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Hello again everyone on Bob Marshall -- David Hobbs and Steve match it here -- speed dot com to talk about round five of the Formula One championship the Spanish Grand Prix from Barcelona now. On the face of it looking just at the race winner you think it was another fairly pedestrian Spanish grown -- after all mark Webber led away from Poland dominated leading virtually every lap on route to his first victory of the year. But it was a lot more complicated than that and nobody knows that better than Webber's Red Bull teammate Sebastien battle who almost didn't finish this race at all.

Now Israel lucky to finish his right Shelby had a major brake problem on the front end with -- Steve put down to lack of Baghdad is the F brake -- And then he struggled I don't close the for a for a driver and a crew saying he'd be very very get going to be very -- he breaks a completely gone and actually got you -- be -- this is. Critical of anything. He had not a -- his rival wants to be -- get down the front Latin maestro is a 190 all out of the body shot right kind of coming up he did a good job to those at home in big Giuliani isn't either.

Absolutely because of all the drama that'll actually was able to nurse that thing to a podium position in third place. Helped substantially by what must rank as one of the biggest heart breaks of Lewis Hamilton's career with two laps ago. The left front tire went wolf. And -- that Hamilton shot at a podium. Yeah another unusual finally we have seen this sort of thing before he looked like -- and -- area. Or it may have been Millar out -- joined Tom Malone which I'm whatever it was it was something rush around 6 o'clock in -- the bearing that. That just gave up but. Soon enough and that Louis -- prevent not I was team reliability.

Such double -- make further than none of -- scene of the drive himself -- put so much -- is talked out against the -- the Red -- Gaza -- quite clearly quicker and he had hung right in because -- got it -- is -- and he stayed in front of battling to a losing that much -- to whether certain. He really put his heart into it that's that was just a couple laps ago was must have been just -- making.

I still think it's phenomenal that this kinda stuff happens at Barcelona having the teams know this track so well and yet we have incidents like Michael Schumacher getting stuck. In fifth gear and his days the Benetton -- pocket in. Falling out of the race leave the couple laps to go in the early part of this decade and now something like this with Hamilton and the battle for that matter. Almost losing his brakes matchup we've lost both guys. Well 'cause I guess Steve he's got.

Formula One and I'm in the breaks of rival Bolivia but wait there's the wheel rims of Brian dance little. Lyon and use of these are a lot of changes we've talked about about all weekend the proper devolved Webb is Collins. And the press numbers are very tonic when he said -- pretty much what we talked about it recession that -- it was a fine line between performance and reliability. I'm I gain. Even if this track he's not particularly -- breaks that doesn't mean that the guys is just gonna put the -- brakes on an on -- won't mean it would it would good to go to the end of the rice is what they'll do is choose the lights he's not possible but not good old Larry -- The -- on the limit all the while. -- speculated that may have been up front wing that was causing the problem with the -- and into the -- could have been just the camera on those given that a fight but it's a very good idea I think just again just to see how close the -- the -- a little while if there's little lapses sticking up too high the bright -- amount he downloads to have reduced -- as much as possible it doesn't take much on the -- on the edge. Another driver had a frustrating day -- was Jenson button who found himself bottled up behind these suddenly resurgent Michael Schumacher we talked about all the changes Mercedes made to their car. Michael Schumacher right here going by button as button exits the pit lane and that's pretty much I'd swear. The 2009 champion stayed behind the seven time world champion Michael Schumacher. As they rode out to fourth and fifth at the end well.

At the beginning of that just -- made the opt out -- Michael Schumacher drove a very defensive line. And button couldn't make it Bryan and I thought just can't help fitting in my heart hostages that have been how Wilson -- not that he would have found a way by. But after awhile about just had to give up but he is no way to get around him. But Schumacher was way off the pace really I mean the end here Russa duration him. Dvds teammate for the first time this year but the fact was that the end of the race he was an eighties. Forty seconds behind -- guy and running him level of the leader. So button was definitely quicker than Michael but got held behind. Is that so much a factor of buttons driving style or the fact that he is the championship leader coming in Michael's not a threat in the points so why risk. --

I think what he did show it to me today that was that Michael Schumacher. Is back on full -- the performance. Or lack of performance from the Michael Schumacher Mercedes culmination was the cop. Michael's I think -- now understands how to ties work and I think there's any more to come out of the car from Michael's input I think yet he's gonna improve improve and get better but he's made that jump now he's happier in the -- confident in the top. Now it falls back on to Ross -- in the engineers at Mercedes Steve. Give the guys a classic cop relative to Red Bull but. Red Bull and finished just a fantastic -- everywhere if they can just getting to the end of the rice. You know they also closed on the line between performance and reliability veteran. Just a little bit multiple and set a little bit more my ability and while -- be absent and stuff of that really is the story Red Bull isn't the walking that fine line so that mark Webber talked about in the post race yet between.

Success and disaster when you wanna have to wait long for the next episode round six of the championship coming up quickly. In monotone. Remember practice is on Thursday at Monaco we'll have the second practice for you live at 8 AM eastern time then Friday is quiet. We will have Formula One debrief looking back on the Spanish Grand Prix and ahead at the activities in the principality so look for that on Friday night. After attending eastern I believe qualifying Saturday at 8 AM eastern time and of course the -- Grand Prix of all Monaco begins with the -- ratio Sunday morning. 7:30 AM eastern time so mark your calendars we start on Thursday in the principality. And until then for David Hobbs and Steve match and I'm Bob Marcia we'll see around the web.