Hamilton on pole, Bottas crashes heavily
Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Verstappen 4th
Both McLarens out in Q2, Sirotkin, Toro Rossos out in Q1
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver
Red Bull will have done their analysis yesterday and maybe they realised the supersoft is a good tyre to start the race on. A bit of a tactical switch there for both Red Bulls.
Cars are finally heading out and while Mercedes and Ferrari are out on ultrasofts the Red Bulls are interestingly on supersofts.
Remember the tyre you set your time on in Q2 is the tyre you start tomorrow's race on.
Bound to happen, but someone has seen the marketing opportunity in Daniel Ricciardo's shoey celebration. There's loads of fans drinking beers that are being held in 'shoey' stubby holders.
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The second part of qualifying is under way.
No-one heading out just yet.
Fernando Alonso went through with the seventh quickest time, a whole second quicker than his McLaren team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne.
Meanwhile, the Honda-powered Toro Rossos failed to make it through...
Big surprise to see Pierre Gasly bottom of the order but replays show he ran wide and into the gravel on his last lap, scuppering his attempt to get through.
Image source, EPA
Image source, F1.com16) Hartley
17) Ericsson
18) Leclerc
19) Sirotkin
20) Gasly
And there's the chequered flag to bring an end to the first part of qualifying. Lewis Hamilton ends it quickest.
But which drivers have we lost?
Image source, Getty ImagesHaas looking very good with Romain Grosjean sixth quickest (1:23.671) and Kevin Magnussen eighth (1:23.909).
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Two minutes remaining and in danger are:
16) Sirotkin
17) Gasly
18) Stroll
19) Leclerc
20) Hartley
Lewis Hamilton is told where he is losing time to Kimi Raikkonen - in the middle sector. He takes that information on board and uses it to find three more tenths to go quickest of all with 1:22.824.
Good lap by Marcus Ericsson as he leaps from dead last to 12th with a 1:24.873.
How are the McLarens getting on? Fernando Alonso is seventh (1:24.244) while Stoffel Vandoorne is ninth (1:24.664).
Image source, EPALewis Hamilton improves to return to P2, clocking 1:23.263. That a tenth of a second slower than Kimi Raikkonen.
A mighty lap by the Finn.
Image source, Getty ImagesWith eight minutes remaining in Q1 everyone has step a lap time now. The five drivers in the drop zone are:
16) Gasly
17) Hartley
18) Stroll
19) Ericsson
20) Leclerc
Kimi Raikkonen lowers the benchmark with a 1:23.096 but there's a huge cheers from the stands as a Red Bull flashes across the start-finish line. Daniel Ricciardo is second quickest with 1:23.509, four tenths down on Raikkonen.
Image source, Getty ImagesLewis Hamilton's first time in qualifying is a 1:23.802, putting him second quickest before he is nudged down to P3 as Valtteri Bottas does a 1:23.765.
The two Ferraris go top of the order as Kimi Raikkonen goes P1 with 1:23.616 while Sebastian Vettel is P2 after a 1:23.921.
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd Max Verstappen is out now, so that's the lot out there.
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