Summary

  • Lando Norris takes Singapore GP pole with title rival Max Verstappen second

  • Hamilton third, Russell fourth, Piastri fifth, Hulkenberg sixth

  • Carlos Sainz 10th after crashing in Q3, Leclerc ninth

  • Out in Q2: Albon, Colapinto, Perez, Magnussen, Ocon

  • Out in Q1: Ricciardo, Stroll, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Piastri beats Verstappen's time

    Esteban Ocon is a goner, as the French Alpine driver can only move his car up to P11.

    Oscar Piastri lifts his McLaren above Max Verstappen by 0.040 seconds.

    But Sergio Perez is in danger in the other Red Bull...

  2. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Big, big lap there for Verstappen to get into Q3, so important for himself and the team. They can't afford to lose too much more ground to McLaren if they want to claw back in the constructors' championship.

  3. Kevin Magnussen is now in the bottom five, along with Alonso, Albon, Colapinto and Ocon.

  4. Verstappen up to P1

    Max Verstappen has yet to put a time on the board in Q2 after his earlier attempt was deleted. The reigning world champion is down in the dumps in P15 but now this lap will count. Lewis Hamilton shifts to P2 as Verstappen goes fastest with a 1:29.680.

  5. Team radio - Russell

    "Man, I'm still really struggling out here. Don't know where the grip has gone since practice."

    George RussellReuters

  6. Drop zone

    11. Fernando Alonso

    12. Alex Albon

    13. Franco Colapinto

    14. Esteban Ocon

    15. Max Verstappen

  7. 'Mercedes have come alive'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    All of a sudden Mercedes have come alive, it's the understanding of the car they've got beneath them, for some reason they've bolted on some soft tyres and they are finding a load of pace.

  8. Hamilton goes quickest

    An injection of pace suddenly comes over the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who leapfrogs the rest of the field to go quickest with a 1:29.929.

    On the other side of the garage, George Russell, sitting in third, is still unhappy with his car's performance.

  9. Lando Norris is in the zone this weekend and the McLaren driver is the quickest man again with a time of 1:30.007. Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Nico Hulkenberg are just behind the Briton by over three tenths.

    Alex Albon is on the Williams radio to berate the preparation with the tyres. The Thai-Brit driver is in 10th place, one spot above team-mate Franco Colapinto.

    Lando Norris in Singapore Grand Prix qualifyingGetty Images

  10. The soft C5 rubber is the compound of choice once again. Will George Russell be happier with the tyres in Q2 compared to his annoyance in Q1?

    Sergio Perez goes to the top of the timesheets but steady on, Max! The Dutchman suffers a huge snap in his tricky Red Bull but is able to save the day - just. Unfortunately, his lap time has to be scrubbed.

  11. 'This is the time for Norris to score crucial points'

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Norris has been quick out of the blocks and he needs to be quick, he needs to get pole position and he needs to win the grand prix on Sunday if we are going to have a drivers' battle on our hands.

    It's a crucial track and in comparison to the rest of the season, this was always going to be a track where Red Bull and Max Verstappen were on the back foot. This is the time for Norris to score crucial points.

  12. Unsurprisingly, the two Red Bulls have headed out first in the second part of qualifying.

  13. Go! Go! Go!

    "Unbelievable bunch of idiots," was Max Verstappen's clean rant over the team radio at the traffic - which looked to be the two Saubers - ahead of him in Q1.

    Come on down Q2.

  14. The top five in the opening session of qualifying were Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez.

  15. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Singapore

    That's a difficult watch for Daniel Ricciardo, that could have well been his final qualifying session in Formula 1, not able to make it into Q2.

  16. That will be a bitter blow for Daniel Ricciardo if this is to be his final race on the 2024 grid.

  17. Out in Q1

    16. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

    17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

    18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    19. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

    20. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

  18. Esteban Ocon jumps up the order and dumps Daniel Ricciardo into the bottom five. Carlos Sainz then leaps up the table from P15 and goes sixth, leaving Frenchman Ocon to just avoid a knockout of his own.

  19. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Our timing screens are just lit up full of green, but Lewis Hamilton hasn't done his best first sector. He's done a better second sector but he's three-tenths down on Lando Norris on a new set of tyres, Lando did it on a used set.

  20. George Russell is furious on the team radio, telling Mercedes the tyres are "totally different" to FP3.