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

Live Reporting

Chris Osborne

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  2. Things are looking up for Jenson Button.

    That's his third Q3 appearance in his last six races - he had none before then this season.

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    Jeremiah Kariuki: With Nico Rosberg starting on Soft tyres, Lewis Hamilton may have no advantage of tyre choice on race day!

    Cars must start the race on the tyres they use for their quickest lap in Q2.

  4. Elimination

    Button survives and is into Q3!

    Grosjean, Magnussen, Gutierrez, Palmer, Sainz and Wehrlein are out.

  5. Grosjean can't beat Button. Neither can Gutierrez...

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    Jenson Button about to finish a lap... what does that new Honda engine have in it?

    It's enough to put him 10th - one place above the drop.

    He must wait for the field to finish their laps.

  7. Fernando Alonso on BBC 5 live: "I'm looking for positives. At least we have some spare parts for the rest of the championship.

    "I think the upgraded power unit is better. I had four laps today; I'll tell you more tomorrow when I've had the chance to race someone with it."

  8. Wehrlein and Sainz are yet to set a time. Button, Magnussen, Grosjean and Palmer are in the drop zone.

    Gutierrez is on the bubble, 0.002secs quicker than Button - that's tight!

  9. Bottas goes into P6 ahead of Vettel, but Massa replaces him there.

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  10. Valtteri Bottas heads out in his Williams - they had a promising final practice and team-mate Felipe Massa, top in Q1, is on the track too.

    Three minutes remain.

  11. Fernando Alonso is asked if he can beat Lewis Hamilton's 55-place grid penalty.

    "I can beat that," he tells Sky Sports with a cheeky chuckle.

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  13. Six minutes left and Grosjean and Palmer are in the drop zone of the drivers to complete a lap.

    No time from Massam Wehrlein, Bottas or Sainz yet - so they make up the bottom six.

  14. Hulkenberg, Perez, Raikkonen, Vettel and Verstappen all start turning it up and go within a second of Rosberg.

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  16. Behind Rosberg we have Perez, Gutierrez, Button, Magnussen, Grosjean and Palmer. None are within two seconds of the Mercedes.

  17. Mercedes like what they see from Rosberg.

  18. Lewis Hamilton on BBC Radio 5 live: "I can push the engine a little bit harder, I am able to race the engine a bit more.

    "I want to start on the grid (instead of the pit lane), so most likely I will do. There isn't a big difference in them both, but I'd like to be in the race from the start.

    "It's the weirdest weekend I've had. I've got to use my experience.

    "But there's only so much you can do to make the tyres work for long enough.

    "It's not what racers love, it's the rules. I still feel strong and confident that I can challenge for the championship."

  19. Nico Rosberg lands the first lap time and it's a tasty 1:46.999 - that should be good enough to let him hibernate until Q3.

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