Felipe Massa has stayed in the pits so he is out. 

Ferrari are happy with their job as well. Sebastian Vettel, currently P2 and Kimi Raikkonen, P3, are out of the cars.

A shootout between the two Mercedes it is then...

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

"I tell you what there is a little bit of rain in the air. I don't think it will hit in time to make a difference."

Same story for Carlos Sainz - not enough time so will line up seventh.

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are back out on the track. Everyone else is in the pits.

Not enough time for Daniel Ricciardo to get himself any higher up the grid. Eighth it is. 

Replays show Nico Rosberg ran wide during his lap, so there should be more to come from him. He's pitted to take on new boots.

After the first laps it is: 

1) Hamilton 2) Vettel 3) Raikkonen 4) Rosberg 5) Verstappen 6) Massa 7) Sainz 8) Ricciardo.

The clock is now ticking with Daniel Ricciardo set to be eliminated when the 90 seconds are up. 

Nico Rosberg kicks things off with a 1:25.260 but Sebastian Vettel immediately goes quicker with 1:24.675. 

Now here comes Lewis Hamilton, boom! He's half a second quicker than Sebastian Vettel with 1:24.133.

The eight drivers in the shootout for pole are out on the track. Nico Rosberg is coming round on his lap on the super softs...

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Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat, who will start the race P18: "Hard to tell (what happened). It doesn't feel great to start the season this way. We have to learn from today."

• Lasts for 14 minutes – top eight on track. 
• After five minutes, slowest driver eliminated 
• Then, slowest driver eliminated every 90 seconds until the chequered flag. Two drivers competing for pole in the final 90 seconds.

Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

"Sebastian Vettel is not as quite as close to the Mercedes as we would like to see him."

McLaren's Jenson Button, who will start P13: "I feel good. This is basically where our car is. We have improved the deployment quite a bit with the power unit so hopefully we can be more competitive in the race.

"As for qualifying? No different."

Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

"If the teams do their job properly they should cruise through. Timing is crucial and if you get knocked out in Q1 then you have really done something wrong."

Sergio Perez will line up ninth on the grid, so the eight through to Q3 is:

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Vettel 4) Sainz 5) Ricciardo 6) Raikkonen 7) Verstappen 8) Massa 

Not enough time for Nico Hulkenberg to improve and he is out. Sergio Perez, in ninth, isn't on the track so he will also be eliminated. Leaving our final eight for Q3.

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Disappointing for Williams as Valtteri Bottas runs wide at the final corner, loses some time and cannot improve to see himself safe.

Next in trouble? Nico Hulkenberg.

Push Carlos Sainz does as he whips out a 1:25.384 moves out of the dangerzone and puts Fernando Alonso in it. No chance for improvement for Alonso, so he is out.

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Carlos Sainz's engineer: "Push, Carlos, push."