Summary

  • Bottas on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Verstappen 3rd

  • Ricciardo out in Q1

  • Hamilton denied 100th career pole position

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Lewis Hamilton, second at the moment, tries to get on to pole using the medium tyres. Valtteri Bottas also on the mediums.

  2. Five minutes of this qualifying session to go. It's going to take something special from someone to stop it being in an all-Mercedes front row.

  3. Team radio - Red Bull to Verstappen

    Red Bull: "That lap was deleted for track limits at Turn Four."

    Verstappen: "OK, I guess we just keep doing the same."

    Red Bull: "Yeah, roger that."

  4. After first runs in Q3

    1. Bottas
    2. Hamilton +0.007
    3. Perez +0.542
    4. Sainz +0.749
    5. Norris +0.768
    6. Leclerc +0.958
    7. Gasly +1.127
    8. Ocon +1.134
    9. Vettel +1.485
    10. Verstappen no time yet

  5. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Lewis Hamilton is four tenths slower than he managed in Q2 on the medium tyre.

  6. It's going to be all or nothing now for Max Verstappen, who will be 10th if he can't get a legal time set.

  7. Bottas first, Hamilton second, just 0.007 between them. Seven and a half minutes to go.

  8. Max Verstappen has his time deleted for exceeding track limits.

  9. Esteban Ocon the first to set a full time with a 1:19.482, that won't be top for long.

  10. Team radio - Ferrari to Leclerc

    "So, everyone is doing prep laps."

  11. 'You wouldn't have bet on this'

    McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo, who was eliminated in Q1, speaking to Sky Sports: "The final sector wasn't here. It was just messy. The first lap on the softs wasn't really assisted.

    "It's just disappointing. Q1 is quite sad, it feels like it comes out of nowhere.

    "But, I've got to stay positive - you wouldn't have bet on this today - so we just have to figure it out and wake up tomorrow ready to go."

  12. Lewis Hamilton got himself on pole last year, then won it by more than 20 seconds. This year?

    We'll soon find out.

  13. Here we go. Twelve minutes, 10 men, one polesitter.

  14. This seems like Lewis Hamilton's to lose. One more cracking lap and it's pole number 100 for him.

    Can Lando Norris or Esteban Ocon get themselves on to a shock front row? What about Ferrari and Red Bull? Sebastian Vettel has had a tough start to the year, but getting into Q3 is a decent effort from him.

  15. Team radio - Russell to Williams

    "I thought my mate Lando was going to give me a little tow there!"

  16. 'Outstanding'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    That was an outstanding lap from Charles Leclerc. Quicker on the mediums than team-mate Carlos Sainz on the softs.

  17. Both Mercedes, both Red Bulls and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc will start on the mediums tomorrow, and it will be the softs for Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz, Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly.

  18. Team radio - Russell to Williams

    "Aaaarrrgh. How close?!"

    Half a tenth, George!

  19. Out in Q2

    • 11. George Russell (Williams)
    • 12. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
    • 13. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
    • 14. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
    • 15. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)

    A great effort from George Russell, who is yet to score points while sat in a Williams.

  20. Charles Leclerc does enough on the mediums as he improves. Both Ferraris safe.