Russian Grand Prix qualifying

Summary

Vettel on pole in first Ferrari lock-out for nine years
Bottas 3rd, Hamilton 4th
Palmer crashes out in Q1
Sunday's race coverage from 11:30 BST

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

Postpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
"Unbelievable," says Fernando Alonso after failing to get off the bottom of the order in Q2.
Kimi Raikkonen squeezed in an improve to move into P2, four tenths down on Valtteir Bottas' time.
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11) Sainz 12) Stroll 13) Kvyat 14) Magnussen 15) Alonso
Chequered flagpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Valtteri Bottas finishes quickest in the second part of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix.
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Daniel Ricciardo fails to improve on his final Q2 lap. He is eighth, half a second above the cutout. He couldn't go out, could he...?
Sergio Perez improves and is up to ninth as the timer hits zero.
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Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton look to be done and dusted for Q2, they are in the pits but the Ferraris are out on the track, both with ultrasofts on their cars.
Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
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Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Five minutes to go in Q2 and Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez are the five in danger of being eliminated.
Perez has not done a time at all yet so he is going for the all or nothing one lap shot at getting through to Q3.
Postpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer
Boom. Q2 1st runs. Mercedes turn it up. Bottas suddenly 0.7secs quicker than Vettel, Hamilton halfway in between.
Image source, Rex Features
Postpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
And Lewis Hamilton crosses the line half a second slower than his Mercedes team-mate. He does 1:33.760, faster than the Ferraris, but crucially it is Valtteri Bottas that is looking on it so far this weekend.
Postpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
Hamilton is currently quickest overall in the first sector but Bottas is still quickest in the crucial sectors.
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Postpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
And Valtteri Bottas promptly does the quickest time we have seen all weekend with 1:33.264.
"Wham!" says Jack Nicholls on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
Can't argue with that.
Postpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Kimi Raikkonen dips below that predicted cut off point with 1:34.053 to go top of the order.
That's just a touch slower than the quickest lap we have seen all weekend.
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Postpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
To get from Q1 to Q2 you will probably need a jump of one second and a time in the low 1.35 will be needed.
Postpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Felipe Massa does a 1:35.677 to lead a Williams one-two ahead of Lance Stroll (+.686) in the early stages of Q2.
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"Tyres feel their best right now," reports Lewis Hamilton. He's on his first lap on the ultrasofts.
Postpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Everyone is out on the circuit now. Ferrari are splitting things up as Kimi Raikkonen takes to the track on ultrasofts, Sebastian Vettel on supersofts.
Get Involvedpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
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Shaheed Williams: I don't think J Palmer should be in F1, too many mistakes. Reminds me of Maldonado
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Postpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Yellow flags are still waving as they finish off clearing away Jolyon Palmer's abandoned Renault.
Second qualifying startspublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
The second part of qualifying is under way.