doubt the drive of his career
He's made no noticeable errors, he's been quick all the way and now he's on the caption
And really a fabulous drive in such difficult circumstances for the Japanese
Yes, let's run through the starters and see who's left
Well we know that Senna and Dirk Rost are both out
We know that Alessi is out
We know that Martin Rundle has disappeared
Derrick Warwick and Thibaut are both out of course
Nelson Piquet out
Neither Maurizio Guterman nor Capelli are still running
Nicola Larini and Ginzani are both out
Alex Caffey and Andrea de Cesaris have left the Australian Grand Prix
René Arnaud and Olivier Grigard have done the same thing as have Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger
Philippe Alio is missing and so is JJ Leipzig
And we now have an official statement which I won't pretend for a moment has filled me with amazement
And that is that the race is running to the two hour limit and not the 81 lap limit
That of course was bound to happen when the conditions with rain and slipperiness of the circuit
made it quite impossible to run the planned 81 laps within the maximum time limit of two hours
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And Nakajima's turning it off
Nakajima, another new fastest lap
His time's coming down, so at the moment, Satoru Kishijima
has put his hand on the circuit
And his gantry is now under 20 seconds
And it may be that Nakajima has got his sights set upon third place
Well, good on you, Satoru, there he goes
Here is the man, number 12
Next year at Coles, he's going to be driving for Ken Tyrrell's team
And Ken Tyrrell gave me the good news yesterday
that in 1991 he is going to have Honda V10 engines
which will no doubt be there
partly as a result of the fact that Nakajima is driving for him
He comes from Walton-on-Thames when he's living in England
although he's not there all that much these days
20 years this Japanese driver has been in the frame
and he became well-known in Japan, first of all for his saloon prowess
then five times champion of the Formula 2 category
before going on to Formula 3000
He's driven a lot more
He got his Formula 1 experience initially by being Honda's tester
for their engine developments in Japan for the Williams team at that time
Then he got his chance by driving for Lotus as part of the package
which enabled them to have Honda engines in 1987
and he has stayed with the team
This is his third year
As I say, next year he moves on
having finished the highest in Portugal, seventh place this year
The progress continues, he's driving steadily and consistently quickly
and is being rewarded by still continuing to catch
Riccardo Petrezzi now just over 17 seconds the gap
Catching over a second and a half a lap
Well, if Nakajima
and you see how the light has brightened up
and how the atmosphere has cleared as you look down on the Lotus
and you can see it when it's outlined from the helicopter above
If Nakajima does get that third position
it will not only be the highest he has ever finished
because he's never been on the podium
and the podium are the first, second and third places
when they stand up to receive the trophies
but he would have finished higher than any other Lotus finish in 1989
and they have had thus this year his three fourth places for Nelson Pique
And he's looking steady
We know he's got a fine handling car if he's got it set up
because as I said, Nelson Pique was full of praise for it
before he went out in it for the last time today
only to retire from the race with that violent collision
So 17 seconds as near as makes no difference
between Nakajima in fourth place
and Patrese in third position
and the gap is, what, 15 seconds?
And yet another new fastest lap for Nakajima
and 1 minute 39.3 and that brings the gap now down to 15.2 seconds to Patrese
and there's no doubt that Patrese is doing his best to respond
but Nakajima is just going quicker and quicker
With the fastest lap in the race, the first one in under 1 minute 40 seconds
no mean achievement to put it very mildly indeed
There's Bootson, he's only just over the 1 minute 40
and he's obviously got a superb rhythm going
driving automatically, just keeping everything steady
He will know where the deep water around the circuit is
or the deeper water around the circuit
and be very, very careful to avoid it
You notice he's got a red light on at the back
that is mandatory too
The Formula 1 car construction regulations
make it obligatory for all the cars to carry a red light
and for it to be switched on when the conditions are like they are today
I remember Johnny Herbert saying to me when he came in
to talk to me after having retired from the Belgian Grand Prix
in conditions just like this
and when I asked him how close you had to get to the car in front to see the red light
and he said somewhat wryly, you have to put your helmet on it before you can see it
There's nobody in danger of doing that to Alessandro Giannini at the present moment
because he's got a half minute gap between himself and Riccardo Petruasi
And as James has said, it is Nacogina that's making the running at the moment
with fastest lap after fastest lap in order to enable him
as he will know from his radio contact with the pit
to cut down the gap between himself and Riccardo Petruasi in third place
This is Nannini
And you saw there, take a close look next time
you see him going round a corner and you see his head in shot
you can actually see condensation on the inside of his visor
You can also see how the visor has propped open just a little bit to get air underneath it
and that's very important, to be able to prop the visor open
and keep air flow and keep it de-misting
There's Riccardo Petruasi, still in third place
but with Nacogina getting steadily close on the last time they came round
the gap was 13.5 seconds only, Petruasi though is responding
he's just... when he crossed the line then that was his fastest lap of the race
So it looks like the battle is beginning to develop
as Nacogina goes through and the gap actually, Petruasi's response
is now just over 14 seconds
Well we've been working overtime at the statistics
I can tell you that the Grand Prix for the fewest finishers
was the Monte Carlo, the Monaco Grand Prix in 1966
going back into the distant past
that was out of 16 starters actually
4 finished, 25% of the entry
And interesting fact
Thierry Bootsen leaves
Van Ede second
And a lot hangs on this of course
if Bootsen can finish he's not only going to do his
self respect a great deal of good
because he has been criticised in the past for being a good steady runner
rather than a charger and a winner
and he would be able to...
He's been criticised in the past for being a good steady runner
rather than a winner
Well he's proved his critic wrong on one occasion
albeit by default in Canada this year
when he won, if he finishes in first place
this year and
in two hours we reckon he's going to be around about 70 laps
and he's on lap 54 at the moment
he has going to have confounded them
because he's really dominated this race
since the departure of Ayrton Senna
That was Petruasi, this is Stefano Modena
they are going through the S's at the end of a double back
Yes, Stefano Modena has had a pretty miserable race really
with Torelli tyres
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of the good jersey in these conditions
and he's I think elected to take a steady round
and try and keep the car in one piece
to get him finished out of it
and in the circumstances with not having as much grip
as most of the others I think that's probably a sensible decision
meantime the battle between
Petruasi continues albeit separated by
13.5 seconds at the moment
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Just to keep the car on the track
He's now 35 seconds ahead of Bootson
who has just made his fastest lap
1 minute 40.38
and as James has said, incredibly consistent in these conditions
Manini threw onto his 55th lap
and the leader Bootson has lapped everybody up to the fourth position man Satoru Nakajima
Patrese is 24 seconds behind Manini
The thing of interest is how far behind Patrese now is Nakajima
He's just going through to complete a lap and the answer is 13.7 seconds
He's closed up a little on the Williams in front
Yes, and Patrese is really pushing now
He's put his own fastest lap of the race up
and undoubtedly a battle developing between these two
which of course they will be well informed about with the gap
At the moment it looks as if Patrese's response is pretty much holding the gap at 3.13 and 15 seconds
Question, how difficult is it as Bootson must be doing to maintain your concentration
in a situation where you're out on your own, you know there's a big gap behind you
but you've got to finish to win
Well, the problem always is to keep going, to keep everything tidy, to keep it neat
and of course in these slippery conditions of concentration
you don't really get any chance to relax
because the car is so nervous that that fact alone has a tendency to keep one awake
and Bootson has shown already in Canada, in the Canadian Grand Prix
which he won also in similar conditions that he is able to drive very consistently
Like this, he's shown today tremendous qualities in not being flustered
First went Patrese, he passed him early in the race
He's sat at the pace that was comfortable for him
which incidentally has been pretty quick
and he has lapped amazingly consistently
Indeed he has, he's on his way to a large bundle of money
quite apart from the prestige of winning in Australia
How much money? I can't tell you
because the very considerable prize fund is shared out amongst the teams
according to a secret formula of which we have broad details
but not finite details
In qualifying for instance, the top 20 drivers share out a special fund
There is a special prize for the man who's leading at quarter distance, who's leading at half distance
who's leading at three quarter distance and who's leading when the race finishes
and there's a special prize for fastest lap
but I can't tell you what the figures are
All I can tell you is that none of today's top Grand Prix drivers are exactly wondering where their next dollar is coming from
Bootson is not one of the highest paid drivers
but that doesn't stop him from having his own aeroplane
which he has learned to fly and uses for a lot of his trips
It doesn't stop Nelson Piquet from having his own yacht and his own helicopter to get to it
and so on
There is a lot of money to be made if you are a top Grand Prix driver
but you have to make it the hard way
and this is what Bootson is doing now
keeping the car on the island
and he has got some 640 horsepower behind him
and Nakajima, another new fastest lap
and he is achieving that
he's got the gap down under 12 seconds
Riccardo Petrezzi, Petrezzi is well aware of Nakajima's progress
he's responding as best he can
but Nakajima is still closing
although not as quickly as he would like
Just try to imagine what it's like to drive one of these cars in these conditions
they weigh 500 kilograms
they have, as I said, a 650 horsepower engine behind them
they will accelerate from standstill to 120 miles an hour
and stop again in something like 5 seconds
Somebody said to me yesterday
it's like riding on the front of a bullet
and I said well I've never actually done that
but I can imagine that you are right
there are tremendous G-forces as you go around the corners
your neck muscles can get strained indeed
drivers going up from the lesser 480 to 480
have to do a special exercise to strengthen their neck muscles
and in the past there have even been instances
of the helmet being anchored to the side of the car
with a bit of chain to prevent the drivers head from lolling over
but the thing to do about that is the right exercises
Thierry Boonson's obviously done them
he's on his 58th lap
he's leading Alessandro Delle Nino
who is going faster than him at the moment by 35 seconds
there is the Belgian
coming up to lap here Luigi Martini
we've said a lot about the tyres that Martini has got on his car
they did extremely well in the qualifying
they have not got as good a race tyre as the Goodyear runners
and it is certainly showing now
because here Luigi Martini started the highest ever
Enminard is third on the grid
and he's now slipped well down the race
and at long last the rain has abated a little bit
but unfortunately not enough to make any significant difference
in conditions, it's still a drizzle
it's not quite as heavy as it was
but it's still pretty consistent
there's no way the cars will even get a dry line as it is
Tracey going past the usual bit of power
we'll see how twitchy the cars are
there's an enormous amount of power they've got
spin their wheels
very easily indeed
I saw just as Tracey's car got under power
how the back snapped out of the line
and there you could hear the wheel spin
as Tracey's car accelerated away out of the hairpin
the last one we had go out of my memory so as me right
unless I'm very much mistaken
was Eddie Cheever
who came out of the race and disgustedly walked away from the car
and we're expecting this race to finish Australian time
about 5 minutes past 5
and that means to say in about 17 minutes time
with the drivers on their 59th lap
and it's going to be a long and demanding 17 minutes for all of them
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it's going to be quite a hard one for Nakajima who is now only 9 seconds behind the train team
but it would seem very much tough to go as to whether Nakajima is going to run out of time
yes it's going to be a very close run thing
is the Williams going to finish first and third or is the Lotus man, the sole Lotus man going to do it
it would be a very fitting last Lotus race for Satoru Nakajima who is there
watch the way he's going as he comes up to lap Brazilian Mauricio Guttemann in the March Judd
he's got a special Judd engine in with a narrow angle of the V8 engine
in order to enable Adrian Newey to design a very slippery motor car which he has done
sadly it's given all sorts of problems this year
indeed Ivan Capelli who is Gujumin's team mate has only finished once this year in 16 races when he was 12th in Belgium
and the gap is now
and the Tracy responding to the pressure from Nakajima, his fastest lap of the race
and he's pulled up a little bit of time then, 10.5 seconds now the gap
Gujumin, he's a gentleman driver, he realised that there was no point in trying to keep Nakajima back
because he had already been lapped and he knew that the Japanese driver was in contention for a good place to finish
Gujumin is in 7th place, he's only 1 place off for points at the moment
because it's 9 points for a win, 6 for second, 4 for third, 3 for 4, 2 for 5th and 1 for 6th place
Nakajima is therefore on 3 points at the present moment
which has helped Lotus a bit in the Constructors Championship
in fact it would move them in front of Arrows
there we are, 16 minutes now to the end of the race is the official message I've been given
and Nakajima going for third
nothing to lose and a great deal to gain
he would be the first ever Japanese driver to be standing on the podium at the end of a Grand Prix
if he finished in that third position
he's already the hero of Japan because he's the only Grand Prix driver they've had
who has done anything in the way of finishes, wiping his visor
Aguri Suzuki, his countryman who's been driving or trying to drive for Zakspeed this year
has had an awful season, I say trying to drive
because he's failed to pre-qualify for every race
11.8 seconds now
Yassin Petrezzi has really clearly got the message
has managed to pull something out of the bag and is now
currently napping quicker than anybody else on the circuit
and the difference between Petrezzi's last lap then and Nakajima's last lap was 1.2 seconds
and that's plenty, that's enough for Petrezzi to maintain his third position
I was saying that Nakajima's the hero of Japan because of what he's already achieved
and that is a fourth, a fifth and a sixth position
in the three seasons he's been driving for Lotus
if he can finish in third place I should think the whole of Japan would go mad
and Japan is getting more and more interested in Grand Prix racing
there are now six teams who have a major involvement with Japanese money
Gerard Larousse has just sold half his share holding in the Larousse Lola team to Japanese interests
Jackie Oliver and Alan Rees have done the same thing with Arrows
McLaren of course have got Honda Rangers now those numbers at the bottom are the Rees numbers and the positions
five is race leader, Keirih Boutsen that you're looking at
19 is Nanini who is second, six is Petrezzi who is third
12 is Nakajima who is fourth, 20 is Piro who is in fifth position
and 23, Pierluigi Martini who is in sixth place
there are only two other runners, they are Guchemin 7 and Modena 8
take a very careful look at every inch of Keirih Boutsen's Williams Renault as he goes around that comparatively slow corner
it's in very good shape, he's managed to keep it away from other cars and from the walls
you can see the Belgian's eyes looking beat behind the visor
he has them opened as much as he possibly can to let the maximum amount of light in
concentrating every inch of the way
you see he's keeping well away from the edge of the corners, keeping away from the curves that might knock his car out of line
because if he hit one and then came back on this wet track the car would be gone in a trice
and the rain which had slowed down for a little while and turned into heavy drizzle has now turned into heavy rain again
this is what we feared might happen when we heard the weather forecast this morning
but hoped desperately that it wouldn't
Nannini there in second position
33, 34 seconds nearly behind and 8 seconds Nannini now
8 seconds behind Patrese
now the gap there, that's Nakajima was 3 seconds faster than Patrese there
he's not aware of Patrese having been held up by anybody in front of him
and nor has Nakajima, they've both got clear tracks and now the Japanese man really is on his way
yes he had a bit of a hiccup in his progress a couple of laps ago when he lost a fair bit of time when he was napping by Ritz and Guglielman
and that gave Patrese a welcome bit of breathing space but the gap
closer than it's been at any other time, fractionally over 8 seconds
there's Patrese, now we'll probably be able to see the gap as Patrese comes down into the hairpin of the racetrack hairpin
I'll take a check on my stopwatch and we'll see what the difference is between them
there is Nannini and there is Nakajima
and according to my watch it's slightly less than 5 seconds in which case Nannini is taking 3 seconds a lap out of Patrese's lead
there they are, you can see there's a visual gap now, they're coming through to complete the 64th lap
another check coming up, first is Bootson, second is Nannini, third is Patrese
fourth is Nakajima who accelerates down the start and finish straight and the gap is 4.97 seconds
charger, banzai, Nakajima
I think he's mentally put the white headband on underneath his helmet
and Patrese trying very hard to keep it on an even queue
Nakajima looks very confident
he's going to maintain his progress and not get over excited but he's certainly driven a very level headed race indeed so far
and for the second half of this race he's really been the good car on the circuit
Bootson of course hasn't had to hurry, he's had a very comfortable lead, it's now 34.5 seconds over Nannini
so no problem for him but Nakajima is racing for Patrese and he's closing in
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Bootson leads Nanini second, now Reidon, there is the battle for third
Patrese and Nakajima getting closer all the time but as we have said many times before
catching is one thing, passing is another
Yes particularly in this instance where the Renault engine has the benefit of considerably more power
than the Jardin engine in the Lotus
and so Nakajima is going to have to be pretty cunning
finding a way round Patrese if he can get very close to him
and of course he's got the added complication of having all the spray from his car
his ability is down and a new, yet another fastest lap for Nakajima
and the gap now two and a half seconds
Fastest lap of the race of course, not just his fastest lap
and Riccardo Patrese must be wondering whether to implement the reputation he used to have
as being one of the hardest men in the world to get past
he seemed to have an infinitely adjustable car which he could make wider or narrower on the corners
and he won't be making it all easy for Nakajima who is visually closing on him now
Surely Riccardo Patrese must have some sort of a car problem
I don't know what it can be, it will seem very obvious when he tells us afterwards
I couldn't get third gear or something like that
but I don't know what it is, all I can do is guess from the way that Nakajima is closing on Patrese
and Nakajima has got a car with less power
although of course you can't use all that much power in this race
but it's going to be a change for third I think soon
and Modena is a problem for Nakajima, unless he can get by him here
Nakajima does not want to lose time behind Stefano Modena
Modena unlikely to be aware of the fact that he's interfering with the best race on the circuit
but Nakajima has forged his way past
There we see the latest master snap as produced by Nakajima
but that has come at an awkward time for him
Patrese was fortunate in that he was able to get past Modena on the straight
and got still two and a half seconds, nothing much changed
of course things are very very difficult now for Nakajima
there is his Lotus team, his mechanics in the garage
watching anxiously, they must be very excited
potentially their best result of the season
but as I just said, following Patrese in all this spray
makes life much more difficult now than it has been recently for Nakajima
when he had a relatively clear track in front of him
I reckon there's only about seven minutes left in this race
with Boonson leading Nanini by 38 seconds
Patrese is 17 seconds behind Nanini in third position
and you can see the visual gap between Patrese in third place
and the man who's challenging for it, and Patrese has got a problem
I thought he must have, his engine is definitely misfiring
which means to say he's got, let's listen
well it wasn't there, it may well just have been wheelspin of course
because if you feed in too much power you're going to hit the rev limiter
and that would give the same impression
but whatever is the reason, Patrese is slowing and Nakajima is gaining
the engine sounds clean to me
and of course they pop bang a bit on half throttle
if he's feathering it in a corner
he's just gone past us and both engines sounded clean
the gap now under two seconds
and of course you can see the gap busy on the circuit
but we can see Nakajima a lot better than he can see Riccardo Patrese
into this relentless wall of spray being thrown up by the Williams
and this two hour race, there's got very few minutes left to run now
about five and a half minutes
no problem over the winner, if Moosunju can just keep going
and he will be making super sure of not making any mistakes
of going slower if he needs to
but he's actually lapping faster than Nannini at the moment
half a second faster, maintaining the gap at 38 seconds
on his way to his second point three win
watch Williams, watch Moosunju
68 laps, it looks as our forecast of 70-71 laps is going to be about right
as Burson comes up to lap Maurizio Guglielmin's Leighton House March again
no difference in the conditions, they are still absolutely dreadful
Nannini has gone through lapping, down a second faster on that lap
but now we wait for the battle and here it is, it's Patrese, it's Nannini
it's 1.7 seconds, really the time is irrelevant now
because Patrese will be able to see Nakajima in his mirrors
Nakajima will be able to see Patrese in front of him
the problem is I think they've got Martini between them now
that's the problem with Nakajima, they went past the fence
Patrese was passing Martini but I don't think Nakajima was able to do it
he may yet have to follow Martini through all the twisty
short runs right after the start-finish line
well the team has gone out at the finish line to keep the photographers back
the organisers are getting all ready to greet Thierry Moosun home
as the winner of the Australian Grand Prix, that is the Renault Telemetry team
they know from watching those monitors that Thierry Moosun's engine is in good shape
I can see from the way they're sitting quite calmly and relaxedly there
but they are not worried about any engine aspects of Moosun's car
and you can see for yourselves that the Williams Renault is unmarked, is handling well
Moosun is very much in charge and according to my watch which is not official time
there are now two and a half minutes to go to the end of the 70th lap
or the end of the two hours which we think will be on the 70th lap
it is now lap 69, you're watching the man in second place
now here is the battle for third
and it looks to me as though Nakajima has dropped back, as though Patrese has speeded up
and that is exactly the situation
remember that Nakajima got held up by Martini then through the twisty section of the early part of the lap
and that might just be the telling factor in his attempt to catch Patrese
Patrese is certainly giving it, you can see that he's really trying now
but twice in his charge Nakajima has been unlucky with backmasters in catching him at twisty points of the circuit
and that just has been the difference
then Dix, the man who has the absolutely unique style in producing and showing the checkered flag
is out there in his yellow blazer with the checkered flag in his hand
there he is, he's looking for Bootson who is approaching him now
and there is one lap to go, Dix waves his hand
not the Bootson would have seen it
but Thierry Bootson is now we believe on the last lap of the Australian Grand Prix
lap 70 in this race which was originally intended to be an 81 lap race
and hats off to the Belgian
he has driven a faster full race where driver after driver out of the 25 and his 26 less Alain Prost who started
have gone off the circuit into the walls
very few have retired for reasons other than leaving the circuit somewhat violently
and Bootson has almost got the job done
he is now round the stand turn
down the Jones straight named after world champion Alan Jones almost home
unless he can make it in under a minute from where we saw that time caption go up because it's touch and go
I think he's going to just miss it
so Bootson on what is likely to be his last lap
we can't be certain and he has really driven a magnificent race
completely controlled he's held on to the car beautifully in these conditions
he hasn't really put a foot off and he's been quick
and here he comes the two hours there is two hours
the race will finish when Bootson crosses the line
so tremendous drive by Thierry Bootson
but certainly the driver the star of the race has been Satoru Nakajima
who has put on a truly wonderful display
and so far Patrese but he's given tremendous try
so what a big day for the Frank Williams team they finished up first and third
it was Bootson first followed by Nanini in the Benetton
and Riccardo Patrese was third of the eight that finished the race today
which was filled with so much drama it ended up being a great race
and one that we talked about for many many years to come
look forward to accompanying in the weeks ahead right here on the Wide World of Sports
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I wonder what could be keeping Julie married Joe?
That career day's assembly should have been over with by now
Well I just hope Anthony appreciates them going all the way into the inner city to his old high school
I mean I'm all for being nice to the less fortunate and the poor
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Hey y'all we were just talking about you, how was career day?
Great, there was a big turnout, you gave a super talk
I think Anthony was very proud
As a matter of fact it would have been an almost perfect morning if it wasn't for this one ugly little incident in the parking lot
What ugly incident?
Oh it's nothing, just a couple hoods got after Julia
Well that doesn't surprise me, hoods love Julia
She's got a little sachet on her wall
Well what'd they say?
Doesn't matter, they said the same asinine stuff
They always say, well I know but just out of curiosity, what was it?
I mean we always go through this, why do you have to know?
I don't know, it's a sickness
Alright Charlene, if you must know, they said, hey sweet meat, what it is, mm-mm, strut it out, bring it on home to me now
Okay?
But you haven't even heard the really big news, there was this other guy there at career day, a travel agent who was very impressed with Julia's talk
He books these singles cruises down to the Bahamas for Brenner Cruise Line
Which has just been purchased by a new owner who wants to completely refurbish the flagship
And they're looking for a decorating company
Oh you're kidding, that sounds wonderful
I wouldn't get too excited, we haven't even met the owner yet and anyway I don't think we have time to be going on a cruise
Well you can count me out, I'm not going on any singles cruise
And I'm certainly not interested in putting up with a bunch of dorky men in bad toupees and polyester suits
You know, I am sick and tired of everyone putting down people who wear polyester
I mean I would just like to know who it was decided that it wasn't hip or cool
I mean the fact is polyester doesn't wrinkle and it does travel very well
And I know some very fine people who wear it and I think it's high time the truth was told
Charlene, that is not the point, you're not the one who'd have to put up with those men
There she goes again
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It just means that I have been on cruises before and the men always have a fit over me
I mean we're in a confined area over a long period of time and it never fails
By the time we dock, every woman on board hates my guts
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What's your position regarding school lunches?
Well, let me just say this about that
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I noticed the captain wasn't there to greet us when we came on board and I know it's a tradition
Is he sick or something?
No, just drunk
Excuse me, I think there must be some mistake
We're supposed to have a stateroom with a conversation area
Right, this is it
We're giving you the deluxe suite
And as far as the conversation area, well, it's been my experience on this boat
You can pretty much talk anywhere you want
Well, I'm sorry, but I can't possibly stay in here
There isn't enough room for my clothes
Madam, count your blessings
There are people in steerage that don't even have clothes
They're right next to the boiler room and it's so hot they sit around naked all day playing cards
You're making that up
I am, we don't have cards
Well, I am clawed at your service
I'll just go and get the rest of her things
I know her type, she's going to be trouble
Well, I just cannot believe I let you all talk me into this
What a dump
That's why we're here, Suzanne, to fix it up
That's right, and I think it's exciting even if it's not the love boat
Love, exciting and new
Come aboard, hear it
Anthony, that's the warning whistle
I guess I better shove off
I'd just like to say bon voyage to four very wonderful people
And may God be with you
Well, I can tell you right now we're not going to be the only ones assigned at this table
They're going to try and match us up with people who have similar interests
And what I've seen on this tugboat, there's certainly isn't going to be anyone with interests similar to mine
You're just going to act like a big donkey, aren't you, Suzanne?
You're not even going to try to have a good time
How can I have a good time? I can't even unpack my toiletries
There's not enough room in the closet for all the dresses I've brought
And that idiot Stuart lost two of my wigs
I hate this boat
I would just like to eat and get out of here
The men on these cruises are so creepy
I can just feel them wanting me
I hate to disillusion you, Suzanne, but the only thing I see people around here wanting is a waiter
Oh, get serious, Julia
That guy over there has been undressing me with his eyes ever since I came in
He was practically drooling
I noticed, Tim. I thought he was choking on a piece of meat
What I want to know is where to get it
Anyway, Suzanne, even if that guy was undressing a person at this table, what makes you so sure it was you?
Yeah, we admit you got a lot of stuff sticking out in the right spots, but the rest of us cleaned up pretty good, too
You see, one day on board and it's already happened
You're jealous
We are not jealous
We are just sick and tired of you acting like every man between here and Pluto is panting over you and the rest of us are dog biscuits
Okay, now, now, now, just, you know, let's not fight
We came here to work
Since we are on a singles cruise, I think maybe we should just get this settled once and for all
What is that?
I mean, I challenge you
Why don't we just see who can get the best-looking guy before the captain's dinner? That's the last night on board
Now, Mary Jo, don't start this. That's just your Mai Tai talking
No, I is not. I am serious and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is
All right, how much?
Well, I need my travelers checks, so I'll just put up some jewelry
Such as?
Ted's opal pinky ring
Oh, come on, you two, don't start
Fine, and just to show you how confident I am, I'll put up Philip's diamond bracelet
Looks like we've got your table. I'm sure they'll add some more guys soon. They always do
Geez, there's four of you. That's a lot
I mean, if you think about it, that means there's fewer spaces for guys
Somebody obviously screwed up around here
I don't know, Terry. What do you think?
It's not good
Anyway, this is Terry and I'm Janice. That's J-H-A-N-A. Only the H is silent. I added it myself
Excuse me. I have to tell you, I absolutely love your makeup
Look at that, Terry. Look at how those little lashes stay separated down there and they're not caked together at all
Oh, I know what you mean. You know, sometimes if you use a wand down there, it gets real caked up on an individual lash
It doesn't look natural, you know, and then the little black chunks fall down
I hate that when that happens. Has that ever happened to you?
No
Ladies, may I take your order?
Oh, it's Joan Collins. You're gonna be our waitress again, huh?
Actually, darling, I'm tonight's entertainment, but they were shorthanded in the kitchen
I see you two are still cruising
Well, never give up. That's the spirit
Aren't you the person who brought our bags on board?
Yes, I am. And I know what you're thinking. You think that this is your wig, but it's not
I've had this wig a long time, and I've never had it in my life
But it's not. I've had this wig a long, long time. It just looks very, very similar
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Oh, darling, hold this on a good chain
I just cannot believe it. Did you all see that? He's got my wig on
That's my wig. He stole it
You sure?
Of course I'm sure. I had that hair grown special for me
I'm just gonna have to report him to the police
Suzanne, don't make a big deal of it. Just let him have it
Anyway, he looks real good, innit?
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Thank you
Thank you darling, hold those for me
Thank you, thank you, thank you
And thank you
Thank you, what a cruise
Tell me darlings, was that Joan Collins hustling the tables?
Ah! She's got to go
One bitch on this boat is enough
Tammy Faye Baker is with us tonight
I saw her on the deck
Her makeup fell off, it was horrible
Her face is that big
And Catherine Hepburn, you do remember Catherine with that buzz-saw voice
Oh hello Betty
When Spencer Tracy met me he said, Kate I'm a man and you're a woman
Well, I was happy
It was the first time anyone ever confirmed the doctor's report
I made this dumb bet that I could get the best looking guy on board before the captain's dinner and
Oh
I was wondering if you might know somebody
Well, this guy over here, he gets a lot of women
As a matter of fact, he's been on every cruise I've ever been on
I hate his guts
You can't use him, he's talking to the girl I made the bet with
Whoa, how much did you bet?
You're here to work, that's great, I admire that
I'm in paper milling in Detroit myself
And let me tell you, that can put you in touch with some pretty special people
But when I saw you, I said to myself, Mel, this is a lady with class, it's written all over
It's written on the way she sits, the front of her face, the back of her legs when she walks
Mel, before you do any more writing on me, I think you should know I'm engaged
That's too bad, when are you getting married?
Just as soon as this boat drops
Julia, I need to talk to you for a minute
Hi, excuse us, can I steal her away for a minute?
Go right ahead, I don't blame you, she's a special lady
She is, isn't she?
Listen, I think we're in big trouble, did you see that guy Suzanne's with at the bar?
He's probably the best looking guy on board
I don't know what you mean, we're in big trouble, I don't recall putting my pinky ring out on the table
I know that, but I thought that I was representing us all in trying to teach Suzanne a lesson
What is this person's name?
Mel
Maybe he has a semi-decent friend
I wouldn't count on it
Hey you guys, what's going on?
Everybody's got somebody but me, that's what's going on
You married Joe, I wish you hadn't made that bet, did you see who Suzanne's talking to?
Yes I saw it, I'm never gonna live it down
Excuse me
But if you're talking about that guy at the bar, he is no big deal
I mean he's on every ship I go on, in fact I hate his guts
Who's this?
Mel
You know it sort of sticks in your craw when guys like that with absolutely no sensitivity
have women groveling at their feet, you know?
And I'm the kind of guy they laugh at, yeah okay I wear too much jewelry, you know?
And maybe I'm too tan
And maybe I'm trying too hard to hold off my 50s by working out in the gym
and getting myself the best toupee that money can buy
Oh boy, you sure got your money's worth there, I couldn't even tell
Well, good night, it's been a lovely evening
I guess what I'm trying to say is
Let them laugh as I walk through the big surf of life
I like my tan
I like my toupee
And I know in here, those are two things they can never take away from me
This is it, 2 a.m. and she's not even in
She is so competitive
She's just doing this to humiliate me
Maybe she really likes this guy
Oh come on, Suzanne never falls for anybody, she just wants to win
Well you did okay, you met someone, that little guy you were talking to
Howard?
I don't even know him
His nose started bleeding while I was talking to him
Why are you so quiet down there, Julia?
I was just trying to say my prayers
What were you praying for?
Charlene, do I have to tell you everything?
I'm just curious
What on earth is the matter now?
This stupid dress, this is so typical
It's just like her to hang this by my bed
So it won't get wrinkled in the closet and I'm so little it won't bother me
She does this kind of thing to me all the time
Why don't you just take it down?
Actually, this fascinates me
These bra cups are huge
It's kind of like this is the corral where Suzanne keeps her bosoms
And I'm the hired hand who guards them while she's taking them out on a midnight ride
Suzanne, where have you been?
I cannot believe you stayed out all night
Yeah, we were worried sick for only knee-reading by a shark
I never thought a shark ate you
Well, I was out dancing under the stars with Trevor
And then we had a late supper and then watched the sun come up
And sitting in the deck chairs
Oh, it was wonderful
You're just gloating because you know you're in Pinky Ring City
What? A contest
You just did it so you could win
Oh, I don't care about that silly contest
I'm in love
Isn't this a little sudden? After all, you've only shared one sunrise
I know
I can't even believe it myself but then I've never known anyone like Trevor
I mean, do you all know anything about him?
No, only that his name is stupid
And that everybody hates his guts
Yes, well, whoever said that must just be jealous
You see, he has to put up with the same kind of thing I do, you know, jealousy and the hate
I just cannot believe how much we have in common
You know, he told me that he takes an hour to an hour and a half to work on his hair every morning
And he wasn't even ashamed
I've never known a man like that
I have
Ted was like that
It was like meeting a male version of me
I mean, how could I help but love him?
I guess this means you'll be taking him to the captain's dinner
Better than that
I might be taking him home
Gee, I can't believe the price is for a half a grapefruit tea
Gee, Rochester, what do you want for nothing?
So, where's the rest of the troupe?
Did someone get lucky last night?
Well, actually, I wouldn't know
Suzanne's sleeping in and my other friends are measuring the floor in the gift shop
It needs new carpeting
Yes, don't we all?
Well, we're gonna go off to the pool
Don't do anything we wouldn't do
Yeah, I think I'll shove off too
By the way, did you ever think about taking the Antarctic cruise?
Here's very nice
Why don't you take it? The climate would be perfect
I mean, your clothes are all rubber
See what I mean? A jerk
That was very snotty
But also kind of funny
Yeah, I'm glad you liked it
So, Suzanne's still sacked out, huh?
Yeah, I guess you guys had a pretty swell night
Yeah, not really
Actually, I'm not even assigned to this table
I just came over here to meet you
Me? What for?
Because I noticed you last night
And I liked your hair
And I liked your face
And you've got a great little butt
Thank you very much
You're welcome
I really don't think you should be talking to me that way
I mean, you hardly know me
I thought you and Suzanne were...
Look, let's not talk about Suzanne
You know, I wouldn't even have been with her
Except that you seem interested in that little guy with a nosebleed
Howard? You thought I liked Howard?
Hey, maybe a kinky, I don't know
I just thought that we could see Nassau together
And then, well, who knows what happens on the way home
You mean like go to the captain's dinner?
That too
I promise to make this a cruise that you won't forget
I thought you and Suzanne...
Oh, will you stop talking about Suzanne?
She's not my type
She's... She's kind of a cornball, you know
With that big hair and those dumb dresses
I would much rather kiss the back of your neck
Excuse me, but I don't like to have the back of my neck kissed before breakfast
Especially by somebody who is too dumb to appreciate a woman like Suzanne Sugarbaker
Just who do you think that you're talking about?
This is no two-bit singles cruise barnacle
This is the Rolls Royce of females who happens to have more beauty titles than you have teeth
And let me tell you something else
I consider it an honor just to guard her brassiere
And I am not even a man
So, what are you saying here? I guess you know
I'm saying that one of us loves Suzanne and I guess it's me
What exactly does that mean?
Oh, wait a second. Come here
What was that all about?
Oh, my dear, you just missed it
I couldn't hear everything, but basically he was hitting on her to spend the weekend with him
Then she got mad and said you were the Rolls Royce of women
Then there was something strange about guarding your underwear
To be perfectly frank, my dear, I thought that part was a little odd
Then she ended by saying she's in love with you herself
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