Ferrari's Vettel fastest, Raikkonen second, Hamilton third
Sauber's Ericsson in huge accident as DRS fails
Car somersaults multiple times - Ericsson says he's 'OK'
F1 2019 draft calendar released - season set to finish on 1 December
German GP included at Hockenheim; Suzuka signs Japanese GP contract until 2021
Finally we are seeing Fernando Alonso, after he was absent for the first hour. He is 17th, second slowest of the 18 to set a time, with only Brendon Hartley behind him. Neither Sauber has set a time as they battle DRS problems, which led to Marcus Ericsson's massive smash.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is still a Ferrari one-two but this time the order changes around, thanks to Kimi Raikkonen's leading time of 1:21.375.
Valtteri Bottas, at the first chicane, has to disappear into the run-off area as he makes a hash of that lap.
Image source, Getty ImagesDaniel Ricciardo is up to fifth, meaning that, sadly, the top six has a very familiar look to it. Ferrari one, two, Mercedes third, fourth, Red Bull fifth, sixth. Esteban Ocon taking the best of the rest spot at the moment.
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Another problem for Charles Leclerc, again it might be the problematic DRS. A busy night ahead for the Sauber mechanics as they will be working on his and Ericsson's car...
Image source, Getty ImagesYour thoughts on the 2019 F1 calendar
Before that Ericsson smash, we were talking about the 2019 calendar, which was announced earlier today.
Here are some more of your thoughts...
Joe Armstrong: With current winter (16 weeks) and summer (3 weeks) breaks, there are 33 potential weekends left to hold a GP. Have two weeks at the start and end Melbourne and Abu Dhabi (4 weeks) to leave 29 weeks. Use two weeks on/1 off rotation there is time for 22 GPs per year. #maths, external
stevedwhittle: Makes sense to spread out the F1 calendar. Should reduce shipping costs and give the logistics teams more breathing space. There was no Aston Martin or Force India merchandise at Canada this year, it was stuck in customs, so spacing should help issues like this.
Kayleigh: Not the biggest fan of next season going in to December. I know it’s only one day but it makes it feel like a really long season. Bring everything from Silverstone forward and week and we’ll get cooking lads.
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No times: Leclerc, Ericsson and Alonso
Image source, ReutersNeither Sauber has set a time in this session and if Sauber can't fix that DRS issue then we will not be seeing them again today. The only other man to not set a lap time is Fernando Alonso.
Charles Leclerc, team-mate of Marcus Ericsson, has been testing the DRS, which failed on Ericsson's car as he was involved in a huge crash earlier on.
"It is staying open," says Leclerc and Sauber instantly, and probably very wisely, immediately call Leclerc back to the pits.
Image source, EPAAfter 30 minutes of the session (with only about 10 minutes of on-track action) this is how they stand...
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The track is drying all the time and as a result the times are zooming down. Hamilton retakes top spot with a 1:21.938, but the advantage only lasts seconds as Kimi Raikkonen throws in a 1:21.873.
He is then overtaken by Vettel's 1:21.716. An early Ferrari one-two to the delight of the home fans.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe only did six laps earlier on and Lewis Hamilton has nailed one of his first efforts, on the softs, but Sebastian Vettel on the supersofts goes faster with a 1:22.640, compared to Hamilton's 1:22.837
Image source, Getty ImagesRachel Bridge: Glad Marcus Ericsson walked out of that huge accident, thoughts go out to the Sauber mechanics who have to work through the night to repair that car.
Steven Gaitt: This crash shows the positives and negatives for wheel tethers. The huge positive is that the wheels have not gone flying. Negative is that by staying on the car they've dug in to the grass and caused the car to flip.
Charaf-eddinF1: One more time @JolyonPalmer, external is spot on he is the first who saw the DRS still open. For me Jolyon is the great commentator of the year.
Green light is on and we are under way again. That incident took out 20 minutes of the session, but, thankfully, Marcus Ericsson appears to be all OK.
Fernando Alonso leads the cars out. Sixty-seven minutes of this session left. It is going to be busy out there.
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