Italian GP qualifying: How Lewis Hamilton took a record 69th career pole position

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
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Jamie Strickland

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The Sauber of Ericsson is on a fast lap but he can only improve to 18th. Palmer in the Renault didn't get round in time to do another lap so he's out.
The Sauber of Wehrlein also fails to improve so all eyes on Magnussen's Haas.
Chequered flagpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
Q1 ends.
Team radiopublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
"Sorry Kimi" say the Ferrari team sheepishly. "Your front brake calliper was on fire and we wanted to get air into it."
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Palmer is 16th and eight tenths from Sainz. It's a big as for the Briton in the drop zone.
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Raikkonen almost hit Perez in the pit lane just then. The Ferrari's front right brake was smoking and the team had to send him to avoid it catching fire.
A hairy moment.
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Vettel does a faster lap on the inters - a 1:37 - it's still down in the full-wet pace of the Mercedes.
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Alonso does a 1:45.6 on inters.
Hmmmm.
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Four minutes left.
In trouble are Palmer, Magnussen, Wehrlein and Ericsson.
Grosjean already out.
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All the cars will make a change to inters now. It seems to be the only decision.
Image source, Reuters
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Alonso on to interspublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
Fernando Alonso is the first man to blink and put on the intermediate tyres.
We'll watch his times with interest.
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Lance Stroll into the top three in the Williams. A fine lap by the rookie in difficult conditions.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
The only thing that would stop you going to the intermediates is if the grip was so low, that you couldn't get the tyre temperature up in the inters. It's easier to get the full wet tyres up to temp.
Postpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
Eight minutes to go.
Grosjean's broken Haas won't be back out there so he's already eliminated.
The other drivers in the drop zone at the moment are Wehrlein, Ericsson, Kvyat and Magnussen.
Team radiopublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
"It's better than when we started qualifying!" says Max Verstappen...
Does anyone remember a time before qualifying started?
Postpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
The times are already a lot faster that they were earlier.
Max Verstappen does a 1:38, but he's instantly eclipsed by Vettel's Ferrari. Bottas and Hamilton then raise the bar again.
Hamilton does a 1:36.981.
Still 15 seconds off dry pace.
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So, we had seven times on the board before Romain Grosjean's crash halted proceedings. Plenty of drivers with plenty to do.
Postpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 2 September 2017