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It looks like Ocon just went straight on at the first turn and he's lost an opportunity to make an impression in his second ever GP weekend.
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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Nico Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:22.497.
But that is immediately blown out of the water as Lewis Hamilton goes 0.643secs quicker.
Yellow flagpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Eleven minutes left and there's a yellow flag in sector one... it's Esteban Ocon who has come off.
Postpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Out come the big boys - Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Alonso. All of them on the super-soft tyres apart from Vettel, who's got softs. I hope that confidence is not mis-placed.
Postpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Kevin Magnussen is the first man with a time - 1:25.047. He makes a mistake though so it's not great. Team-mate Jolyon Palmer goes quicker until Esteban Gutierrez strolls in to take top spot.
Perez confusion?published at 13:03 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at MonzaThere has been a bit of confusion in the last few minutes about Sergio Perez. This is the situation, which has not changed. He has a contract with Force India for next year and has had all season.
Force India have been insisting for some months now that the Mexican will continue with them as per this contract - as chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer said on 5 live in final practice.
However, he is shopping himself around other teams, especially Williams and Renault. Williams are likely to partner Valtteri Bottas with Canadian Formula Three driver Lance Stroll, as we wrote earlier, but no final decision has yet been taken. Renault’s situation is fluid.
Perez may well end up staying with Force India. But it is not certain yet.
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Palmer, Magnussen, Kvyat are out on super-softs. Wehrlein has some medium tyres, interestingly.
Weather updatepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Go! Go! Go!published at 13:00 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Q1 is under way - 18 minutes to avoid being one of the six cars eliminated.
Pole prioritypublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystHere in Monza once you get that break early on in the race it can be so difficult for people to get past you.
A tip of the cappello to you, sirpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
If you see a Ferrari floating down the Lombra through Il parco di Monza, don't be fooled. It's probably not a real Ferrari and in fact a Ferrari with a man swimming underneath it.
You can't fool me, crazy Ferrari hat guy.
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get involved Get Involved - Should Verstappen tone it down?published at 12:54 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
#bbcf1
FknMayhemL: Not sure I care enough about Verstappen. He tones it down & we see a possibly awesome career or we see Sainz at Red Bull sooner or later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rodsta: Senna & Schumi would push you, your mum and your gran off the cliff before losing. Keep going Max
Omnipotent One: He does need to be a tad more careful from time to time, but being passive doesn't win races! He needs a little more experience
Postpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Lewis is ready for qualifying. Are you?
Eight minutes to go.
Max-amania, brotherpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
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End of twitter postMaxstappen doing his best Hulk Hogan impression here...
Image source, Rex Featuresget involved Get Involved - Should Verstappen tone it down?published at 12:47 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
#bbcf1
Dean Smith: Leave #Verstappen alone let's get back to the good old days of exciting edge of your seat racing
Stuart Baddeley: Verstappen - be yourself and drive and learn ... let's see racing ... if others don't like it, they can earn their $mill elsewhere
Richard Wright: As regards Max V do we have to wait until someone is buried before anything is done
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On a side note, looking at that picture of Uncle Bernie, it's just occurred to me he looks a lot like my wife's grandma.
Wonderful woman.
New F1 owners?published at 12:44 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Monza
Image source, Getty ImagesIt seems a change of ownership of Formula 1 could be on the cards. American media company Liberty Media is said to be close to finalising a deal that will initially be a minority buy-in to Formula 1, ahead of a planned takeover some way down the line.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has told Germany’s Auto Motor Und Sport that the first sale will happen next week, but sources close to the situation say that there is still a lot to sort out for that to be the case.
There have been so many supposed buy-ins over the last few years that have come to nothing that there is inevitably scepticism in the paddock, but senior insiders say this one does seem to be serious.
Perez staying at Force Indiapublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
David Croft, formerly of the BBC parish, is reporting that Sergio Perez has signed a new Force India contract.
The team's COO Otmar Szafnauer was adamant Perez would be their driver next year when 5 live spoke to him earlier.
'There's more to come from us'published at 12:40 British Summer Time 3 September 2016
Image source, EPAMercedes boss Toto Wolff spoke to Sky Sports about his team's final practice performance.
"We have a gap. We are looking very good. We have maybe not seen the full power mode on the Ferrari but it looks good. There is still a little bit to come from us."