Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Red Bull have pretty well made up their mind about Daniil Kvyat and I don't think he forms part of their plans.

Alonso saves himself late on, launching himself up to ninth. "I cannot do much more than this," says an exhausted-sounding Alonso.

The five to miss out on Q3 are ...

• Felipe Massa (Williams)
• Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)
• Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)
• Romain Grosjean (Haas)
• Nico Hulkenberg (Renault)

So, we have two Mercedes, two Ferrari, two Red Bulls, two Force India, one McLaren and one Renault through into Q3.

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Can Alonso get into Q3? He needs a good one or he is out.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

There is a good battle ahead in the remaining few minutes of this Q2 period.

Here's Brendon Hartley after his first ever Formula 1 qualifying session: "It's been a steep learning curve all weekend, it's been getting better and better - there's a lot to learn on these tyres, with managing the temperatures.

"I feel confident I can do a good job tomorrow."

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Reece Young‏: The @MercedesAMGF1, external look phenomenal this weekend. Looks a nailed on @LewisHamilton, external pole.

Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne, Romain Grosjean and Daniil Kvyat are the four men - along with Nico Hulkenberg who has stayed in the garage - in trouble with just over four minutes left.

Nico Hulkenberg, who has a 20-place grid penalty to deal with, is the only car not to have gone out so far.

If he stays in the garage then only four other men will miss out on moving into Q3.

Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

Lewis Hamilton is the quickest man so far, and Sebastian Vettel comes across the line in third quickest - that's a long way off.

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Max Verstappen goes a bit wide on his lap. Still plenty of time to go again though.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Romain Grosjean will be breathing a big sigh of relief that he is out there at all.

For the American team, getting through to Q2 is a bit of a relief - I think he will struggle to go much further.

Lewis Hamilton breaks the track record for a third time in two days. His time is 1:33.560 on the ultra-softs. That's the mark for everyone to beat. Hamilton can head off back to the garage. Job done so far and he will be heading for the pole position shoot out.

And on to Q2 we go.

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Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

This is all about getting into the top 10!

You can hear the cheers of some Lewis Hamilton fans, it sounds like they are American though - they have the Lewis flags.

Jeremiah Kariuki‏: Driver capabilities showing on the Williams! Stroll out in #Q1, external while Massa is in P6!

Lewis Hamilton maintains a clean sweep so far. Fastest in all three practice sessions, now fastest in Q1.

What an effort from Renault new boy Carlos Sainz, who is fifth fastest after Q1. Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo will be hoping for better than seventh and 11th respectively.

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Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

I think Brendon Hartley will be disappointed, but it's a good effort and he's definitely made good progress over the weekend.

When you look at his performance against Stroll, he's put together something pretty solid.

It's a huge disappointment for Stroll.

Jeremiah Kariuki‏: Stroll is helping Romain Grosjean get stuff to swear about! But that looked nasty with a very late move.

Adeel Ejaz: No idea how there was no contact between Stroll and Grosjean!

The men to miss out are...

• Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
• Lance Stroll (Williams)
• Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)
• Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber)
• Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

"I don't know what happened with the engine," says Lance Stroll. Magnussen is the slowest of the 20 cars as Haas lose a car earlier on in their home race. McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne had been in trouble but saves himself late on.