Hamilton on pole in rain-interrupted qualifying, Hulkenberg 2nd, Button 3rd
Five place grid penalty for Rosberg and Vettel
Two suspected suspension failures after Rosberg crash in practice
Kvyat crashes heavily in Q1
Image source, ReutersDanil Kvyat to BBC Sport: “It was a messy qualifying for us. Those kerbs aren’t very friendly.
“The suspension failed which is a bit of a question mark. Quite weird. Plenty of things to investigate for us.
“Four suspension failures in two days is a sure sign that something has to be changed out there.”
Hamilton and Rosberg, in P1 and P2, are in the pits. The rain is imminent, so feel they are home, hosed and into Q3.
Carlos Sainz, Romain Grosjean and Sergio Perez are yet to register a lap. Wehrelin, Gutierrez and Alonso are also in the elimination zone.
Nine minutes left.
Sebastian Vettel is just three tenths slower than Lewis Hamilton. The Ferrari is on super softs, with the Mercedes on ultra softs - so you'd expect that gap to bigger.
Image source, ReutersIt started quickly from Rosberg, that's for sure. But he may have hit traffic. His 1:06.403 is good enough for P2, two tenths behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
Rosberg’s outlap is blisteringly fast! He’s not mucking around at all.
Ferrari are out on super softs - not ultras.
Kimi Raikkonen receives a message telling him the rain is eight minutes away. We have 12 minutes of Q2 remaining.
Image source, ReutersNico Hulkenberg is under investigation for going too quickly through a yellow flag - that was in the aftermath of the Kvyat crash.
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
You can just sense the build-up and the tension in the pit lane.
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
When you look at how close things are, you can’t afford to give anything up, you have to put everything into this qualification that you can. You have to give it everything.
Q2 begins
Hey, you know what this qualifying needs?
A spot of rain.
Apparently the wet stuff is on the way.
Sergio Perez to BBC Sport: "We’ve had a suspension failure but we’re looking forward to finding out what’s going on.
"I didn’t contact the kerb more than normal, if there’s a problem with the track we have to talk to the FIA."
Image source, ReutersDaniil Kvyat on Sky Sports: "It's very weird, when the suspension broke it steered me to the right. Was it related to the puncture before? We need to investigate. I think the kerbs need to be looked at. When you are on them you are not in control.
"I think the track needs a review. The kerbs are not very cool."
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
Sauber are struggling badly right now. They have the last two cars out there, they have financial woes at the moment and the lack of development is really showing.
Q1 finishes
So that yellow flag means there is no change to the bottom six.
Kevin Magnussen, Jolyon Palmer, Rio Haryanto, Daniil Kvyat, Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr are eliminated in Q1
Carlos Sainz: "There's something that doesn't work."
There's smoke pouring out of a Toro Rosso. Which means it must be Carlos Sainz.
He pulls over in a location that straddles sector one and two - that could scupper anyone searching for a time.
Image source, APBefore Kvyat's mishap, I was about to tell you about a remarkable Pascal Wehrlein lap, that put him up to P9.
In true Randy Orton fashion, it was outta nowhere (one for wrestling fans).
Racing again in two minutes.
Nico Hulkenberg is the man revving at the front of a queue of cars at the front.
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Oh the irony...