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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

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

    Ferrari and McLaren over kerbs are so much better than the Red Bull.

  2. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton are keeping themselves towards the top end of the timesheets and staying out of trouble. Charles Leclerc, however, has been a bit too greedy with his kerb riding at Turn Two and has had his lap time deleted.

  3. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    The Haas cars are strong here, there could be a nice battle brewing between Haas and RB, both have been looking quite good over one lap pace.

  4. The two Haas boys have banked their first flyers on the softs and sit sixth and seventh, with Kevin Magnussen a few tenths faster than team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.

    Lando Norris shoots straight to best seat in the house, 0.328 seconds better off than the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.

  5. Oscar Piastri is speaking to Sky Sports and says he "just went off in Turn 12 and got beached". He calls it "a poor mistake", but adds he'll do his homework and see if he can come through the field like team-mate Lando Norris did last year.

    Back over in Q2 and Max Verstappen has gone quickest with a 1:16.629 on a set of new softs, with Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon just behind in second and third. The Dutchman highlights again a lack of grip, this time with rear tyres.

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  7. 'Mercedes is on such a knife edge'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It seems like that Mercedes is on such a knife edge, you overdrive it and you are slow, you underdrive it and you are in the barrier or gravel. They can be quick but it's almost like they don't understand why.

  8. 'Sobering weekend for Perez'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    This grand prix effectively exists for him, the stadium is absolutely full and they are mostly here for Sergio Perez. It's a sobering weekend for him and I worry for him for his future.

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  9. Go! Go! Go!

    One McLaren and one Red Bull progress. Q2 is open for business.

  10. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Piastri is a bigger shock than Perez, Piastri has had a good season so far but he's falling away in the last two or three races, and just as McLaren need him to be performing at the absolute top of his game.

  11. After crashing out at the first corner last year, Sergio Perez will be starting his home race in Mexico at the back of the grid. This is not the result the already under pressure driver needed this weekend.

    And what happened over at McLaren? For the second year running they have car knocked out in the first part of qualifying.

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

    Perez out in Q1, but I think the shock for me is Oscar Piastri.

  13. Out in Q1

    16. Franco Colapinto (Williams)

    17. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    18. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

    19. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

    20. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

  14. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    It's not a good enough lap for Oscar Piastri, only sees him go 14th and it's not a good lap either for Sergio Perez who has gone 15th.

  15. Franco Colapinto is in the pits and has to watch on as Lance Stroll boots him out of Q1. The Canadian could be in trouble if Esteban Ocon can produce a decent lap, but he doesn't! On you go, Lance.

  16. Two minutes to go

    The times are so tight at the bottom, we could see some surprise knockouts in Q1. Charles Leclerc is now in trouble but takes the line to go third fastest, pushing Sergio Perez back down in to the elimination zone.

    And now Oscar Piastri falls to 16th! It looks like the McLaren man is heading for an early bath!

  17. George Russell is asking if he is safe in P5, but his engineer replies "negative". "NEGATIVE?!" responds the Mercedes driver, in a higher pitch even squeakier than his "what?!" from yesterday.

    Oscar Piastri has had a lap time deleted and has dropped back down into the danger zone. The Australian is 19th and the Red Bull of Sergio Perez is 20th.

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

    Based on the fact that the Aston Martin is probably the fifth or sixth best car, I think that most people will potentially run again.

  19. Team radio - Perez

    "Yeah, I cannot brake for low speed."

  20. Danger zone

    16. Franco Colapinto

    17. Esteban Ocon

    18. Zhou Guanyu

    19. Oscar Piastri

    20. Sergio Perez