Chequered flagpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesThe chequered flag falls with Lewis Hamilton fastest in the first part of qualifying.
But it's all about who has been eliminated...
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Chequered flagpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
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A 1:45.668 for Fernando Alonso puts him 11th. It was a scrappy lap by the Spaniard.
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Lance Stroll, currently 18th, isn't coming back out for another run with a minute left so it looks like he will be eliminated.
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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterNico Hulkenberg has beaten Jolyon Palmer 10 out of 10 times in qualifying. Palmer is desperate to get things back on track. Talk of Robert Kubica replacing him has fizzled out in a way. Can Palmer get his race head on and out-qualify his team-mate? He will hope so.
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Kevin Magnussen leaps up to ninth with his first lap of his second run, a 1:45.535. That should be enough.
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A high 1:45 is predicted to be needed to get through to Q2. That means everyone from Sergio Perez (1:45.591) in ninth and below is probably not comfortable yet.
In danger as it standspublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
16) Grosjean
17) Kvyat
18) Stroll
19) Ericsson
20) Wehrlein
Top 10 as it standspublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
1) Hamilton
2) Vettel
3) Verstappen
4) Raikkonen
5) Bottas
6) Ricciardo
7) Ocon
8) Palmer
9) Perez
10) Vandoorne
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Good stuff once again by Jolyon Palmer as his first timed lap is eighth quickest - a 1:45.447. All those above him on the timesheet pit, their work done for Q1.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystSpa has got three very different parts to the track. The first sector, which is very much long and fast - flat out, then the middles sector, which is full of corners and where Ferrari are strong and then the third sector back to the pits which is like sector one.
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Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein will need to find improvements if they are to sneak into Q2. They currently have the slowest times of all those completed so far with seven minutes left on the clock.
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Lewis Hamilton is in danger of his cup of tea going cold as he stays out for a few more laps and subsequently goes quickest of all again with 1:44.184.
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Image source, .First time for Max Verstappen as he goes third quickest with 1:44.535 on ultra-softs. His arrival on the start-finish straight is met by a Mexican wave from the Dutch fans in attendance.
Not so good, good, good vibrationspublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
"It's a little better but still not good," says Kimi Raikkonen about those vibrations.
"We're inside the cut-off. I think we box this lap and take a look at the rear," he is told.
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Kimi Raikkonen slots in second, four tenths down on Lewis Hamilton before Sebastian Vettel pips the pair of them to go P1 with 1:44.275.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystKimi Raikkonen reporting a very big vibration from the rear. Could be the tyres out of balance. That's something you feel round here because the average speed is so high and you are on wide open throttle for about 60-70% of the lap.
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Always love hearing Kimi Raikkonen's radio because he sounds like a frustrated dalek.
First time on the board comes courtesy of Lewis Hamilton, a 1:33.316.
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"Massive, massive vibration at the rear," reports Kimi Raikkonen as he circulates.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
The Briton is on the super-soft tyres, by the way.
First qualifying startspublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 26 August 2017
The first part of qualifying is under way.
Lewis Hamilton heads straight on out. He'll be aiming to get a banker in nice and early and get back to the Mercedes garage before the kettle has finished boiling.
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