Summary
Sunday's race coverage starts at 05:00 BST
Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd
Rosberg top in Q2, Williams, Toro Rossos and Alonso out
Vettel top in Q1, Button out with Saubers and Manors
Get involved & vote: #bbcf1: is Vettel good enough?
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Your pole shootout protagonists are...published at 07:47 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Gutierrez, Grosjean, Hulkenberg, Perez.
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Well done Haaspublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Haas get both cars into the top 10 for the first time. Impressive from the new boys.
Q2 eliminationspublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Bottas, Massa, Kvyat, Sainz, Alonso, Palmer.
Image source, Getty ImagesWilliams outpublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
We did wonder if they'd done enough and it turns out they didn't.
Late improvements for Gutierrez in the Haas and Hulkenberg's Force India leaves the guys from Grove down in 11th and 12th.
Second qualifying endspublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Spin!published at 07:40 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Sainz spins off at Spoon.
He'll be heading out in Q2.
Williams in trouble?published at 07:40 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Bottas in P8 after his first timed lap in Q2. Massa goes into P10.
That knocks out Gutierrez and Hulkenberg as it stands.
Top six play it coolpublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
We won't see the Mercedes, Ferraris or Red Bulls in what time remains.
They know they are through.
Get Involved - is Vettel good enough to lead Ferrari?published at 07:37 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
#bbcf1
Davin Sturdivant: Such a joke from @ScuderiaFerrari when they that can't even build a winning car. Just creating pressure for NO reason...smh
J-mo: most ridiculous thing I've seen in ages. Of course he is, in fact he's too good to be at a team that isn't challenging!
Amit Mandalia: Vettel needs right car to show his speed. Seems Arrivabene putting pressure on Seb to deflect from him
Back in the pitspublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
OK, five-minute warning.
The cars are back in the pits for a last service before the final runs.
In trouble right now are Sainz, Alonso, Kvyat and Palmer while the two Williams cars are yet to post times in Q2. Thrillseekers.
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Rosberg into 1:30spublished at 07:33 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Rosberg raises the bar again on the soft tyre.
Having just used the mediums in Q1, he cuts loose on a set of softs and punches in a 1:30.714. His time is nearly two seconds quicker than his 2015 pole time.
Hamilton goes second, four tenths back. The two Ferraris - Vettel from Raikkonen - are next up, with Red Bull fifth and six.
It's been a struggle - Buttonpublished at 07:32 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
"All weekend it's been a struggle for me," Button tells Tom Clarkson.
"On friday we had a set up that wasn;t working at all. This morning we had an issue with a power until that they promised to fix and they did, but we were three hundredths down.
"You always hope for a lot at Honda's home race."
Button added that the high-speed nature of Suzuka is "not good for us".
"It's a tough weekend but probably a little bit worse than we expected."
Trouble at McLarenpublished at 07:28 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
That was a pretty bruising qualifying segment for McLaren and Honda. Not only did Button go out but team-mate Alonso was right on the bubble, finishing 16th, just three hundredths of a second up on the Briton.
Image source, Getty ImagesSecond qualifying startspublished at 07:26 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
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Q1 eliminationspublished at 07:23 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
Button, Magnussen, Ericsson, Nasr, Ocon, Wehrlein.