Andrew Priestley: The cooler weather conditions are playing to the strengths of this Mercedes car, but I’m not sure it’ll be enough to take the fight to Verstappen and the McLarens come the end of Q3.

Sam: Checo crashes out in Q1. A few moment later Daniel Ricciardo tops Q1. It went from bad to worse for Checo.

11. Valtteri Bottas

12. Logan Sargeant

13. Alex Albon

14. Nico Hulkenberg

20. Daniel Ricciardo

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

If we get no more rain which is looking like that's going to be the case, this circuit should get quicker and quicker as the session rolls on.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

Max Verstappen is absolutely flying, fastest of anybody in the first and middle sector. He goes fastest into the 1:15s. That was a mighty lap.

Oscar Piastri has put down a fantastic lap in the McLaren. It's not quite enough to knock Max Verstappen off top spot, but the Australian is only 0.015 seconds away from the three-time world champion's marker.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Everyone is on out laps, preparing the tyres, getting things up to temperature, making sure breaks are in the right temperature window as well. Just getting everything set for that one flyer where they really get to test these conditions in their cars.

The Dutch fans, decked out in orange ponchos, is able to beat Lewis Hamilton's marker in his upgraded Red Bull. The reigning world champion has clocked a 1:15.770.

The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton is flying the flag for the Silver Arrows in qualifying now. The seven-time world champion is the next driver to fire up his car for a hot lap.

Hamilton crosses the line and goes top of the timesheets with a 1:16.544.

But here comes Max Verstappen...

The first time on the board from Carlos Sainz is a 1:17.028. Here comes the rest of the field, also on the soft tyres, to try and topple the Spaniard.

With the track drying out, Carlos Sainz decides to go it alone and on the soft tyres.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The circuit looks bone dry in all the areas we can see so far.

George Russell, given the boot in that opening session, also had another message for his Mercedes team.

"Why are we not putting enough fuel in the car to complete the session?" said the Briton.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

The weather is changing left, right and centre. There's still some lingering rain clouds in the distance but it has seem to have cleared a little more.

While we say goodbye to both Alpines, Williams have two cars through to the second session of qualifying.

Q2 is green.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

That's a disaster for Russell, that was all about timing, it was about being on the circuit and being at the right point of the circuit at the right moment.

George Russell was on the team radio to Mercedes to say "that was on me".

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

Russell is out of Q1. The big name to fall, the man who set pole position last time out of the British Grand Prix now finds himself out of the first part of qualifying.

16. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

17. George Russell (Mercedes)

18. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

19. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

20. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

Woah! Ricciardo to the top of the times!

Valtteri Bottas was just on the edge of making it through to Q2 and the Sauber driver leaps up the order to P10 - kicking out the Mercedes of George Russell!

From pole at Silverstone to out in Q1 in Hungary.