Summary

  • Hamilton on pole by 0.5secs from Rosberg

  • Vettel 3rd, Ricciardo 4th, Raikkonen 5th, Bottas 6th

  • Alonso breaks down and pushes car back to pits

  • Button out with Saubers and Manors in Q1

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Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Formula 1Lotus

  2. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Pushing the car back shows the inner racer in Alonso. He's wanting to get that car to the top of the hill, then it's downhill. Thankfully, he's got some help."

  3. Alonso pushing his car alone

    Fernando Alonso's McLaren came to a halt on the approach to the pit lane. He fancies his chances of being able to push the car back by himself but, bless him, he's going nowhere fast. He does manage to gain a couple of feet before some marshals come to his aid and provide a much-needed helping hand. Cue cheers from the crowd as collectively they roll the car back.

    Alonso

  4. Red flag

    Red flag. And it is a problem for Fernando Alonso...

  5. Kimi Raikkonen is fastest through the first sector but Sebastian Vettel has more in the final two sectors and he leads the way with 1:23.168, two tenths of a second faster than Raikkonen.

  6. Kimi

    The Ice Man emerges. Kimi Raikkonen had a major water leak in FP3 which obliterated his chance for a soft-tyre run. but all is ticking over OK so far for the Ferrari driver. He is among the first drivers to break the silence and head out with 11 minutes left of Q2, along with Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas.

  7. Second qualifying starts

    The second part of qualifying is under way, but no-one fancies venturing out just yet...

  8. Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda: "Everybody had to use the soft tyre, which was a surprise. It is an interesting development. In this session, whoever is on last and on then right tyres will do the best time."

  9. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Nico Rosberg radioed in saying that the balance was better although he says there is still some understeer."

  10. Interesting to see both Mercedes drivers out on the soft tyre in Q1. Nervous? Red Bull team principal Christian Horner thinks so. Daniel Ricciardo was the only driver to stay on the mediums.

  11. IN

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

  12. OUT

    15) Sainz 16) Button 17) Ericsson 18) Nasr 19) Merhi 20) Stevens

  13. First qualifying ends

    Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in the first part of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

  14. McLaren team radio

    buttonEPA

    Jenson Button: "We didn't get deployment down the pit straight."

  15. No he can't! Fernando Alonso scrapes through as Carlos Sainz occupies the final elimination place.

  16. Fernando Alonso pulls a 1:24.563 out of the bag and he is safe, but has dumped team-mate Jenson Button into the drop zone! Can the Briton get out?

  17. Nico Rosberg flies around the circuit - the fastest of all through all three sectors - and is into P1 with 1:22.979, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat and Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton has also switched to the soft tyre as he looks to sneak in a faster lap.

    At the moment, Fernando Alonso, Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Nasr, Roberto Merhi and Will Stevens are the drivers in trouble.

  18. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "I think it's reassuring to see Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo within half a second of Lewis Hamilton."

  19. Nico Rosberg is clearly not comfortable with the Mercedes or his current fastest time and comes in to make the switch to the soft tyre. All bar Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo have made the switch to softs with four minutes of the session remaining,

  20. Jenson Button goes faster on the soft tyre and is up to third now. Fernando Alonso has also been sent out on the softer compound tyre and his best time so far - 1:25.032.