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

  • Tell us your 2020 F1 winners and losers

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Live Reporting

Matthew Henry

  1. Five minutes to go in the session.

    1. Verstappen
    2. Ricciardo
    3. Ocon
    4. Norris
    5. Hamilton
    6. Stroll
    7. Sainz
    8. Bottas

  2. Team radio - Alex Albon

    "Are we sure we are okay because the understeer is insane?" the Red Bull driver says.

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

    Super tight between the midfielders as usual, but they're right with the Red Bulls as well.

  4. Hello, Daniel Ricciardo! The Australian goes second fastest, a tenth behind Verstappen. A sign of a competitive race or does it just mean the others have plenty more to give?

  5. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Mercedes say the gap to Verstappen is mainly straight line, which feels to me like they're saying when we turn the engines up it will be fine.

  6. Russell's time falls away as the twists and turns of the lap continue but it's still a good effort. Seventh.

  7. Russell now sets the fastest first sector time of anyone...

  8. George Russell, who I think will have a much more low key weekend than last, has just gone seventh fastest in his Williams.

  9. Speaking of Bottas, he's on a flying lap and again Mercedes are down on Max Verstappen's pace.

    The Finn ends 0.491 seconds back on the Red Bull driver's time.

    Hamilton comes around slightly quicker, closing the gap to Verstappen, but he's still three tenths off the pace.

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    Nathan Boshkov: Best Driver this year has been either Gasly, Hamilton or Leclerc. It’s really close for me. Underachiever is Vettel or Bottas for me.

  11. Max Verstappen was fastest in first practice yesterday in a session of similar track temperatures to today. It'll be cooler in qualifying later but that's still an encouraging time for Verstappen.

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

    Wow. Big lap from Verstappen. Huge improvement. Half a second to Hamilton.

  13. Verstappen increases lead at top

    Just as a write that, Lewis Hamilton sets a new time that puts him second - 0.132 seconds behind Verstappen. He was a little scruffy in the final sector.

    Verstappen follows Hamilton over the line and goes considerably quicker. It's a 1:36.734. Impressive.

  14. How they stand

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull, 1:37.175)
    2. Alex Albon (Red Bull, +0.361)
    3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, +0.386)
    4. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes, +0.682)
    5. Lando Norris (McLaren, +0.792)

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  16. Max Verstappen gets a new fastest time - going three tenths quicker than his team-mate Albon.

    Lewis Hamilton has now set a proper lap time which currently has him third.

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    Amit Mandalia: biggest winners: the fans because we’ve seen some exciting races at new and old tracks (albeit not in person) and F1’s been able to put on a good show in a difficult year. Biggest losers: Ferrari powered cars. Nothing more needs to be said!

  18. Poor Seb...

    On track, Lewis Hamilton aborts a flying lap only moments after it began.

    Alex Albon is currently quickest with a 1:37.536. Lando Norris is second and Valtteri Bottas third.

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    Rob: Winner: Russell - surely a Merc contract in the bag? Loser: Vettel - no raw pace or motivation. He just finds Kimi and races with his mate!

    The Leaf Press: 2020 winners: Hamilton (spot on all season), Russell (showing future potential), Gasly (up yours to RB!), Perez. Losers: Albon (sorry), Haas (for signing Mazepin) and track limits generally. Thanks for your brilliant commentary all season - have loved it.

  20. We have more cars on track now, including Bottas and Hamilton.

    While we wait for them to rev up, let's return to your winners and losers of 2020...