First qualifying endspublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
That's it for Q1.
We're saying goodbye to:
16. Grosjean
17. Vandoorne
18. Magnussen
19. Stroll
20. Sirotkin
Summary
Ricciardo on pole, Verstappen 2nd, Hamilton 3rd, Vettel 4th
Hamilton will win fifth world title with 7th or higher on Sunday - race at 19:10 GMT
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First qualifying endspublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
The top 10published at 19:19 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Q1
- Bottas
- Hamilton
- Verstappen
- Ricciardo
- Vettel
- Perez
- Ocon
- Raikkonen
- Hulkenberg
- Hartley
Image source, EPAPostpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Alonso managed to save himself, and if he continues with that he'll get into Q3 - something we haven't seen a lot of this season.
Except, sadly he was replaced at the last second by Brendon Hartley in tenth.
Postpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Fernando Alonso has had his lap time deleted. He was on an out lap and the car snapped away from him mid-corner. He went off the track, then recovered, but will have to go again.
Drop zonepublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
16. Vandoorne
17. Magnussen
18. Stroll
19. Sirotkin
20. Alonso
'Impressive'published at 19:17 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveImpressive from Bottas, this is a man who didn't get any laps earlier on as his car had a hydraulic failure.
Image source, EPAPostpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Q1
Less than two minutes to go, and Mercedes have come out with some flying performance. Bottas is now top with a 1:15.580, a Hamilton 0.093 behind.
Happy Hartleypublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraCracking job from Brendon Hartley so far. The man who is under pressure for his drive is performing well.
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- Verstappen
- Ricciardo
- Vettel
- Raikkonen
- Hamilton
Image source, Getty ImagesCharging bullspublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Daniel Ricciardo set a new track record of 1:15.866, and Max Verstappen took it off him going one tenth quicker.
Those bulls are charging.
Postpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
The Red Bulls are out, let's see what they've got against the top four of Ferrari and Mercedes.
Image source, Getty ImagesPopular Perezpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraSergio Perez has so much support and Force India look reasonably quick here. The amount of support Perez gets is more than any other driver in his home race. He is getting cheered right around his lap.
Radio messagepublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Q1
Vettel: "Locked up on turn one."
And he's off on the grass.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
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Karen Waddy: Checo on pole, and the world goes deaf from all those Mexicans screaming for joy...
JJ Jackson: Hard to see past Verstappen for pole. I know Ferrari and Mercedes don't always show their hands in FP, but all 3...?
Ilyas Bulsari: Pole is looking good for the bulls as long as they have sorted their battery problems from earlier but anything can happen in qualifying especially with the Mercs and Ferrari's who normally sand bag in the practice sessions. 1st Ricciardo 2nd Vettel, 3rd Hamilton.
Ruairidh: Pole is @redbullracing to lose. @Max33Verstappen has been untouchable this weekend and would be disappointed to get 3rd.
Vettel quickestpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Vettel is fastest so far with a 1:16.089, followed by Raikkonen plus four tenths, Hamilton sixth tenths, and Bottas one second behind.
BBC coveragepublished at 19:03 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
BBC Radio 5 live sports extraIf you didn't already know the score by now, Jack, Jolyon, and Jennie are live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, and you can listen at the top of the page.
Image source, EPAFirst qualifying startspublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Here we go for Q1. Gasly is out.
'Verstappen has dominated the weekend so far'published at 19:01 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraThe man who comes into this as the favourite is Max Verstappen - he has dominated this weekend so far.
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel is what all the talk is about but Verstappen is a real threat to them. Vettel has to win the race if he is to take the title race to Brazil. Hamilton only needs to come seventh but if he is on pole he will avoid everything going on behind him.
Red Bull have the advantagepublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
Red Bull have the advantage here, but they also have two unreliable engines, which have caused them problems throughout this season. We could see that vein in Christian Horner's forehead sometime today. We had a glimpse of Toto Wolff's earlier after Bottas' hydraulic failure, and we've seen Maurizio Arrivabene's a few times in the last few races.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's nearly showtimepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 27 October 2018
We are just five minutes away from qualifying now. It's going to be intense, not just for Bottas' engineers to get that car on the track, but there was only two tenths between Verstappen, Hamilton and Vettel in the last session, so providing they get through to Q3, it looks like it's going to get spicy in Mexico.