Summary

  • Hamilton on pole, Rosberg 2nd, Massa 3rd, Bottas 4th

  • Raikkonen 5th, Vettel 6th, Kvyat 7th, Sainz 8th, Hulkenberg 9th Ricciardo 10th

  • Raikkonen top in Q1, Rosberg in Q2

  • Hamilton only 3rd in Q2 and 4th in Q1

  • Both McLarens out in Q1, Lotuses & Verstappen out in Q2

  1. Five minutes left - who's in bother?published at 13:35 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Eliminated at present:

    Verstappen, Raikkonen, Vettel, Ericsson, Maldonado.

    The Ferraris have not set laps yet.

  2. Fastest time of the weekend from Rosbergpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Rosberg has gone fastestImage source, AFP

    A 1:32.737 sees Nico Rosberg moves to the top of the order.

    Lewis Hamilton slots into second, three tenths back.

  3. Hunt v Lauda - 39 years laterpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Formula 1, external on Twitter: "Niki Lauda catches up with Freddie Hunt - son of his great rival and friend, James"

    Niki Lauda James HuntImage source, Formula1 Twitter
  4. Bottas on toppublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    The Williams of Bottas is the early pace-setter with a 1:33.273s.

    We've just seen Lewis Hamilton have a little lock-up and this lap has gone.

  5. A 1:33.8 for Q3published at 13:30 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    The oracle has spoken again.

    With legs crossed and josticks alight, mystical Tom Clarkson says a 1:33.8 will get these guys into Q3.

  6. Postpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Lotus F1 Team, external: Qualifying tension made manifest with folded arms. #Q1

    LotusImage source, Lotus F1 Twitter
  7. Lord of the Manorpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Manor's Will Stevens tells BBC Sport: "The session went really well for me and it is good to do well here in my home Grand Prix.

    "I came here probably 10 or 12 years ago I was over by the old paddock. It was my first experience of F1, Schumacher won it and that was my first taste of it and I was hooked straight away and here I am now."

  8. Get involved - both McLarens out in Q1 #bbcf1published at 13:27 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Djellicon: That's just unacceptable performance. I don't care if you think you're on a journey or not. Unacceptable.

    Jessica McMartin: Another poor weekend for McLaren. A lot of changes needed there, has Ron Dennis had his day?

    Srihari: When Alonso joined McLaren, he wouldn't have expected "We've been knocked out of Q1" to be the most-used phrase in Qualifying.

  9. Q1 speed trap readingspublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    F1Image source, F1
  10. Green lightpublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Q2 is under way.

  11. Q1 bottom 10 timespublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Note that Maldonado was spared elimination by just 0.01secs, while Will Stevens was a stunning two seconds clear of team-mate Merhi.

    F1Image source, F1
  12. Q1 round-uppublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    1 Raikkonen, 2 Rosberg, 3 Vettel, 4 Hamilton, 5 Bottas, 6 Perez, 7 Ricciardo, 8 Kvyat, 9 Massa, 10 Hulkenberg 11 Sainz, 12 Ericsson, 13 Grosjean, 14 Verstappen, 15 Maldonado

  13. Q1 round-uppublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Jenson Button is out after Q1Image source, PA

    OUT: Nasr, Alonso, Button, Stevens, Merhi.

  14. Both McLarens are outpublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Ericsson has improved, as has Kvyat, and therefore Alonso joins Button in elimination for McLaren.

  15. Chequered flagpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Maldonado improves as the flag comes out. He's safe for now. Kvyat now in trouble.

  16. A minute to gopublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Current eliminated drivers:

    Maldnado, Button, Nasr, Stevens, Merhi.

  17. Verstappen has done a lappublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    VerstappenImage source, Getty Images

    But it's only a 1:34.98.

    Will that be enough for him?

    He's just been on the radio complaining about his car...

    Hmm.

  18. Bottom 11 in troublepublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    So, if we take Tom Clarkson's 1:34.7 as gospel, everyone from Daniil Kvyat in ninth currently needs to improve to make it into Q2.

  19. Pressure on Verstappenpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    The Toro Rosso has looked mighty this weekend but Max Verstappen is in a bit of bother here.

    He had a spin a little earlier and is yet to set a flying lap.

    He's 19th at present and has just five minutes to book his place in Q2.

    Max Verstappen
  20. Verstappen and Grosjean in drop zonepublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 4 July 2015

    Ten minutes into the session and Rosberg is quickest on a 1:33.475, three tenths up on Mercedes team-mate Hamilton.

    The current eliminated drivers are Nasr, Stevens, Merhi, Verstappen and Grosjean, who is just heading out now.