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Sebastian Vettel is faster than his team-mate, but only just, five thousandths of a second. Ferrari take their places in the top 10. Who's joining them?
Summary
Bottas wins after overtaking both Ferraris at start
Verstappen spins after contact with Leclerc
Verstappen out
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Jack Van Challis: Definitely an extra element with qualifying only a few hours from the race. A big mistake at a track like this could rule a driver out of the race. Difficult, especially with the gusty wind.
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Remember, if you're in the top 10 then the tyres you were on for your fastest lap in Q2 will be the ones you start the race on in a few hours' time.
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Here comes Q2. Fifteen minutes. Top 10 move on into the shootout for pole position.
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Still so windy, with the flags whipping around at some pace. Two in the wall so far. Q2 coming up.
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End of twitter postFirst qualifying timespublished at 02:38 British Summer Time 13 October 2019
Happy with what you're seeing?
Lando Norris destroying the field just as he did those bowling pins yesterday. (see earlier video)
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"I'll give comments when I get back," says Daniel Ricciardo. He provided a lot of the entertainment last time out in Russia with some great overtaking before he had to retire. It will be near the back again this time.
Out in Q1published at 02:34 British Summer Time 13 October 2019
- 16th Daniel Ricciardo (Renault)
- 17th Sergio Perez (Racing Point)
- 18th George Russell (Williams)
No times - Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Robert Kubica (Williams)
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Ricciardo out. Disaster for Renault.
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Russell out.
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Perez out.
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Ricciardo in a lot of trouble.
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Stroll improves, but will it be enough?
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The Renault two will be hoping this qualifying section is going to be completed as they were both in the bottom five of second practice on Friday.
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Stroll, Russell and Raikkonen are in the bottom three with a couple of minutes left and the Finn has just been blocked off by Stroll.
'Not as bad as you think'published at 02:30 British Summer Time 13 October 2019
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at SuzukaIn terms of the competitive picture, Ferrari did not look great in Friday practice, lagging more than 0.3secs behind the updated Mercedes. But Sebastian Vettel hinted that there was more to it than met the eye when he said afterwards that it was “not too bad - not as bad as maybe you think”.
It seems that they may well have been running old engines, or engines detuned, because their straight-line speed advantage over Mercedes was nowhere near as big as it has been in recent races. So watch out for a potential leap forward in competitiveness from the red cars this morning.
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The big hitters seem to have all got through this section of qualifying safely. Leclerc's time of 1:28.405 is leading the way. Then comes Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Vettel, Sainz and Albon.
Remember, Carlos Sainz's McLaren broke down in the opening minutes of first practice, now he's looking good.
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So Magnussen and Kubica have guaranteed themselves two of the bottom five spots. Those currently in the drop zone are Perez, Raikkonen and Grosjean, although the chief model-maker has not set a time just yet.
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Roxy: Can that be all the red flags for qualifying please. Need maximum time between Qualy and the race for a nap.
Chris: So it looks like I wont be getting much sleep before the race now.
I won't be sleeping much either Chris, if it makes you feel better.
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Haas' men and women get to work on Kevin Magnussen's car. It's a race against time to race.
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