Summary

  • Hamilton takes record 69th pole

  • Stroll second and Ocon third after penalties for Red Bull drivers applied

  • Qualifying started at 13:00 BST before Grosjean crashed five mins in

  • Heavy rain meant qualifying did not restart until 15:40 BST

  • Listen to 5 live commentary online

  1. chequered flag

    Chequered flagpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

  2. Postpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    A tenth up on the middle sector for Ocon....

  3. Oh, hellopublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Fastest first sector of anyone for Esteban Ocon.

  4. Postpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Two minutes to go.

    Order is Hamilton, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Ocon, Bottas, Stroll, Massa, Vettel, Raikkonen, Vandoorne

    Pole 69 looming?

  5. Postpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    The rain is getting worse - there is no question about it. What has happened to the Ferraris?

  6. Postpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Title leader Vettel, meanwhile, is nowhere.

    P8 for the Ferrari man. Two seconds off Hamilton.

  7. Postpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    Our timing screens are jumping up and down here. There is an issue I think...

  8. Postpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    In case you are wondering, we are getting some mixed messages on the timing screens here.

    We're 99% sure Hamilton leads on a 1:34.660.

    Then it's Ricciardo, Verstappen, Ocon, Bottas and Stroll.

  9. Hamilton fastestpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Wrong tyres? No problem.

    Hamilton's first lap on the wets ends with a 1:34.

    He's on provisional pole.

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel are the only men not to have set a time yet.

  11. Team radiopublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Red Bull pitwall to Ricciardo: "Still the right hand side of the pit straight is the driest"

  12. Postpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Ocon's Force India improves to second place.

  13. Postpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Ricciardo is in P2, three tenths behind his Red Bull team-mate.

  14. Postpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Verstappen takes provisional pole with a 1:36.113.

  15. Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    There is much more spray now than there was before. The rain is really coming down now!

  16. Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

  17. Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    The Mercedes cars come in and take on full wets.

    They are on the back foot now.

  18. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    As it stands, it's full wets for Verstappen, Stroll, Raikkonen, Massa, Vandoorne and Ocon.

  19. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

  20. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 2 September 2017

    Mercedes mechanics rush out into the pit lane.

    They know they are on the wrong tyres.

    Full wets needed.