Summary

  • Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 10th after engine failure

  • Hamilton could drop further down grid depending on investigation and engine penalties

  • Bottas 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Massa 4th, Ricciardo 5th

  • Vettel 7th after grid penalty

  • Race coverage on Sunday from 11:30 BST

Live Reporting

Chris Osborne

  1. Lewis Hamilton will see the race stewards after qualifying, Mercedes say.

    Can I recommend taking a fruit basket with you, Lewis?

  2. Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    “I thought Rosberg's lap would be the high 1 min 35s, but he was a big chunk quicker.”

  3. Not any more. Rosberg sets an all-time track record with 1:35.337 and Hamilton comes in half a second off the pace, but still good enough for P2.

  4. Quick! take a photo!

    With 12 times in, Rosberg and Hamilton are in the bottom two spots.

    Nico RosbergGetty Images

  5. Sergio Perez takes the early top spot, Verstappen, Sainz and the Hulk follow.

  6. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Students + bollards = Lols

  7. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    “Jolyon Palmer was 18th in free practice 1, 2, 3 and qualifying. So he is nothing if not consistent.”

  8. Lewis Hamilton is back on track and no news on that investigation. We might not get anything until after qualifying.

    Carlos Sainz will give us the first time of Q2...

    Lewis HamiltonGetty Images

  9. Go! Go! Go!

    Q2 under way

    A handful of cars peel on to the track and we're good to go.

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

    “This is all shaping up to be a battle royale between Hamilton and Rosberg.”

  11. Anyway, the top five from Q1 was:

    Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas

  12. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    “Yes disappointing Palmer didn’t make it through to Q2, but he is only one tenth of a second off his team-mate Kevin Magnussen, which is better than earlier races.”    

  13. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    "Good effort from Jolyon Palmer. He’s missed the cut and is out in Q1 but on the plus side he is just 0.095secs slower than team-mate Kevin Magnussen, who also misses out. Both drivers have been struggling with oversteer this weekend, but it has been affecting Palmer more than Magnussen. So to be that close to a man known to be fast who has a year’s experience under his belt is some comfort."

  14. Looking back at the Hamilton incident that is under investigation, it all comes down to bollards.

    But doesn't everything in life come down to bollards?

    When he goes wide at Turn Two, he's not supposed to come back on track but instead should stay wide and re-enter after a bollard. He failed to do it.

  15. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Q1 ends

    Both Renaults, both Saubers and both Manors are out.

    Eliminated are - Magnussen, Palmer, Nasr, Wehrlein, Haryanto and Ericsson.

    Kevin MagnussenGetty Images

  16. So, Hamilton basically cut the corner. But he pulled out of the lap anyway - so it's difficult to see anyone getting their pants into too much of a twist.

  17. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    “I think it will be a fine or reprimand for Hamilton. I can’t see it being a 20-place penalty.”

  18. Daniil Kvyat finds a lap good enough for P10 and that knocks Felipe Nasr into the bottom six.

  19. Currently in the drop zone with two minutes left:

    Kvyat, Palmer, Magnussen, Haryanto, Ericsson, Wehrlein.

  20. Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    “That will cause some heart fluttering down at Mercedes to see what happens now.”