Mercedes back out on trackpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
The Mercedes are back out on track, with Max Verstappen also joining in.
Summary
Hamilton on pole at Mugello, Mercedes team-mate Bottas in P2
Verstappen P3, Albon P4, Leclerc P5, Perez P6, Stroll P7, Ricciardo P8, Sainz P9, Ocon P10
Ocon spins Renault in Q3 - spoiling final runs for frontrunners
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel out in Q2 at team's 1,000th race
Eliminated in Q2: Norris, Kvyat, Raikkonen, Vettel, Grosjean
Italian GP winner Gasly eliminated in Q1
Out in Q1: Gasly, Giovinazzi, Russell, Latifi, Magnussen
Hamilton leads drivers' standings on 164 points. Bottas P2 (117), Verstappen P3 (110)
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Mercedes back out on trackpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Perez up to fifthpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Sergio Perez moves up into fifth, ahead of team-mate Lance Stroll, with a rapid lap.
Charles Leclerc is down in eighth in the Ferrari, Carlos Sainz is ninth with Esteban Ocon's Renault yet to get rid of the chocs and register a time.
Albon fourthpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Alex Albon is fourth fastest, just behind team-mate Max Verstappen. Lance Stroll and Daniel Ricciardo are fifth and sixth respectively.
Hamilton fastestpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Lewis Hamilton clocks a 1:15.144 and Valtteri Bottas is...slower! Five hundredths off.
And Max Verstappen is 0.402 seconds behind in third.
Sainz registers first timepublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Carlos Sainz is the first man to press a pedal in anger in Q3. His time is quickly wiped out by Lance Stroll in the Racing Point.
And here come the big guns...
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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are tip-toeing round on a installation lap, treating those tyres with kid gloves.
'Not going to be easy to pass'published at 14:50 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Italian Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly, who was eliminated in Q1, speaking to Sky Sports: "In practice we were good. We made changes in qualifying but the the car was still nice.
"It was frustrating as we made mistakes towards the end of the session.
"We know we are faster than we are now. It's not going to be easy to pass here so we'll try something different."
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Kevin Prior: Normal trend Hamilton picks up big time in Q3 and I guess due to pressure Bottas don't deliver same performance from practice sessions. But i think it'll be very close and I mean by 0.010 or 0.001.
Steve: This circuit looks really rubbish for racing I predict hardly any overtaking in the race.
Q3 under waypublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
The Racing Point of Lance Stroll rolls out the pit lane, closely followed by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas as we enter the final shoot-out.
Verstappen to break up Mercedes party?published at 14:47 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Could Max Verstappen break up the Mercedes front-row party?
The Dutchman's Red Bull has been very fast through the third sector.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveCharles Leclerc is looking good around Mugello, he seems to really gel with this circuit and he's got a real chance of getting up into that top battle.
Q2 donepublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Lando Norris, Daniil Kvyat, Kimi Raikonnen, Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean will all be missing Q3 after finishing 11th-15th respectively.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveIt was a McLaren showdown between Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz. They both improved - a few in the field didn't - but it was Sainz that did the better lap.
Sainz up to 10thpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Carlos Sainz leap-frogs team-mate Lando Norris to take 10th and relegate his fellow McLaren into the elimination zone.
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Sergio Perez on a flier.... but he can't improve on his ninth. And Racing Point team-mate Lance Stroll is also unable to climb higher than sixth.
Kimi Raikkonen moves up above Sebastian Vettel in the basement.
Sainz back on trackpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Carlos Sainz comes barrelling out of the McLaren garage, he is chasing a time that elevates him out of 12th and back into the top 10.
Vettel and Sainz in dangerpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Seven minutes left in the session and at the opposite end of the timing sheets, Kimi Raikonnen, Romain Grosjean, Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat are all in the drop zone.
Lando Norris is in the precarious 10th position.
'Anyone can make Q3'published at 14:36 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveAnyone can get into Q3 at this stage.
It's about hooking up the lap, not running through the gravel and keeping it all nice and neat - Kimi Raikkonen seems to have the pace to get into Q3 here.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
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quixoticgeek: This circuit is amazing to watch. Spectacular setting. Why do we not come here more often? beats every tilkedrome on the calendar...
Keinonen: Somewhat hilarious that Raikkonen and Grosjean were both faster than Vettel in Q1... Not a very good outlook right there for Ferrari on their celebratory GP!
Game onpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveSome nice slipstreams for Max Verstappen coming out of the final corner. Game on! Verstappen has never been this close in a Q2 session.