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. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in final practice for the Italian Grand Prix.

  2. "Who is talking on the radio all the time?" Kimi Raikkonen complains over team radio. Love a bit of Raikkonen radio.

  3. Seconds left of the session and Lewis Hamilton has the benchmark time...

  4. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Just to confirm it was a hydraulics problem for Daniel Ricciardo, he'll have to take his seventh engine.

  5. Faultless stuff from Lewis Hamilton and he goes fastest with 1:24.544, just over two tenths faster than Sebastian Vettel who had briefly occupied top spot.

  6. Sebastian Vettel messes up his lap as he gets his braking wrong at the second chicane and has to abort. He currently has the sixth fastest time, with Nico Rosberg leading the way with 1:24.908.

    Lewis Hamilton is on his first lap on the softs, though.

    Sebastian VettelGetty Images

  7. Pastor Maldonado storms up into P2 with a 1:25.798. That was set on the softs, the compound of choice for almost everyone now.

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  9. Into the final 10 minutes and a few more drivers are joining Max Verstappen in bolting on the soft compound tyres, Valtteri Bottas is one of them. Just remember to switch all four tyres this time, eh?

    (Williams put a medium tyre on to the right-rear wheel among a set of softs at the Belgian GP last time out)

  11. Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull is pushed to the edge of the circuit. He was told not to change gear and instead apply the brakes as he rolled to a stop.

    Meanwhile, Nico Rosberg pops up into P1 with a 1:25.480, putting him ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas.

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  12. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Nico Rosberg backs out of a lap as he gets a mouthful of smoke from a car in front of him but there's a yellow flag as Daniel Ricciardo parks his Red Bull at the second chicane.

  13. Lewis HamiltonGetty

    Thirteen drivers have completed at least one timed lap as we head into the final 20 minutes, no lap times yet for either of the Mercedes but Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are gearing up for one now.

    Sebastian Vettel goes fastest with 1:25.799 but those times are going to keep on coming down.

  14. After completing five laps on the medium tyre, Max Verstappen moves on to faster softs - the first driver to do so this morning.

  15. Raikkonen fastest

    Felipe Nasr has made the switch to medium tyres and sets his first timed lap with a 1:30.921. Several others have also ventured out on the same compound, with Ferrari emerging for the first time in the session.

    Kimi Raikkonen immediately goes fastest with his first timed effort on the drying track, a 1:28.490, with Sebastian Vettel second fastest with 1:28.673.

  16. Jennie Gow has caught a word with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who suggests a Renault engine upgrade might not happen this year.

    "It looks like it will be delayed," he says. "There are problems with reliability. It may not even happen this year." 

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  18. It is certainly not a mass switch to dry tyres and Max Verstappen discovers that it is still a bit slippery as he locks up heading into Ascari. 

    The wobble sees Carlos Sainz move top of the two-driver timesheet as he clocks 1:30.689.

  19. Slicks o'clock

    The sun is shining over the circuit, which is getting drier and drier, so Toro Rosso decide it is time to switch to medium tyres, sending out Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz on the white-walled compound.