Summary

  • Hamilton fastest in rain-interrupted session, Raikkonen second

  • Saturday's final practice and qualifying live on BBC Sport website

  • Raikkonen fastest in first practice, Massa crashes heavily

  • Vettel leads Hamilton by 14 points in title race

  1. Postpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Lewis Hamilton tops the timesheet - ominous ahead of qualifying but the race simulation runs paint a different picture about Ferraris pace. It promises to be a fascinating weekend.

    I'll leave you with Andrew Benson's take on Friday practice. We're back for build up to final practice at 09:30 BST. See you then.

  2. FP2 - the restpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    11) Alonso

    12) Perez

    13) Grosjean

    14) Vandoorne

    15) Kvyat

    16) Magnussen

    17) Stroll

    18) Ericsson

    19) Wehrlein

    20) Massa

  3. FP2 - top 10published at 14:34 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    1) Hamilton 1:44.753

    2) Raikkonen +0.262

    3) Bottas +0.427

    4) Verstappen +0.472

    5) Vettel +0.489

    6) Ricciardo

    7) Hulkenberg

    8) Ocon

    9) Sainz

    10) Palmer

  4. chequered flag

    Chequered flagpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    The chequered flag is waved at no-one.

    Lewis Hamilton finishes quickest in second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, EPA
  5. Postpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Yeah, it's definitely raining...

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  6. Postpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Lance Stroll is out of his car and has whipped off his helmet. He's not going back out, no-one is to be honest. That rain is going nowhere and there's only a couple of minutes left.

  7. Keep dry at any cost?published at 14:24 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    We know it's wet here at Spa-Francorchamps...

    However, we're not sure if this gentleman has pulled his seat off the grandstand to keep dry?

    Spectators at Spa-FrancorchampsImage source, Reuters
  8. Postpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Daniel Ricciardo may as well get the oars out and paddle. His Red Bull is basically a canoe now because the rain is that heavy. He just about manages to get back into the pits before having to abandon ship.

    Daniel RicciardoImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Bouncing down.

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  10. Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:21 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Your dream F1 role (apart from a driver)

    Rayhan: Journalist/analyst my dream role in #f1, external

    Chris Marsh: Given the choice of all roles in the F1 (bar driver) BBC live stream writer ;-)

    It's not as glamorous as it looks, Chris. Actually, does it even look glamorous?

  11. Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    .Image source, F1

    Umbrellas up, macs on. The rain is fair coming down now with 13 minutes of the session remaining.

    Daniel Ricciardo ain't afraid of a few drops, though. He's gone out on inters. The rest of the teams watch on with interest.

  12. Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:14 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

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    TV personality and daredevil Guy Martin is getting well stuck into his weekend role as a Williams mechanic.

    What role - apart from a driver - would you most like to do in F1?

    Let us know via #bbcf1

  13. Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:13 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Robert Way: On a bank holiday weekend it's rather apt that bad weather may dictate who takes victory!

  14. Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer at Spa-Francorchamps

    On the long runs, Sebastian Vettel's average lap time was 1:49.975, Hamilton's average time is 1:50.697. A completely different picture on the race runs from what we'd seen. Friday is very difficult to read but on face value that is a surprising amount of pace from Ferrari.

    Sebastian VettelImage source, Reuters
  15. Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    It feels like Silverstone at 11am in November. It is horrible at the moment.

    Fans at the Belgian Grand PrixImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    The rain is getting heavier and drivers are heading back to the pits.

    "If there is rain on track we should back off, we are not going to learn anything," Renault tell Nico Hulkenberg.

  17. Postpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

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  18. Heavy rain incomingpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    "Reports of light rain at Turns 5 and 6. Definitely some heavy rain on the way," Fernando Alonso is told.

  19. Postpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    "Some raindrops at Turn 15. Watch out there," Sebastian Vettel is warned.

  20. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    RAINDROPS KLAXON.

    "It's spitting a bit," says Marcus Ericsson.

    Moody, moody clouds above Spa right now.