Summary

  • Hamilton fastest, Bottas 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Vettel 4th

  • Hamilton fastest in first practice

  • Alonso breaks down after three corners, then leaves circuit

  • Teams bring upgrades for fifth race of the season

  1. Postpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Fernando AlonsoImage source, Getty Images

    Fernando Alonso eases himself in with a 1:24.077. He remains dead last on the timesheet but with his team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne 13th quickest, he should be able to find an improvement.

  2. Postpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Fernando Alonso is playing catch up to the rest. He's out now for his first stint on the softs.

  3. Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian NeweyImage source, Getty Images

    What have we learned so far? Well, the good news is that Red Bull appear to have found a bit more thanks to their upgrades. They seem to be closer to Ferrari. 

    The bad news (for those wanting a closely contested season)? Mercedes' upgrades look to have pushed them a bit further than the rest...

  4. Postpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    A marshal has scampered onto the track, scooped up the bits of debris and the track is green again. A touch under 25 minutes left on the clock as we crack on with long runs.

  5. red flag

    Red flagpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Red flag. It looks like it has been brought out to give the marshals a chance to clear away those bits of derbis from the Toro Rosso.

  6. Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

  7. Postpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Kimi Raikkonen was in and out of the pits pretty sharpish and now he's reporting some debris on the track.

    It's from Carlos Sainz's Toro Rosso, with something flying off after he ran wide and clattered over the kerbs.

  8. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Uh oh, there could be problems for Kimi Raikkonen. He's told to box because of an engine problem.

  9. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Fernando Alonso is up and running with a timed lap, clocking a 1:26.700. Five laps and counting...

  10. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

  11. Not all bad for Honda...published at 13:56 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

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    JaSi: I'm on my 12th Honda Motorcycle over 40 years—not one failure!  

    David Blagden: Our @Honda, external lawnmower has been superb: sweet as a nut, 25 yrs on. Happy to lend to @McLarenF1, external: equal power, but with more reliability.

  12. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

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    This is what Jack Nicholls was talking about on commentary.

    It's amazing!

  13. Get involved #bbcf1published at 13:53 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Joanna Harran: I think it's Bernie in the lion's costume. Incognito so he doesn't get thrown out.

  14. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Fernando AlonsoImage source, Rex Features

    Fernando Alonso is back out again. He's managed two installation laps so far and, unsurprisingly, isn't interested in any qualifying sims yet. All about getting in as many laps as possible in the McLaren.

  15. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Max Verstappen's qualifying simulation run sees him go fifth quickest with a 1:21.438 on the softs.

  16. Postpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Pretty sure I've seen this lion at every race so far this season.

    Dedication.

  17. Get involved #bbcf1published at 13:48 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Franco: Alonso will do 8 and a half laps, and he'll just smile and a single tear will catch the sunlight as he sits in his fold out chair, grinning.  

    Chris Thomas: 6 laps then he will accidentally walk into the Ferrari garage on his way back, just to set tongues wagging!!  

  18. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Daniel Ricciardo does his first run on the soft tyres and goes fifth quickest - seven tenths down on Lewis Hamilton's benchmark time but just 0.3s off Sebastian Vettel. 

  19. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Mechanics work on Fernando Alonso's carImage source, AFP

    I am stood in front of Fernando's car at the moment, they are just putting the bodywork on. It has just been system checks and he should be back out reasonably soon.

  20. Postpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 12 May 2017

    Fernando AlonsoImage source, AFP

    Where's Fernando Alonso? Not on the track at the moment. He did those two installation laps earlier and we have not seen him since.