Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari tops FP2
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo fastest in FP1
Final race before summer break
Lewis Hamilton leads Vettel by 17 points in title battle
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Carl Ford: If it rains during quali and the race, I can see ALO getting some decent points.
Let's hope so Carl. Five finishes in the points at the start of the season for Alonso, but only two finishes in the past six races - eighth-placed finishes in Austria and at Silverstone.
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Maybe just get some better shoes?
We have a good chance of thunderstorms during qualifying tomorrow. Can't beat a good storm to spice things up.
Looks like we might also have a storm here now, but it won't have the dramatic consequences as it would at this time on Saturday or Sunday.
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"It looks quite dark here," says Max Verstappen, basically just telling us what Ben has just done.
Ben Taylor: Dark clouds and rumbles of thunder at the top of the hill.
All best laps have been set on the ultrasofts, instead of the Mercedes pair on the softs.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
That was very nearly a needless collision.
Lance Stroll gets in the way of Marcus Ericsson, who has to take evasive action to avoid contact.
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Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Vandoorne on the entry just drifted too wide put his left-hand tyres on the grass, no grip, he doesn't understand it but it is pretty plain to see for the rest of us.
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A pretty violent spin from Stoffel Vandoorne on the entrance to turn five. He hit the grass and boom, a crazy spin.
"Is the car OK," ask McLaren.
"It is OK, but I don't know what happened."
Image source, Getty Images"I just saw some lightning," adds Hamilton.
We have 40 minutes left in this session, but any thunderstorm could well see everyone retreat to the safety of the garage.
"I see spots of rain," says Lewis Hamilton. There are some moody clouds overhead with reports of thunderstorms 5km away.
Stroll, Vandoorne and Sirotkin, you will not be surprised to hear, are the bottom three.
Nico Hulkenberg is just ahead of them, but has only just got out there. Yet, still already faster than the troubled three.
Image source, Getty ImagesNico Hulkenberg is out, halfway through the session and they don't mess about at Renault as he is straight on to the ultrasofts after problems in the morning.
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
It is nice to get to a race when Red Bull should be quick and this is one of those races. It is nice when they are in the mix as we have a situation where one of six drivers can be on pole.
Hopefully this is a sign it will give us a better race with six cars in it (for the win).
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Oh, qualifying is going to be good tomorrow.
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Get your pint out of the way, Tom, we can't see the action!
Great laps from Ocon, Ericsson, Gasly and Leclerc. Not names we often see in the top 10.
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