Great to see Hulkenberg back.

Not great to see the hashtag #hulkenback getting another outing.

It's been an incredible achievement from all concerned to have 10 races so far this season - enough for it to be classed as a world championship campaign no matter what happens.

If Lance Stroll does miss out, he has a fortnight to recover as the next race weekend isn't until 23-25 October with Portugal back on the schedule.

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Kayleigh: My little heart says Stoffel should race. My head says Hulk because he knows the car. Ultimately I would just like Stroll to be okay and whatever his illness is to not be anything serious.

Danny Jones: Hulkenberg's the only other person to have driven that car, and he deserves one last shot at the podium, could you imagine the scenes.

Remember, Hulkenberg has started 178 races, but never finished in the top three.

Spanish F1 journalist Albert Fabrega with the pictures...

Those six points that Nico Hulkenberg picked up back in race five means he is still ahead of six drivers who have raced in all 10 events in 2020.

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Earlier this year Nico Hulkenberg (dropped by Renault at the end of 2019) was called up by Racing Point for a two-race cameo after Sergio Perez became the first (and so far only) F1 driver this season to test positive for coronavirus at a race after he had made a trip to Mexico to see his mother.

Hulkenberg jumped in to the seat for the first of the two races at Silverstone. He qualified 13th for the British Grand Prix but the car let him down on race day and he was unable to start.

But he got a second chance a week later, stunned everyone to qualify third at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix and then came seventh to secure six championship points.

Will he get a chance to build on that this weekend?

Sam Gent: I think Mick Schumacher should replace Lance Stroll because he is already in the bubble.

Chris of Ballard: If Stroll can't take part in qualy and therefore then the race, it has to be Hulkenberg who takes that seat. He's familiar with the car in race trim and the only person otherwise who has the experience.

Sulaimon Adelekan: Nico Hulkenburg should take Lance Stroll's place. So unfortunately for Racing Point, they're left with no choice.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

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Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes one-two at the end of a hectic final practice session at the Eifel Grand Prix.

The stand-out performance, though, came from Charles Leclerc, who was third fastest for Ferrari as the team tried out what they call minor upgrades in an attempt to improve their performance.

Hamilton was on a lap that would have put him fastest when he had to back off at the final corner as a result of a spin by Williams driver Nicholas Latifi.

That left Bottas quickest by 0.136secs at the end of the only practice session before qualifying, after Friday’s running was abandoned because of low cloud which prevented the medical helicopter flying.

Leclerc’s team-mate Sebastian Vettel continued the encouraging performance by Ferrari with fifth place, the red cars sandwiching Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who also had a lap ruined by Latifi.

There are questions over the participation of Racing Point’s Lance Stroll, who did not take part in the session because he was unwell.

Racing Point have not said who might replace the Canadian if he cannot drive in qualifying, but the contenders are German Nico Hulkenberg, who has raced for the team twice already this year when Sergio Perez contracted coronavirus in the summer.

Mercedes reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who Racing Point can call on, is also at the track and available should the team want the Belgian.

Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

Whenever we have had Friday or Saturday washouts and Ferrari and Mercedes were right together, you would think 'who is going to get the advantage? Who has made the best of their run' but Mercedes now could just run in qualifying and probably still get pole.

If Bottas and Hamilton hadn't had their runs today, would they get through Q1? Probably.

Would they get through Q2? Yeah, probably.

Would they then take pole? Yeah, probably!

Even if they did no practice at all. That is where we don't quite have the competitiveness.

Bad news rollercoaster fans.

James Macdonald: Unfortunately, the coaster is an enormous white elephant! Built with a compressed air launch to be the fastest in the world, it never reliably operated, was toned down and is now defunct. The speed crown was eventually taken by Red Force at Ferrari Land Abu Dhabi!

These are the times from the third (well, only) practice session.

Good news for Ferrari, bad news for Antonio Giovinazzi, who is very much fighting to save his F1 career but needs to do a lot better than 18th.

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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

All the teams will hope that they are roughly there on set-up now because you don't want to be turning a car upside down before qualifying, you want to know what you are running.

I think Red Bull are the team that need to find something. Max Verstappen was not happy with the front end of his car. Ferrari looking good; it's not a particular power-sensitive circuit and clearly it favours them more than recent tracks.

We're going to keep going with qualifying set to start at 14:00 BST.

Let's get your thoughts on the Racing Point situation. If Lance Stroll is unable to race in qualifying, who should jump into his seat and why?

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1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes, 1:26.225)
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, +0.136)
3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari, +0.456)
4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull, +0.671)
5. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari, +0.813)
6. Lando Norris (McLaren, +0.942)
7. Sergio Perez (Racing Point, +1.02)
8. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault, +1.167)
9. Alexander Albon (Red Bull, +1.224)
10. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri, +1.303)

Another one for Valtteri Bottas to attack his critics over. After a win last time out in Russia, his second of the season, the Finn is the quickest man out there thanks to a 1:26.225.

It's a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton one tenth off.

And it's a welcome return to the top three for Ferrari with Charles Leclerc third. His team-mate Sebastian Vettel is fifth, with Max Verstappen in the middle.

This is how Nicholas Latifi went for a spin. Seconds later he got it going and was in the middle of the track. Bad place to stop.

Some late early racing between Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris. If you know what I mean.

"Who was that Carlos or Lando?" asks Leclerc.

Lewis Hamilton, after his last lap was hampered by a sideways Nicholas Latifi on the track, zooms up to second, but he's one tenth off Valtteri Bottas and it's a Mercedes one-two with a minute to go.