Trouble for Vettel?published at 07:55 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Interesting. Very interesting.
Sebastian Vettel is currently circulating very slowly on the track...
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Vettel to start at back following engine problem
Raikkonen 2nd, Verstappen 3rd
Hamilton leads title race by 28 points
Race on 5 live and sport website - coverage from 06:30 BST
Trouble for Vettel?published at 07:55 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
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Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystMercedes have continued to show they have a very fast racing car but we know it has a sort of knife-edge set up sensitivity. It either works and works brilliantly or there is a bit of head scratching.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 07:53 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Best seat in Formula 1?
Joanna Harran: Best spot - across from McLaren garage went Fernando was top in Q1.
Image source, .Electrical problem for K-Magpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
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Jolyon Palmer is currently 15th quickest but neither he or Renault team-mate Nico Hulkenberg have had the super-softs on with 10 minutes to go.
Image source, Rex FeaturesLatest timespublished at 07:48 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
1) Raikkonen 1:31.880
2) Vettel +0.162
3) Ricciardo +0.211
4) Bottas +0.449
5) Hamilton + 0.669
6) Verstappen +1.2
7) Perez +1.4
8) Ocon +1.5
9) Stroll +1.9
10) Alonso +2.0
Postpublished at 07:46 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Image source, F1.comSome AGAIN from Pierre Gasly's Toro Rosso as he pulls into the pitbox.
The Frenchman hasn't done a run on the super-softs yet.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 07:44 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Best seat in Formula 1?
Stephen Swanton: Best seat has to be at the Singapore Grand Prix. Well, a seat on a hotel balcony.
Image source, .Thinking caps stay on at Mercedespublished at 07:42 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Not enough!
It's a 1:32.539 for Lewis Hamilton, only good enough for fifth quickest. He's six tenths down on Kimi Raikkonen.
Work to do for Mercedes.
Postpublished at 07:40 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
The Ferraris charge straight back to the top of the pile.
Kimi Raikkonen does a 1:31.880 to go quickest while it's a 1:32.042 for Sebastian Vettel to go P2.
What's Lewis Hamilton got in his locker?
Image source, Getty ImagesGet involved #bbcf1published at 07:39 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Best seat in Formula 1?
Deepali: T1 at @COTA, external is pretty fabulous
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Valtteri Bottas has a new set of super-softs on his Mercedes and the Finn puts in a big improvement to go second quickest. He's two tenths down on Daniel Ricciardo.
The Ferraris are out for their qualifying simulation runs now, as is Lewis Hamilton.
Image source, Getty ImagesLatest timespublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Image source, F1.comRed Bull flyingpublished at 07:34 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Daniel Ricciardo has slapped on a set of super-softs... and promptly goes quickest of all.
The Australian does a 1:32.091 - almost half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton!
The Red Bulls looking mighty fine.
Postpublished at 07:30 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerAfter the relative success of Singapore, McLaren are expecting a more difficult weekend in Malaysia, where engine power is a much larger part of the performance equation. But after bringing a significant aerodynamic upgrade, which only Fernando Alonso has because of a shortage of parts, the Spaniard was third in the wet and fifth in the dry on Friday.
Image source, Getty ImagesRacing director Eric Boullier said the pace was “a bit better than expected” but added that he believed the outright speed was flattered because McLaren did a “performance run” - ie really low fuel - which the top teams did not.
Alonso said it had been a “positive” day but that it was “early” in terms of assessing the upgrade. "In the first session, we probably went out when the track was less wet and we moved into third, which is always nice. In the second session the car was still handing well in the dry. We don't have big things to change for so that's usually positive, so we'll see what we can do. We have to analyse [the update] well tonight because every run I went out with a different configuration and it went well in the first, the second and the third. Q3 will not be easy as usual, but we'll try to be there and see what happens.”
Yellow flagpublished at 07:29 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
The briefest flutter of the yellow flags as Fernando Alonso spins.
The Spanish driver had just moved up to ninth quickest on the timing screen courtesy of a 1:33.896.
His McLaren team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne is a tenth of a second slower in 10th.
Best seat in the house?published at 07:27 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
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'Threat of rain'published at 07:23 British Summer Time 30 September 2017
"There is a threat of rain in the distance," Lewis Hamilton is told.
The Briton is flying out there and squeezes in another improvement, 1:32.539 moving him a tenth clear of Kimi Raikkonen.
The top five times have all been set on the super-softs.
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A big bubble has just drifted in front of Nico Hulkenberg's Renault on the track.
Obviously...
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