Summary

  • Bottas on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Vettel 3rd

  • Massa 10th in final race

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Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Saying goodbye to...

    The men to go from Q1 are ...

    • 16. Romain Grosjean (Haas)
    • 17. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso)
    • 18. Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber)
    • 19. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
    • 20. Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)

  2. Disaster for Romain Grosjean. Right at the end, Lance Stroll saves himself and dumps Grosjean out.

  3. Bottas fastest in Q1
    Breaking

    It is a Mercedes one-two, with Valtteri Bottas heading Lewis Hamilton. Just as in final practice, Kimi Raikkonen is third ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. The two Red Bulls are fifth (Ricciardo) and sixth (Verstappen).

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    Sunit Purandare‏: Have a feeling. Vettel to DNF and Hamilton letting Bottas through to win and finish second (overall).

  5. More improvements coming

    Mark Gallagher
    Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra at Yas Marina

    As that sun disappears and the temperature drops, not just the air temperature but for the tyres and engines. I'd expect to see continuous improvements as we go on.

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  6. Any change in the last two minutes? Stroll, Wehrlein, Ericsson, Gasly and Hartley are the men needing to improve.

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    Casey will be pleased to know that Nico Hulkenberg is ninth, and looking safely through into Q2.

  8. No rest for the leaders

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra commentator at Yas Marina

    It's worth commentating on how many laps we are seeing from the drivers. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton have done five laps, usually we only see the drivers come out for a quick lap and then back to the garage.

    It reflects on the current temperature around the track.

  9. The men in trouble

    The bottom five at the moment, with seven minutes left, are...

    • 16. Lance Stroll (Williams)
    • 17 Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber)
    • 18 Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
    • 19 Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso)
    • 20 Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)

  10. The two Force Indias are in eighth (Ocon) and ninth (Perez) and should be advancing into Q2.

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  11. Bottas breaks Hamilton's track record

    Valtteri Bottas is the now the fastest, 1:37.356, a new track record

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  12. Both Ferraris, as they were in P3, are third and fourth with Raikkonen ahead of Vettel.

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    Phil Slocombe: I'm a huge Lewis fan but would love to see Valtteri win this one as a just reward for the harmony he brought to the team after the toxic relationship that Nico created with Lewis by crashing into him repeatedly.

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  14. Hamilton breaks track record yet again

    Straight up and no messing about from the Mercedes duo. Lewis Hamilton breaks the track record for the third time in two days with a 1:37.473, with Valtteri Bottas two tenths of a second slower and that will be enough to get them through into Q2.

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  15. Mark Gallagher
    Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    I think Lance Stroll will struggle in this session.

  16. Toro Rosso had a torrid time in the final practice session earlier on. Can they put it all together and get through Q1?

  17. Let's go

    And we are under way in qualifying.

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  18. 'Hamilton has been superb'

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra commentator at Yas Marina

    Lewis Hamilton has been superb in previous sessions and I think this track suits Mercedes best.

  19. Thumbs up from Nico

    This weekend in Abu Dhabi is a lot less stressful for 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg than it was last year, when he clinched the title.

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