Session restartspublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Q2 is back under way and Lewis Hamilton is heading out on soft tyres for this one shot at getting into Q3.
This is going to be so, so, so tight.
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Verstappen 2nd, Bottas 3rd
Hamilton could equal Schumacher's 91 race win record in Sochi
Get involved #bbcf1 - is pole position a disadvantage in Sochi?
Session restartspublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Postpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerHamilton is about eight cars back in the queue.
Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Race control say the session will restart at 15:48 local time - so two minutes.
Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Lewis Hamilton hasn't joined the queue yet, instead opting to keep his tyres warm for as long as possible. There's going to be a lot of traffic ahead of him...
get involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 13:45 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Vettel crashes in Q2
Deanna Troi: This is going to be a one lap shoot out to get into Q3.
Peter: Hold on. Seb Vettel bins it and destroys his car? Never.
David Dalton: Michael Masi, please do not restart this session.
Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerVettel lost it in Turn Four having slightly unsettled the car over the apex kerb. Lots of damage, but the impact, replays show, was not as bad as it looked from the stationary car.
Postpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
The debris has been cleaned up, the session is about to restart and the drivers are queuing up at the end of the pitlane.
Postpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerHamilton should be OK, and is told so by engineer Peter Bonnington - but if anything happens and he can't set a lap when the session restarts, he will start the race 15th.
Team radio - Mercedes to Hamiltonpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
"So Lewis, you still have time for an out lap."
Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveA flying lap is about 1:30 so Lewis will still have time. They will surely restart it.
Team radio - Leclerc to Ferraripublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
"Oh my god. That was very, very close."
Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveIt was an oversteer for Sebastian Vettel. The car just let go on him and he went into the wall. Charles Leclerc almost hit his team-mate, they were running together.
Postpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Will there be enough time for this session to be restarted? There's two minutes left on the clock and if not, Lewis Hamilton will be out in Q2...
Team radio - Vettel to Ferraripublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
"Ah I just...I'm OK."
Red flagpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Big smash for Sebastian Vettel and the session is red flagged! He's OK but the Ferrari front wing is obliterated and engineers in the Ferrari garage have their hands on their heads.
Postpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Solid lap from George Russell with 1:33.583. He's 13th and it won't be enough to get him through to Q3 as everyone else back out.
Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
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George Russell didn't have a first run so has instead gone out first now and has the track all to himself.
Postpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 26 September 2020
Seven minutes to go and the drivers in the drop zone are:
11) Albon
12) Stroll
13) Vettel
14) Hamilton
15: Russell