Summary

  • Norris on pole, Piastri 2nd, Verstappen 3rd

  • Russell out in first session

  • Delays after Perez and Tsunoda crash in rain

  • Norris fastest in final practice

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna & Alicia Turner

  1. Norris on provisional pole

    The papaya rocket ship shoots to the top of the timesheets. Lando Norris holds the best seat in the house for now with a 1:15.227.

  2. Oscar Piastri in the McLaren slips into second place, three tenths away Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc is third and Lewis Hamilton is fourth.

    But here comes Lando Norris...

  3. Verstappen quickest

    The time the rest of the top 10 has to try and beat is a 1:15.55.

  4. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    According to the weather alerts there is more rain expected in five minutes. If that rain is serious enough then everyone will be heading out straight away.

  5. 10 minutes to go

    The clock is ticking and the rain looks to be returning for the crucial pole moment.

  6. Max Verstappen has headed out first and is being told by his engineer "make that lack of a tow count". The Dutchman has a clear road and seven poles this season under his belt already.

  7. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's a circuit that throws up a whole different set of challenges to some of the others we've been to recently.

    This is a really high down-force track, people talk about it being a little bit like Monaco to some degree, there's lots of slower to medium speed corners.

  8. Go! Go! Go!

    RB team principal Laurent Mekies is chuffed with his two drivers making it through to the pole position shootout.

    Who is taking the front-row spot for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix? Send me your thoughts via telepathy.

  9. Team radio - Sargeant

    "Traffic is a joke, honestly. No-one moves."

  10. Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant both sound frustrated on the Williams team radio. Albon is questioning why the they didn't wait and go out later, while Sargeant is bemoaning the traffic situation.

  11. Out in Q2

    11. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

    12. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

    13. Alex Albon (Williams)

    14. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

    15. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

  12. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    By the skin of his teeth it's Lewis Hamilton that makes it into the top ten and make it through into Q3.

  13. Valtteri Bottas and Nico Hulkenberg try desperately to save themselves but not today, lads. Lewis Hamilton is sweating waiting to see if he is safe... and he is! Just.

    P10 for the seven-time world champion.

  14. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lewis Hamilton in P9 could find himself in trouble here as he's not going to get another flying lap in.

  15. Lando Norris is the quickest in the middle sector and is chasing down Max Verstappen's top time. Can he do it? He can you know. Norris moves to the top of the timesheets, over two tenths faster than the Red Bull.

  16. The top three drivers so far in Q2 are Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz. British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton shifts from P10 to P6, which has now become seventh place with Daniel Ricciardo moving up the order.

  17. Team radio - Hulkenberg

    "We're getting done here. This is taking too long."

  18. The queue to get out of the pit lane is beginning to frustrate some drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg saying Haas are "being done here" as the German tries to find a space.

  19. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This circuit evolution is going to continue to the point where everybody is going to get quicker and quicker laps.

  20. "Not our usual standard for sure," says George Russell to Sky Sports about his Q1 exit. Mercedes will be having a debrief as to what happened with the fuel situation at the end of the session.