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Lewis Hamilton is under investigation for failing to follow race director instructions.
He went wide at Turn Two.
More on that when we get it.
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
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Daniil Kvyat, on his home track, sends round the Red Bull for a P8.
Valtteri Bottas goes into P3 but it's brief, as Sebastian Vettel usurps him and then Kimi Raikkonen takes third off his team-mate.
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Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator“That is the quickest time of the weekend from Rosberg. Four-tenths quicker than Hamilton.”
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Bosh. Nico Rosberg fancies another lap and it's four tenths quicker than Lewis Hamilton.
The Mercedes are out on their own..
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Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator“I’m excited about this. Mercedes are right on the pace. I think we’ll see some really fast lap times when we get through to Q3.”
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So the Mercedes going about two seconds quicker than the Force India? Ominous.
Kevin Magnussen in the Renault has a wobble with a bit of oversteer.
Nice to see Jolyon Palmer up in P6 at the moment.
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It's Nico Rosberg across the line first and he goes 1:36.684.
Lewis Hamilton slashes a tenth of a second off that to make this a safe Q1 for the Mercedes pair.
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Nico Hulkenberg goes top with 1:38.562, followed by Esteban Guttierez.
Both of the Mercedes are about to register a first lap...
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Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator“There are two main challenges for the drivers. Getting daylight on the track and getting heat in those tyres. It is 10C cooler than yesterday.”
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Felipe Nasr is taking his brand spanking new Sauber chassis for a spin and will set the first time - it's 1:39.549.
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Q1 under way
And we're go go go.
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You'd be forgiven for forgetting how qualifying works, with Uncle Bernie's brainstorming causing all kind of confusion.
We're sticking with the tried and trusted three-session affair:
· Q1: Lasts for 18 minutes with the six slowest drivers eliminated at the end.
· Q2: The 16 remaining cars run in a 15-minute session, at the end of which the slowest six are eliminated from qualifying, leaving 10 to progress to Q3.
· Q3: The top 10 shoot-out. A 12-minute session takes place to decide the pole position and the starting order for the top ten grid places.
get involved Get Involved - What's on Kimi's mix-tape?published at 12:58 British Summer Time 30 April 2016
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Did not expect Selena Gomez to pop up...
Take fivepublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 30 April 2016
Image source, ReutersA reminder that Sebastian Vettel cannot qualify any higher than sixth, after being hit with a five-place grid penalty for taking on a new gearbox.
He'd need to finish qualifying on top, of course, to be sixth. So if we assume we're going to get a Mercedes qualifying one-two, eighth is as good as he can hope for.
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BBC Radio 5 live sports extraJoin Jack Nicholls and the team for live commentary of qualifying right now - on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra or on this very page, using the Live Coverage tab.
Quickety quickpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 30 April 2016
Image source, Getty ImagesIt looks like we could be in for quick times on this Sochi track during qualifying.
Nico Rosberg took pole with a 1:37.113 last year - Lewis Hamilton has already clocked 1:36.403 in today's final practice session.
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I just had to explain what a mix-tape was to a colleague. What a sheltered childhood he had...
Mercedes getting bullishpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 30 April 2016
Image source, .If (when?) Mercedes take pole in qualifying today, the team will draw level with Red Bull for poles.
Would anyone bet against Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg tie-ing up the scores?