Summary

  • Hamilton on pole for decider, Rosberg 2nd, Ricciardo 3rd

  • Top three finish on Sunday will secure Rosberg the title

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. IN

    1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Raikkonen 4) Verstappen 5) Vettel 6) Ricciardo 7) Hulkenberg 8) Perez 9) Massa 10) Alonso

  2. OUT

    11) Bottas 12) Button 13) Gutierrez 14) Grosjean 15) Palmer 16) Wehrlein 

  3. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in the second part of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

  4. No improvement for Max Verstappen, so he'll start on the super-softs. It appears Red Bull sent their drivers back out on the quicker compound, just in case they needed to sneak in a faster lap to get through. As it is, both are safely into the top 10 shootout anyway.

  5. Second qualifying ends

    The flag comes down on the second part of qualifying. Everyone still out will get to complete their laps. 

    Fernando Alonso jumps up to 10th, enough to be safe? Jenson Button, unfortunately, can't improve and he's out.

  6. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    Very interesting to see that both Verstappen and Ricciardo have both gone out on the ultra-softs.

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    Nick Holland: Sigh.. Grosjean... despair... nothing a cattle prod & slap with a damp haddock wouldn't fix. Give some feedback man!

    Chris Marsh: If I choose my podium for tomorrow it would be Lewis, Jenson and Massa. Two proper send offs and a 4th championship  

    Nick Hughes: Despite 2015 engine performance catching up, Carlos Sainz is driver of the year. Phenomenal driving, future champ  

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  8. After a brief lull, cars are heading back out onto the track for one last shot at an improvement that could see them into Q3.

    Interestingly, both Red Bulls are heading back out and are on the ultra-softs.

  9. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    If Rosberg were to pull it out now, that would be quite something.

  10. Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    In 2014 and 2015 Lewis Hamilton was quickest in the first and second parts of qualifying. In the end? Nico Rosberg was on pole...

  11. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    Red Bull have done a lot of race prep but can they get it right? They put the intermediate tyre on two weeks ago in Brazil at the wrong time but can they do it right this time?

  12. Everyone's done their first runs in Q2 and in a spot of bother are:

    11) Alonso 12) Gutierrez 13) Grosjean 14) Palmer 15) Wehrlein 16) Button

  13. Max Verstappen goes fourth quickest with 1:39.903, but Daniel Ricciardo is half a second slower than his Red Bull team-mate. It might not be enough to get him through to Q3. 

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  14. Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel go third and fourth quickest. Everyone is on the super-softs apart from the two Red Bulls, they've gone for the super-softs, so a different strategy in play. That's the tyre they'll start the race on.

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  15. Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    It was actually a case of Rosberg maybe losing a little bit rather than Hamilton rescuing it as he came into the third sector. 

  16. Nico Rosberg is slower than Lewis Hamilton. He crosses the line in 1:39.490, finishing a tenth down on Hamilton's time.

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  17. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    Rosberg quicker than Hamilton but we'll wait and see how it transpires over the rest of this run.

  18. A 1:39.382 for Lewis Hamilton. Nailed it in the final sector.

    Here comes Nico Rosberg...

  19. ...Rosberg quicker through the second sector...

  20. Nico Rosberg quicker than Lewis Hamilton in the first sector...