Summary

  • Qualifying affected by thunderstorm and heavy rain

  • Lewis Hamilton takes pole position, Valtteri Bottas P2

  • Kimi Raikkonen P3, Sebastian Vettel P4

  • Eliminated in Q2: Alonso, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Ericsson, Stroll

  • Eliminated in Q1: Vandoorne, Leclerc, Ocon, Perez, Sirotkin

  • Force India enter administration

  • Get involved: Your reaction to Force India going into administration #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons and Niamh Lewis

  1. Get Involved #bbcf1

    Your reaction to Force India going into administration

    Lesley Sutton‏: What about all the engineers and technicians employed by force India. What does the future hold for them?

    kalaimani: The only reason I started to watch F1 and still continuing to watch is Force India. Feeling sad to see this wonderful team going into administration. This team has always punched well above their weight and has been an inspiration to many new teams.

  2. Max Verstappen is up to fifth, but still seven tenths off leader Sebastian Vettel with Daniel Ricciardo nearly a second off the German.

    That Red Bull Friday optimism has been replaced with a bit of Saturday concern.

    Daniel RicciardoGetty Images

  3. What of the Force Indias, whose team's future is uncertain? Esteban Ocon is 15th, Sergio Perez is 19th. So still not too much to smile about for them.

    Sergio PerezEPA

  4. Verstappen, who has only been on the softs so far today, decides to have a late blast on the ultrasofts so that top six is not set in stone just yet.

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  5. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Rachel T: Lately, practice and qualifying mean absolutely nothing. Race day is where, increasingly, anything can happen and usually does!

    RantingMrP: Everyone getting in everyone's way as the quali simulations get underway...I grip the arm of my sofa and ghost-brake every time I see someone dawdling about at a corner exit as another driver approaches at 300kph...not good. What are the mirrors on the cars for?

  6. Leading times (10 minutes to go)

    1. Vettel (1:16.170)
    2. Bottas (1:16.229)
    3. Raikkonen (1:16.373)
    4. Hamilton (1:16.749)
    5. Ricciardo (1:17.099)
    6. Verstappen (1:17.578)
    7. Grosjean (1:18.084)
    8. Sainz (1:18.176)
    9. Magnussen (1:18.230)
    10. Hulkenberg (1:18.280)

    Ultrasofts all around, apart from Verstappen on the softs.

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  7. 'I just don't have that grip'

    Lewis Hamilton asks his team for Sebastian Vettel's best time. After being told of the German's leading 1:16.170, Hamilton, sounding a bit despondent, says: "I just don't have that grip."

  8. 'He's hit the wall!'

    Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    Valtteri Bottas spins at turn six and hits the wall, are both Mercedes having trouble with the rear end of the car today?

    Team radio: "Did you touch anything?"

    Bottas: "Yes a little bit."

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  9. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    And another one on the grass...

    Raikkonen (in third) skirts onto the grass on the exit of turn seven, but he's two tenths away from Vettel in first. While Hamilton is still struggling with the rear end of the car.

  10. Bottas on the grass

    Bottas spins in at the chicane, the same area where Lewis Hamilton had a moment, not too long ago.

    Bottas slides across the grass sideways and backwards, and bangs into the barrier. Not the worst crash ever, and he may have got away without doing much damage to his car. Straight to the pits he can go after getting it started again. He will be hoping his car has had a lucky, lucky escape.

    Valtteri BottasGetty Images

  11. Who's on what tyres?

    Only Verstappen (sixth), Grosjean (seventh) and Magnussen (18th) have set their best times on the softs. It has been the ultrasofts for everyone else.

    Max VerstappenEPA

  12. New floor for Vandoorne

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    I have come down to McLaren, they are putting a new floor on Vandoorne's car. It was a planned change, which is strange to do that during a session. I asked if it was an upgrade or an old spec and the team said: "It has come from the factory..." which doesn't answer the question, but one could assume it is new... however never assume anything.

  13. Hamilton spins

    Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    He spun it at the chicane... facing backwards at turn six and seven. It's the same big slide as he had yesterday, but he didn't catch it.

  14. Vettel regains top spot

    Well, that track record lasted about two minutes. Sebastian Vettel had just lost top spot, and instantly snatched it back thanks to a 1:16.170, 0.059 seconds clear of Bottas.

  15. New track record for Bottas

    Mixed moments for Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton slides and spins, but just at the same moment his team-mate Valtteri Bottas posts the best time of the lot. A 1:16.229 sees the Finn become the owner of the lap record. Well played, sir.

    Valtteri BottasReuters

  16. Two Ferraris, then two Mercedes, then two Red Bulls.

  17. Kimi Raikkonen blasts the first sector out of the park, and the second sector too, but goes wide and locked up the left front at Turn 12 to miss out on the fastest time.

    Still, he is now second, only 0.112 seconds behind Sebastian Vettel, but great encouragement for Ferrari, who now hold a one-two.

    Kimi RaikkonenGetty Images

  18. Top 10 at the moment

    1. Vettel
    2. Bottas
    3. Raikkonen
    4. Hamilton
    5. Ricciardo
    6. Verstappen
    7. Grosjean
    8. Sainz
    9. Hulkenberg
    10. Leclerc
    Kimi RaikkonnenEPA

  19. 'I have no battery'

    Max Verstappen to his mechanic: "I don’t think it works, I have no battery, and to achieve a bit of battery I have to be really hard on the down shifters."

    His instructions from the team: "OK so just make sure you keep the RPM high by being in as low as gear as possible on this lap."

    Max VerstappenRex Features

  20. Times so far...

    How's your favourite driver getting on? Well, look here and find out.

    TimesF1