Summary

  • Hamilton on pole, Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd

  • Rosberg 4th after changing back to older engine

  • Massa 5th, Bottas 6th, Perez 7th, Grosjean 8th

  • Hulkenberg 9th, Ericsson 10th

  • Verstappen's engine cover disintegrates

  • Both McLarens, Manors, Verstappen out in Q1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    McLaren are not looking at Monza, during practice they were running bodywork for Singapore and will aim to be in the points there. They are here to get the end of race, learn about the power unit, but won't be expecting too much this weekend

  2. McLaren in danger

    Jenson Button does a 1:26.796, putting him 16th and in the dangerzone at the moment. Fernando Alonso's first timed effort is only marginally better, a 1:26.763 putting him 15th.

  3. Ben Edwards
    BBC F1 commentator

    Most teams will have to go for soft tyres, to be sure to get through to the second part of qualifying.

  4. Lewis Hamilton improves with a 1:24.251 as Nico Rosberg leaps up to P2 with a time half a second slower than Hamilton's.

    Still waiting for the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo to emerge.

  5. Marcus Ericsson's Sauber gets in the way of Nico Hulkenberg as he attempts to complete a timed lap. "What's he doing," says Hulkenberg over team radio.

    Confirmation then follows that stewards are investigating Ericsson for that incident.

  6. Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    Nico Rosberg had an engine change and has had to revert back to a power unit used at Spa two weeks ago. Mercedes used all seven of their tokens and only Lewis has them on his car.

  7. Lewis Hamilton is out there too and goes fastest with 1:24.649. Nico Rosberg's first timed lap is a 125.315, the sixth fastest time. Thirteen timed laps so far.

  8. Roberto Merhi joins Manor team-mate Will Stevens on the circuit, both opting for the soft tyre.

    Jenson Button is also out on softs, with everyone else on the medium compound.

  9. Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    To get through to Q2 we are looking at a 1:25.

  10. First qualifying starts

    The circuit is open and the first part of qualifying is under way. Will Stevens blasts out.

  12. sun

    After a damp final practice it is nice and dry at Monza right now. Blue skies and sunshine above the circuit, with air temperature a lovely 22C.

  13. BBC coverage

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Five minutes until qualifying gets under way and you can listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 live right now.

  14. Massa's magic touch at Monza

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    Monza is Felipe Massa's most successful track in the 2010s, having finished in the top six in every race this decade, scoring podium finishes in 2010 and 2014.

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  17. James Allen
    BBC Radio 5 live F1 commentator

    I hear [former Sauber driver] Esteban Gutierrez is a cert for the new Haas team for next year

    The grid is starting to take shape for 2016, but we are yet to have official confirmation regarding who will drive for the new team on the block.

  18. How important is pole?

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    Pole has been pretty important at Monza in the last decade, with eight of the last 10 races won by the man at the front of the pack.

    Rubens Barrichello is the only F1 driver in this millennium to have won the race from behind the front row, winning from fourth in 2002 and fifth in 2009.  

    However, it has been less important if you wind the clock back a few more years, with 21 of the last 64 races won from pole.

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