Summary

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Team radio - Russell

    "Lets get out there early. I think the track is starting to plateau."

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

    It's a Red Bull one-two at the moment, only Mercedes have ever had one-two on the grid here.

  3. Verstappen and Perez go top

    Is this the track Red Bull come back to life? Max Verstappen has just watched his nearest title rival go out in the first part of qualifying, and now the Dutchman goes quickest by 0.221 seconds from his team-mate Sergio Perez.

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

    The Ferrari does work well around this track and Charles Leclerc has come away from a little bit of extra confidence having taken the victory in Monza last time out.

    What about trying to take his first win in Baku despite always being very fast in qualifying, but it hasn't always gone his way.

  5. Lando Norris was straight to the TV pen to speak to Sky Sports. He says he had to lift off because of the yellow flags and failed to get his second lap in. The McLaren driver adds he thinks his lap would've been could enough for P2.

    Meanwhile, team-mate Oscar Piastri has gone fastest in Q2 with a 1:42.598 on the softs from the Mercedes of George Russell and the Haas of Ollie Bearman.

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

    The thing for Piastri to do now is beat everybody else, if he can beat everyone else, they will be more than happy wherever Norris ends up because they want to get the points, particular for the team as well.

  7. Realistically, what can Lando Norris do from P17 tomorrow? The Briton is 62 points behind leader Max Verstappen in the drivers' championship, while McLaren are only eight points away from Red Bull in the constructors' title race.

  8. Go! Go! Go!

    The TV cameras are straight over to the McLaren garage to catch a shot of Lando Norris looking disappointed following his Q1 knockout.

    However, it's good news for rookies Ollie Bearman and Franco Colapinto, who are both through to Q2.

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

    I'm sure Max Verstappen and Red Bull are looking at that and thinking 'oh good'.

  10. 'Huge shock for Norris'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is a huge shock, the man who is second in the Drivers' Championship, Lando Norris it out in Q1.

  11. My word. After all the debate surrounding McLaren team orders following the Italian Grand Prix, Lando Norris will line up for tomorrow's race towards the back of the field.

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

    It's a problem for Lando Norris, he's had to back off, and he's out! Lando Norris in the drop zone, he can't go through to Q2. That yellow flag has affected him.

  13. Out in Q1

    16. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

    17. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    18. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

    19. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber) - grid penalty

    20. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

  14. What's in the water at Williams? Alex Albon goes second quickest and Franco Colapinto slots into fourth on the timesheets.

    Max Verstappen just kisses the wall but crosses the line to take Colapinto's spot on the board.

    Lando Norris is boxing! The McLaren is down in 17th place and will be knocked out in Q1!

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

    [On getting a two from your team-mate] It can make a massive difference, three, four-tenths around a circuit like this, but it's also quite a difficult thing to orchestrate carefully and accurately.

  16. The Red Bull of Max Verstappen is winding up for another lap but a yellow flag is waved. It's only for a short moment, and the track is green again, but the Dutchman is fighting to climb higher than his P14 spot.

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

    It's weird how this place suits some drivers really well and others not.

  18. Drop zone

    16. Fernando Alonso

    17. Ollie Bearman

    18. Lance Stroll

    19. Esteban Ocon

    20. Zhou Guanyu

  19. Esteban Ocon is on an out lap and is running down in the elimination zone in 17th place. First practice's other red-flagged driver, Ollie Bearman, was on his way to Q2 but now the Haas man is thrown into the pit as Daniel Ricciardo jumps up to eighth spot.

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

    Still not good enough for either McLaren at the moment, Piastri has lost a lot of time in the middle sector, Norris has gone quicker than before but not enough to trouble the leaders yet.