Summary

  • Rosberg secures pole position, Verstappen second in qualifying

  • Hamilton uses another engine - grid penalty now 55 places

  • Defending world champion will start from back of the grid

  • Verstappen second, youngest driver ever on front of grid

  • Alonso 30-place penalty, Ericsson 10-place penalty, Gutierrez 5-place penalty

  1. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Ricciardo is next up. Can the Aussie improve on P7?

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    Wizzkidwas: Hoping Massa does well as always, but seriously hoping Verstappen gets pole, it can happen!  

  3. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Massa completes his lap and it's slowest of the eight who have gone so far.

    Raikkonen and Button yet to set a time.

  4. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Two minutes left - one more attempt from the field to go for pole.

    Verstappen was 0.149secs shy of Rosberg first time around. Can he pull off a massive upset?

  5. Postpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Oh Massa locks up and that could put a dent in his front-row, or even second-row, hopes.

  6. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

  7. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Raikkonen, Massa and Button are yet to put in a competitive lap. Here comes Massa on his out lap.

  8. Postpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Renault's Jolyon Palmer on BBC Radio 5 live: "I'm pretty happy with that, to get into Q2 for a second race running. 

    "We can look forward to the race - if you can be good over one lap you can be good over 44. 

    "These temperatures are rare for Spa, it'll be interesting. We're more competitive in qualifying, so we can aim to be more competitive in the race."

  9. Postpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    So it's Rosberg, Verstappen, Vettel, Perez, Hulkenberg, Bottas and then Ricciardo with five minutes to go.

  10. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Kimi Raikkonen gets himself in the gravel and that's that lap scuppered for the Finn.

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    Elie Antouny: Rosberg will cook his SS in Q3. Watch Ferrari  

    Kayleigh: ohhh amazing for JB to get into Q3. top 5 finish?   

  12. Postpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    And now Vettel tops the chart but Verstappen knocks him off.

    And here's Rosberg... he goes top. But only by a 10th of a second... hmm, that's tighter than we thought it would be.

  13. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    And Hulkenberg and Perez immediately beat it.

  14. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Valtteri Bottas is first over the line - 1:47.612 is the time to beat.

  15. Postpublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Nico Rosberg has gone for super-softs now - obviously no risks.

  16. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    It seems that Force India are slightly stronger in races than they are in qualifying.

    With that in mind, if they can get up the grid it will really help put them in a position to do something tomorrow. 

  17. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    I hope someone can challenge Rosberg - to make it interesting.

    Even if they can't, it's a battle between the Force Indias, the Ferraris, the Red Bulls and Williams for the top 10.

  18. Go! Go! Go!published at 13:48 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Here we go - who can challenge Rosberg? Twelve minutes, straight shootout for grid positions.

  19. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    Second on the grid, behind Rosberg, is very much up for grabs. A Red Bull? A Ferrari? Or maybe a Force India or a Williams?

  20. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 27 August 2016

    So, into the 10-car shootout in the order they finished Q2:

    Rosberg, Verstappen, Hulkenberg, Perez, Raikkonen, Massa, Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo, Button.