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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Ben Edwards
    F1 commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    You don't want to be the last car going out when that potential of a yellow flag or even a red flag, which hurt Lando Norris earlier on, they are all very aware that it can happen more often here at Baku than other circuits.

  2. There's trouble at the mill for Williams. Alex Albon has come to a stop on track by the pit lane entry. Both Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri saw the trouble Albon was in.

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

    Not good enough for Verstappen, they have another run but we need to see a lot more from him if he's going to trouble the leaders.

  4. Five minutes to go

    Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen are down in fifth and sixth after those opening laps, which will be disappointing for Red Bull after a promising showing in practice.

    For Lewis Hamilton, he's further down the top 10 in seventh and is asking his Mercedes pit wall what the gap is to leader Charles Leclerc. It's 0.889 seconds. Yikes.

  5. Ferrari one-two

    Oscar Piastri is on a new set of softs and places his McLaren to the top of the timesheets from the two Mercedes.

    But here comes the prancing horses of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Leclerc is quicker than the Spaniard by just over two tenths, with Piastri staying in third place.

  6. George Russell has clear air in front of his Mercedes as he leads the rest of the Q3 runners on the soft tyres. He goes purple in the middle sector and sets the first time of a 1:41.962.

  7. Ben Edwards
    F1 commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There are some opportunities to put in some quick laps, I don't think they are going to be as fast as last year though.

  8. 'I'm not expecting a lot from 17th' - Norris

    Lando Norris, who was knocked out of Q1 due to a yellow flag coming out before he could finish his lap: "The lap was easily good enough but it was a yellow flag so I had to back off."

    On potentially making up positions: "I don't think it's as easy as that, honestly following is pretty much impossible around here and overtaking is a lot worse than what everyone thinks.

    "I hope I'm wrong and I hope there are plenty of chances but I'm not expecting so, there are a lot of cars behind. It's very low downforce which is pretty much impossible to overtake, I'm not expecting a lot from 17th, but we will put in a good plan tonight and do our best."

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  9. Go! Go! Go!

    Make you pole predictions.

    Q3 is green.

  10. Who is in the pole fight?

    The top-10 drivers looking to start on the front row tomorrow are Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez, George Russell, Fernando Alonso, Franco Colapinto, Carlos Sainz, Oscar Piastri, Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon.

  11. Well done, Franco Colapinto. The Argentine is through to the pole shootout and also out-qualifies his Williams team-mate Alex Albon.

    Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, put his Aston Martin one place higher than Colapinto in fifth place.

  12. Out in Q2

    11. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

    12. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

    13. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    14. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

    15. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

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

    The chequered flag has come out but I don't think anyone has got anything left in their tyres, no one now is posing any threat in terms of performance.

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

    We hoped for better things for Mercedes and I'm sure they did as well but Russell, who seems more comfortable of the two Mercedes drivers, is about a tenth off what the leaders pace has been generally.

  15. Pierre Gasly takes the escalator up to the top 10 in the Alpine and Yuki Tsunoda joins him in the RB. That pushes Nico Hulkenberg and Ollie Bearman into danger but the Briton saves himself, only for Fernando Alonso to knock the youngster back down.

  16. Ben Edwards
    F1 commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's getting busier now because quite a few of the cars are all coming out at the same time, we will have to see if they get their clear laps that they really want to do.

  17. Charles Leclerc may be sitting in a safe position on the leaderbaord, but the Monegasque driver is highlighting the situation regarding picking up a tow, saying the team have practiced it all weekend, only to be "left alone" in qualifying.

  18. The Ferraris are taking the advice of George Russell and banking their laps before any potential late shenanigans disrupt the session. Carlos Sainz is up to fourth in the timesheets while Charles Leclerc is just 0.014 seconds away from Max Verstappen's best marker.

  19. 'Unlucky for Norris'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Lando Norris had to lift for the yellow flag, he said that everyone else got their second laps in and he didn't, just unlucky.

  20. Drop zone

    11. Franco Colapinto

    12. Fernando Alonso

    13. Pierre Gasly

    14. Yuki Tsunoda

    15. Lance Stroll