Postpublished at 05:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Lewis Hamilton is fastest of all through the first sector...
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Vettel 2nd by 1,000th of a second from Bottas
Mercedes and Ferrari swapping top times
Giovinazzi crashes heavily, Verstappen out in Q1 with problem
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Postpublished at 05:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Postpublished at 05:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorFernando Alonso [1:36.293] is two seconds quicker than he was here last year so at the least the speed increases are across the board but he is obviously not as quick as he would like.
Postpublished at 05:53 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Both Mercedes drivers are out on a new set of super-softs...
Postpublished at 05:51 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorLet's save our judgement for another 11 minutes time but what we definitely have is a battle on our hands, and that is what we all want.
Ferrari have Mercedes worried?published at 05:50 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Kimi Raikkonen improves and goes just 0.053 seconds slower than Sebastian Vettel to make it a Ferrari one-two at the top of the timesheet.
Toto Wolff looks pensive as he looks at the monitor. Mercedes are starting to worry a bit!?
It's looking more and more like that Ferrari pace from pre-season was not a false dawn.
Postpublished at 05:47 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Sebastian Vettel can't beat his benchmark team but he's only a few hundredths of a second off it. Proof, then, that the first lap was not a one off.
Ferrari looking strong.
Postpublished at 05:45 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
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Lewis Hamilton goes two tenths quicker than Valtteri Bottas and slots in P2.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel is purple through the first sector again...
Postpublished at 05:44 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Huuugeee slide out of the final corner by Valtteri Bottas and it costs him a bit of time. He goes second quickest, a full second slower than Sebastian Vettel.
Just personal bests for Lewis Hamilton so far on his lap.
Postpublished at 05:42 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are out on a new set of super-softs so now we'll get an idea of where Ferrari are in comparison to Mercedes.
Postpublished at 05:40 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorIt seems Vettel is more comfortable in his Ferrari than Raikkonen at this point.
Postpublished at 05:39 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Good lap from Nico Hulkenberg as he does a 1:35.449 on super-softs, just 0.010s slower than the Red Bull.
Postpublished at 05:38 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
We're still waiting for a representative time from Mercedes. Both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are in the pits with 22 minutes left to go.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 05:37 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystThat was a good lap by Felipe Massa. I think there is a lot of optimism at Williams that they have the car to be competitive.
Postpublished at 05:37 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
More recently, Sebastian Vettel's time is more than two seconds quicker than last year's pole lap of 1:35.402.
Felipe Massa, on super-softs, goes third quickest with 1:35.092 while Max Verstappen is fourth on 1:35.439.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 05:35 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystThe lap record on this track is held by Michael Schumacher, also in the Ferrari, with the 1:32.238 he did in 2004. It is basically 1.1 seconds quicker than Sebastian Vettel's time, but closing in on that record.
Postpublished at 05:31 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Big lap from Sebastian Vettel! He nails a 1:33.336 - 1.1 seconds quicker than Kimi Raikkonen. Looking on it once again.
Postpublished at 05:30 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
And Kimi Raikkonen goes quickest of all with a 1:34.519, 1.1 seconds quicker than Daniel Ricciardo.
"We are suffering with the front still," he reports over the radio after that lap.
Australian GP winner Sebastian Vettel is also on a quick lap now and is faster through the first two sectors than his Ferrari team-mate.
Postpublished at 05:29 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Postpublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
Kimi Raikkonen could be on a qualifying sim now. He's out on a new set of supersofts and is fastest of all through the first sector.