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Alonso was so, so close to slipping out in Q1 there. About a tenth of a second in it.
Summary
Jenson Button will not drive in F1 next year
2009 champion signs two-year deal with McLaren for ambassadorial role, but could race in 2018
Stoffel Vandoorne will partner Fernando Alonso in 2017
Race coverage on Sunday from 11:30 BST
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Pascal Wehrlein up in P15 in that session. We didn't get to compare him with Manor team-mate Esteban Ocon, because the Frenchman came off the track.
Perfect Pascalpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystThat’s a magnificent performance from Wehrlein when you consider that he is splitting the McLaren drivers, phenomenal.
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So eliminated are both the Renaults of Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer.
Daniil Kvyat's misery continues as he goes out.
Marcus Ericsson, Esteban Ocon and Felipe Nasr join them.
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Alonso goes up to P16. Only Kvyat and Nasr can catch him... neither of them can.
Alonso sneaks through.
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Magnussen can't improve and is out.
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Wehrlein is on the bubble - Nasr, Alonso, Palmer, Magnussen and Ericsson in the drop zone.
Chequered flagpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
The flag drops. Plenty of laps to be finished to decide who goes out.
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Button is less than a tenth of a second above the elimination bracket. He needs a safety lap.
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Grosjean has hauled himself out of the bottom six, plonking Nasr in the drop zone.
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Gutierrez hits a decent lap and goes to P8. He should be safe.
Jolyon Palmer gets on the radio to get a bit sweary about his straight-line speed.
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This is why Ocon won't be in Q2.
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Just seven tenths separate Perez in eighth and Alonso in 17th as the cars come in to prep for a final whirl at getting through to Q2.
Struggles for McLarenpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystFernando Alonso didn’t get a lap together at all in final practice, I think it’s going to be a tall order for McLaren to make the kind of progress that they were expecting after their great result last week.
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Ocon is out after coming off the track.
That leaves five elimination places.
Gutierrez is on the bubble, one tenth quicker than Alonso.
Four minutes left.
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Alonso, Grosjean, Palmer, Magnussen, Ericsson and Ocon are the bottom six at it stands.
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Lewis Hamilton is on the radio complaining he is stuck behind a Williams - he has a disagreement with his team about whether it's Bottas or Massa.
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Sebastian Vettel sets his first competitive time and is straight up to third. And team-mate Kimi Raikkonen slots in behind him in fourth.
Seven minutes left.
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Everything is pointing to Lewis Hamilton being too good on this track. There's plenty of time for me to be proven wrong.
Hamilton strikes firstpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentatorThat’s a really fast lap time from Lewis Hamilton, he draws first blood!