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Lewis Hamilton runs wide at the 12th corner. He is not going to get pole. He is third at the moment.
Summary
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel takes pole for Sunday's race
German's 50th pole position in F1
Red Bull's Max Verstappen second and Lewis Hamilton third
Bottas fourth and Raikkonen fifth
Hamilton can seal title on Sunday - needs to finish fifth
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Bottas up to fourth. One lap to go for him.
'That was a surprise'published at 19:59 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
McLaren's Fernando Alonso on 5 live sports extra after a P14 in qualifying: "We were surprised by the pace. In practice we saw potential and today confirmed it in qualifying. There was grip on the corners in the high speed sections. Today I think we had the best car out there.
"The engine penalties are frustrating. Hopefully we can recover tomorrow. Can we overtake cars? That will be key because I think we have the pace."
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Right, last two minutes, and most are back out again.
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Verstappen is to be investigated for 'impeding Valtteri Bottas'. This might not help Verstappen's strained relationship with the F1 officials.
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Patrick McLaughlin: This is a great quali. Three teams fighting it out for pole.So good to see.
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All 10 are back in the pits, ready for a second surge.
More from Max?published at 19:54 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
Allan McNish
Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraThere are still another two or three tenths of a second in the pocket for Max Verstappen if he can hook it up.
How it stands with six minutes leftpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
- Verstappen
- Vettel
- Hamilton
- Ricciardo
- Ocon
- Sainz
- Perez
- Raikkonen
- Hulkenberg
- Bottas
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This is tremendous..
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Max Verstappen was fastest in Q2 and he is fastest in Q3 so far with a time of 1:16.574. Seven minutes of drama to go.
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Nick Holland: Anyone daring to check #TrackLimits on VER's lap ?!
Naughty
'I wanted to put it all on the line'published at 19:52 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley on 5 live sports extra after his car failure and P13 in qualifying: "I made big steps from Austin. It was a really big ask in the first weekend.
"Q1 didn't go perfectly, I felt we had the pace to be ahead of the Williams if we got everything together. It's a bit frustrating because I was looking forward to putting it all on the line in Q2."
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Vettel jumps to the top. 1:16.833.
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Hamilton's 1:16.934 is fastest so far, but slower than Verstappen's time in Q2 so room for someone to go faster.
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And here we go. Now is the pole position shootout.
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Matt Hamilton: Can anyone tell me what is the point of Lance Stroll? Apart from having more money than god?
Harsh, very harsh.
'Lewis can drive with freedom'published at 19:47 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
Allan McNish
Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraFifth place for Lewis Hamilton would play on the mind if it was the last grand prix of the season, not when there are three to go. It will be business as usual. He can drive with freedom.
A top-five finish in the race will secure the championship for Hamilton.
'Game on'published at 19:47 British Summer Time 28 October 2017
An all-Mercedes front row would be another huge step towards another world title for Lewis Hamilton. What will happen in Q3?
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Haas's Romain Grosjean on Sky Sports after qualifying P19: "I got a lot of traffic. But it's nowhere near where we should be running. We need to put our head down. It's a big wake-up call."