Summary

  • Ferrari's Charles Leclerc takes pole position

  • Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton will start fifth after three-place grid penalty

  • Hamilton punished after impeding Kimi Raikkonen

  • Max Verstappen promoted to P2, Valtteri Bottas into P3 and Lando Norris to P4

  • Sebastian Vettel P9 after mechanical problem in final qualifying

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Verstappen top after Q1

    At the top, Max Verstappen, the 2018 winner, delights the home fans by being the fastest in Q1, although Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel were both only on the medium tyres.

    Mercedes are second (Lewis Hamilton) and third (Valtteri Bottas) with Leclerc fourth and Vettel fifth.

    Superb from Lando Norris, who takes fifth, ahead of the sixth-placed Pierre Gasly.

    Pierre Gasly, Antonio Giovinazzi, Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean make up the top 10.

    Max VerstappenReuters

  2. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Race control say that incident between Russell and Kvyat has been noted. I didn't see a note about the Hamilton incident being noted...

  3. Only one second separates the top 16.

  4. Goodbye...

    • 16th Sergio Perez (Racing Point)
    • 17th Lance Stroll (Racing Point)
    • 18th Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)
    • 19th George Russell (Williams)
    • 20th Robert Kubica (Williams)

    An absolute disaster for Racing Point. Both gone.

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  5. Daniil Kvyat, whose last lap was ruined with everyone in his way, also falls.

  6. Stroll out. More Q1 woe for the Racing Point man.

  7. Russell out.

  8. Perez out.

    Sergio PerezGetty Images

  9. "I almost killed someone, what was that," screams Daniil Kvyat after having to go very wide to avoid contact. George Russell appeared to be the first of a few in his way.

  10. Kubica out.

  11. Daniil Kvyat goes very wayward as he has to avoid slower cars in his way.

  12. Norris the star of qualifying so far. He's fourth with a minute to go.

    Lando NorrisGetty Images

  13. Albon, Kvyat, Stroll, Russell, Kubica are the men heading out at the moment.

  14. Hulkenberg appears to have picked up a bit of damage.

  15. Bottas is going to need to improve.

  16. Two minutes to go

    1. Leclerc
    2. Verstappen
    3. Vettel
    4. Gasly
    5. Hamilton
    6. Norris
    7. Bottas
    8. Magnussen
    9. Sainz
    10. Grosjean
    11. Giovinazzi
    12. Hulkenberg
    13. Ricciardo
    14. Perez
    15. Albon

  17. Bottas is asked "quickly back" to the pits. Seems like Mercedes want him to go again and is not safe. He's seventh at the moment.

  18. More bother for Gasly

    "I lost power on my second lap, especially out of Turn One," says Red Bull's Pierre Gasly.

    He had power issues in final practice and he is still not happy in that car.

    Pierre GaslyGetty Images

  19. The Ferrari two, both on the mediums, are first and third. Good effort as the other challengers are on the softs. At the moment, Leclerc is three tenths faster than Hamilton and six tenths better off than Bottas.

  20. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Mercedes are not getting on with it at all. How is Bottas slower than a McLaren?

    Lewis HamiltonReuters