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Nico Rosberg is feeling confident as he heads out on the slower soft tyre, saving the super-softs.
No times set - 10 minutes left.
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
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Peter Willoughby: Praying for spectacular things from #F1, external's newbie so people can start talking about the #OconEffect, external
Parkinson: Bet Hamilton is already half way to finishing a crate of beers. He couldn't care less if he tried.
Lee Hammond: Can we see a Manor in Q3? Pascal Wehrlein 9th?! Do that again in Q2 please! Great stuff.
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Someone has been in touch with an answer to the question posed by Jonathan at 13:11...
Jonathan asked who would be on pole if everyone took a 30 place grid penalty.
Louis says: "They start from the provisional grid and move people back in order of when their penalty was incurred"
And there you have it.
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"It feels like my tyre is loose," says Pascal Wehrlein as he heads back to the pits.
Do you need all three tyres when you're going at 180mph? Guess you do.
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Buuut, the hot track is eating up those super-softs for dinner...
Go! Go! Go!published at 13:27 British Summer Time 27 August 2016
Q2 is a go go. Fifteen minutes, another six cars eliminated.
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There was plenty of chat about which Manor driver would come out on top there, and Pascal Wehrlein won the battle comfortably, progressing to Q2.
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Fernando can pull up a picnic chair and bask in the Belgian sunshine...
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Lewis Hamilton on Sky Sports: "It was definitely a weird qualifying session.
"It was important to make sure the car is right for tomorrow.
"I can't tell you my plan for tomorrow, my team don't know what I'm going to do yet.
"I just drove on the super soft tyre and it lasted three laps.
"We're not the quickest here and because of the temperature it's probably one of the worst times to have this penalty.
"It won't be an easy day tomorrow, but we'll be prepared."
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Jolyon Palmer snuck through by the skin of his teeth there - 0.048secs quicker than Felipe Nasr.
A scorcherpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 27 August 2016
It's hot in the paddock (touching 40 degrees) today - but it seems we're not allowing our commentary team to put on their shorts. Just roll up your trousers, lads.
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Felipe Massa came from nowhere to finish top of the pile in Q1, less than a 10th quicker than Sebastian Vettel.
Followed by Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg and then Nico Hulkenberg.
Eliminatedpublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 27 August 2016
Woosh. So much change on the bubble in that final lap.
Nasr, Ocon, Kvyat, Ericsson, Hamilton and Alonso out in Q1.
Chequered flagpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 27 August 2016
Four places left in the drop zone - final laps. Let's see who gets the chop.
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Jolyon Palmer and Daniil Kvyat are on the bubble, but safe currently...
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Matt Harding: Surely Hamilton would be better to try and go for the fastest qualifying time - if nothing else to demoralise the rest.
Benedict Salido: how come HAM's getting 3 new engines when he's not gonna be using the other 2 yet? The penalty then becomes pointless?
Jack Attack: 55 place grid penalty?! Oh @F1, external I've missed you!
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So that's Fernando Alonso one of the six definitely out. You'd expect Lewis Hamilton to be there too - in fact he's out of his car and is probably off for a cocktail.
Marcus Ericsson and Esteban Ocon are in the drop zone, with Kevin Magnussen and Felipe Nasr who have yet to set a time.
One minute left.
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Postpublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 27 August 2016
Hmmm. Fernando Alonso's car is being wheeled to the side of the track. It's gone kaput.
He has a 30-place grid penalty anyway so it's irrelevant to the result, but he'll be concerned about that engine, which McLaren decided to use despite an issue before qualifying.