Summary

  • Hamilton takes pole, Bottas 2nd, Verstappen 3rd

  • Hamilton could break all-time race win record at Portimao

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Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Into Q3

    The medium tyre gamble works for Charles Leclerc, but not for Sebastian Vettel.

    Into Q3...

    1. Bottas
    2. Hamilton
    3. Verstappen
    4. Perez
    5. Sainz
    6. Norris
    7. Gasly
    8. Leclerc
    9. Albon
    10. Ricciardo

  2. Eliminated in Q2

    • 11th Esteban Ocon (Renault)
    • 12th Lance Stroll (Racing Point)
    • 13th Daniil Kvyat (Alpha Tauri)
    • 14th George Russell (Williams)
    • 15th Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)

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  4. Ricciardo hits the barrier

    Daniel Ricciardo, pushing to avoid Q2 elimination, loses the back end, slides around and the back bumps into the barrier. He can get the car going again but has he done some damage.

    But it's not all bad news for the Australian as no-one really improves and he scrapes into 10th.

  5. 'Ferrari going full on'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Charles Leclerc has gone out on the medium tyres again - so Ferrari are going full on for the race.

    It makes sense for Ferrari because their race pace is horrible of late but their qualifying pace is good, so if they can take advantage of having a good car in qualifying - and somehow sneak through to top 10 on a medium tyre - they can actually get rid of their disadvantage of starting on the soft tyre.

  6. Vettel to start 15th. Out-qualified by George Russell. Vettel remained on the mediums and he will start on them, with 14 cars ahead of him tomorrow.

  7. George Russell has improved. At the moment he's jumped above Sebastian Vettel into 14th.

  8. Charles Leclerc remains on the mediums as Ferrari think he's good enough to get through on that tyre. They're playing the long game. Risky.

  9. Red Bull switcheroo?

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    I'm surprised at Red Bull. Their pace this morning was good on the medium tyre.

    They did try and do this different thing already at the Nurburgring; they started on the soft and that forced Mercedes to copy them for the second run of Q2 but Red Bull never tried to run on the mediums.

    Maybe they'll try and do a switcheroo here...

  10. Daniel Ricciardo, a podium finisher two weeks ago, is in trouble. Tenth at the moment. His Renault team-mate Esteban Ocon is 11th.

  11. Bottom five of Q2 with five minutes to save themselves: Ocon, Stroll, Kvyat, Vettel, Russell.

  12. The usual top three in 2020 is the same at the moment, this time the order is Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen.

  13. 'Verstappen not in full flight yet'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Max Verstappen has improved on the soft tyre but still six tenths adrift of Valtteri Bottas on the mediums. I don't think that's Verstappen in full flight yet.

  14. Both McLarens in the top six with six minutes of Q2 to go.

  15. Team radio - Max Verstappen

    "I still have no grip."

  16. George Russell looks set for a starting spot of 15th.

  17. Not for the first time this season, the tyre gamble of mediums may not pay off for Sebastian Vettel.

  18. No problems this time around for Lewis Hamilton and he's into Q3. He is three and a half tenths off Bottas, but into the top 10 and that will be all that matters at this stage.

  19. Charles Leclerc jumps up to sixth.

  20. Ten minutes to go, this is the bottom five - Hamilton, Sainz, Vettel, Leclerc, Ocon, What a story it would be if they all missed out on Q3.