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.
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
Jamie Strickland
Eliminated at present:
Verstappen, Raikkonen, Vettel, Ericsson, Maldonado.
The Ferraris have not set laps yet.
A 1:32.737 sees Nico Rosberg moves to the top of the order.
Lewis Hamilton slots into second, three tenths back.
Formula 1, external on Twitter: "Niki Lauda catches up with Freddie Hunt - son of his great rival and friend, James"
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.
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.
Lotus F1 Team, external: Qualifying tension made manifest with folded arms. #Q1
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."
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.
Q2 is under way.
Note that Maldonado was spared elimination by just 0.01secs, while Will Stevens was a stunning two seconds clear of team-mate Merhi.
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
OUT: Nasr, Alonso, Button, Stevens, Merhi.
Ericsson has improved, as has Kvyat, and therefore Alonso joins Button in elimination for McLaren.
Maldonado improves as the flag comes out. He's safe for now. Kvyat now in trouble.
Current eliminated drivers:
Maldnado, Button, Nasr, Stevens, Merhi.
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.
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.
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.
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.