Summary

  • Max Verstappen takes Red Bull's first pole of season at final race

  • P2 Bottas, P3 Hamilton, P4 Norris, P5 Albon, P6 Sainz

  • Eliminated in Q2: Ocon, Ricciardo, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Perez

  • Eliminated in Q1: Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Fittipaldi, Latifi

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Live Reporting

Matthew Henry

  1. Hamilton leads in Q2

    Much tidier from Hamilton this time. He sets the pace with a 1:35.4. Bottas is 0.061 seconds adrift. We can still expect times to tumble further from there, however.

  2. The floodlights are taking full effect now as darkness falls in Abu Dhabi. The lights are glinting off Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes as he gets into full flow again.

  3. Second qualifying starts

    We're off again.

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  5. Lewis Hamilton may have snatched top spot from his team-mate right at the end there but he did have to use an extra set of tyres compared to Valtteri Bottas.

    Will that harm him in Q3? Maybe.

  6. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    That's one of those cringey spins for Latifi.

  7. There was a spin right at the end there for Nicholas Latifi. He is outqualified by George Russell once again.

  8. Charles Leclerc snuck in there with the third fastest time. 0.353 back from Hamilton. Impressive once again from the Ferrari driver.

  9. Team radio - Russell

    "Sorry guys the tyres were nowhere. I really, really struggled."

  10. First qualifying ends

    The drivers eliminated in Q1 are:

    16. Raikkonen

    17. Magnussen

    18. Russell

    19. Fittipaldi

    20. Latifi.

  11. Vettel saves himself by going 11th quickest but Kimi Raikkonen is out. He is outdone by his team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

    Lewis Hamilton, on those fresh tyres, goes top with his last lap of the session.

  12. Daniil Kvyat jumps well clear of danger and into fifth.

    Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen have work to do...

  13. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Hamilton's had to take a new set of soft tyres, Bottas is on used ones.

  14. Unsurprisingly George Russell is a lot slower in his Williams than last week in the Mercedes. He can only manage 16th as the chequered flag waves.

  15. Hamilton is now on an out lap. He's currently eighth.

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    Cactus Jack: There's been worse stand ins then Fittipaldi. He hasn't really fluffed his two races. Maybe teams will look at him differently now. Instead of looking at his questionable career so far

  17. As it stands Daniil Kvyat, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen are those immediately above the elimination zone.

    Two-and-a-bit minutes remaining in the session as the cars head back out.

  18. Verstappen goes second

    Max Verstappen does indeed go for another flying lap. He jumps out of danger and into second, 0.294 seconds behind Bottas.

  19. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Hamilton not looking comfortable either. He's only two tenths ahead of Verstappen. Might he have to go again?

  20. Those in danger

    16. Magnussen

    17. Fittipaldi

    18. Russell

    19, Latifi

    - Giovinazzi (No time)