Summary

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

  • Vettel, Alonso & Sainz out in Q2

  • Tsunoda crashes in Q1, both Williams through to Q2

  • Verstappen fastest in final practice

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. This will be pole number 99 if Lewis Hamilton stays where he is. Again it looks like only Max Verstappen can stop him.

    Bottas with work to do.

  2. Max Verstappen's first effort is only good enough for second, 0.091 off Hamilton. Sergio Perez is currently third, Lando Norris fourth, Charles Leclerc fifth and Valtteri Bottas sixth.

    Seven minutes left of Q3.

  3. Lewis Hamilton with a 1:14.411. That's the time to beat.

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

    The track seemed to improve in Q2 - certainly the times came down during the second runs.

    As usual it will probably be the final lap that is the one that gets pole but you want to be putting in a banker from the start.

  5. Here we go then. Twelve minutes, 10 men, one will get pole position.

  6. 'Norris the standout star'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    It's really tight. Lando Norris is the standout star so far. I'm really interested to see where he can get that McLaren. Can he split the Red Bulls? Get into the top four? It doesn't look impossible at the moment.

  7. Into Q3

    1. Perez (Red Bull)
    2. Norris (McLaren)
    3. Leclerc (Ferrari)
    4. Hamilton (Mercedes)
    5. Verstappen (Red Bull)
    6. Bottas (Mercedes)
    7. Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
    8. Ricciardo (McLaren)
    9. Ocon (Alpine)
    10. Stroll (Aston Martin)

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

    As per usual, the times are very tight. From Lando Norris in second place to the drop zone of Carlos Sainz, there is less than half a second.

    It's a short lap, so it makes everything really, really tight. Did Carlos Sainz make a mistake somewhere?

  9. Out in Q2

    • 11. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
    • 12. George Russell (Williams)
    • 13. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
    • 14. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
    • 15. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)

    Russell starts ahead of world champions Vettel, Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. Great to see. He was just a tenth and a half from getting into Q3.

    Williams, after a few brutally tough years, and now a real competitor again. Russell will be eyeing up a first points haul in the Williams. He got three points last year, but that was as a stand-in for Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.

  10. Vettel and Latifi also miss out on the top 10.

  11. Sainz, Russell, Alonso out in Q2.

  12. Russell improves to 12th, two ahead of Latifi.

  13. Carlos Sainz suddenly finds himself in trouble in the Ferrari.

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

    That Sebastian Vettel time is a gauntlet for everyone to beat as a minimum.

  15. Latifi improves but only to 11th, with the others still on a quick one.

  16. With 90 seconds left the bottom five in Q2 are Russell, Ricciardo, Alonso, Ocon and Latifi.

  17. Russell bumped down to 11th as Sebastian Vettel gets a time on and up to seventh. Three minutes left in Q2.

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

    A mighty lap from Charles Leclerc. He's half a second up on Carlos Sainz and safely through in the Ferrari.

    He doesn't need to improve on that one!

  19. Pressure on Daniel Ricciardo, who is nine tenths down off the leader - his team-mate Lando Norris. Four minutes for the Aussie to improve and reach Q3.

  20. Hamilton, Verstappen and Bottas have all done enough and are set to start tomorrow on the mediums. They're second, third and fifth respectively, but as long as they come in the top 10, that's all that matters.