INpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
1 Hamilton, 2 Raikkonen, 3 Massa, 4 Vettel, 5 Rosberg, 6 Bottas, 7 Grosjean, 8 Ricciardo, 9 Hulkenberg, 10 Sainz
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Vettel 2nd, Rosberg 3rd, Raikkonen 4th
Hamilton dominant in Q1 & Q2
Alonso through to Q2 for first time this season
Button breaks down in Q1, will start last
INpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Alonso cannot crack top 10published at 16:44 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
It was always going to be too much to ask, but with Fernando Alonso driving there was always a chance.
In the end, the McLaren driver had to make do with 14th place. Joining the Spaniard in elimination are Sergio Perez, Felipe Nasr, Marcus Ericsson and Max Verstappen.
Sainz, Hulkenberg impress on late lapspublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Impressive late laps from Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso and Force India's Nico Hukenberg see them safely into the top 10.
Chequered flagpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Postpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Mercedes on Twitter: Wow! That is really rather rapid. 1:32.669 from Lewis Hamilton puts him atop the timesheets...
Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Jeremiah Kariuki: Where is Lewis getting these lap times! That's massive!
Andy Moakes: Hamilton's lap was mighty again, who can stop him.
Kellan Jensel: WOAH!!! 1st in the 1min 32s.
Power issue for Buttonpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterJenson Button tells BBC Radio 5 live: "It was a power cut, don't know where it came from. It's a shame because after FP3 we thought the car was doing pretty well."
Huge, huge lap from Hamiltonpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Lewis Hamilton leads the way on a 1:32.699 at present. Yes, a 1:32.6.
That is the small matter of 1.2secs faster than his team-mate!
Hamilton's nearest challenger is Williams' Felipe Massa - 0.882s back.
Q2 benchmarkpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Tom Clarkson
BBC F1 pit-lane reporter"To get into Q3, by my calculations a 1:34.8 will be required."
cagey start to Q2published at 16:30 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
No one in a hurry to venture out in Q2.
The Force India of Sergio Perez blinks first and he's on to a hot lap on soft tyres.
Get involved - sparks flying, #bbcf1published at 16:29 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
James Weir: Love seeing the sparks flying from the cars with these night races.
Michelle Holland: Loving the sparks flying off the cars at Sakhir. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! All twinkly!
Ben White: All these sparks remind me of my first Scalextric set!
Green lightpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Q2 starts.
Get involved - Button out of Quali, #bbcf1published at 16:24 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Darryl Evans: I think McLaren are quite entitled to a refund now Honda.
Rich Atkinson: My old Rover25 is more reliable than the McLaren MP4-30! Embarrassing!
Daniel Button: McLaren are shocking. The amount they have spent yet can't even get Jenson to finish a lap.
OUTpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
16 Maldonado, 17 Kvyat, 18 Stevens, 19 Merhi, 20 Button
INpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
1 Hamilton, 2 Bottas, 3 Rosberg, 4 Massa, 5 Raikkonen, 6 Ricciardo, 7 Vettel, 8 Grosjean, 9 Alonso, 10 Nasr, 11 Sainz, 12 Ericsson, 13 Perez, 14 Verstappen, 15 Hulkenberg
Maldonado and Kvyat outpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
A big surprise. Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado has looked good all weekend but he has neverththeless found himself eliminated in Q1.
Also out is Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat, who spun in FP3 earlier and on the whole hasn't looked on it this weekend.
The Manors are out - Will Stevens ahead of Roberto Mehri - while Jenson Button will start last.
Image source, F1Alonso through!published at 16:19 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Alonso is ninth as things stand and he's into Q2.
Chequered flagpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Still a lot of drivers on hot laps.
Williams muscle in on top fourpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Good stuff from Williams. Bottas is second, two tenths off Hamilton, and Massa fourth.
1:33.928 for Hamiltonpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
The Ferraris had briefly displaced the Mercedes from the top of the pile on the softs but the Mercedes have come roaring back. Rosberg went top but Hamilton upstaged him with a 1:33.928.