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. Norris to the top

    One tenth clear and Lando Norris, with 12 minutes to go, is the quickest man on track.

    Superb from the McLaren man.

  2. 'Traffic paradise'

    Yuki Tsunoda is in a very angry mood as he gets held up. He's a bit sweary, says a few other things... "This is traffic paradise" he says too.

  3. Lewis Hamilton sends in the best lap of the day so far on the softs thanks to a 1:15.515. That's also the best lap of the weekend.

    It's great news for another Briton too as Lando Norris, after two illegal efforts, zooms round and up to second, only 0.022 seconds behind Hamilton.

    George Russell is 12th. Maybe, just maybe we'll have all three Brits in Q3 later on.

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

    Lewis Hamilton is going well through two sectors. He was already two tenths up on Valtteri Bottas and he's not squirming out of shape through acqua minerale!

  5. The times are falling very, very quickly. Charles Leclerc on the softs with a 1:15.738 leads, Pierre Gasly is 0.152 behind on the mediums, with Max Verstappen five thousandths slower in third on the softs.

  6. Too wide

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  7. Spanish GP to be held behind closed doors

    Some bad news concerning the Spanish Grand Prix in May as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has just tweeted it will be staged without fans in attendance.

    They write: "The 2021 Spanish GP will be staged on 7, 8 and 9 May behind closed doors, within the framework of the public health measures for the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    "PROCICAT (the Catalan Civil Protection Office) has notified Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, that the Grand Prix cannot be staged under the conditions defined in the Spectator Access Protocol.

    "Under these conditions, it is impossible to establish with absolute certainty whether or not the epidemic and welfare situation on 7, 8 and 9 May will allow for a further relaxation of the measures that do also restrict mobility at county level.

    "Given this situation, the Circuit Management has proceeded to notify Formula One Management Limited that the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de Espana 2021 will have to be staged without spectator attendance.

    "Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will refund all fans already holding a ticket for the 2021 Spanish GP and compensate proportionally all circuit members."

  8. Lewis Hamilton joins the having-a-lap-wiped-out club. Wide. Turn 9.

    Track limits could well jumble things up later on if someone gets it wrong in qualifying.

  9. Get Involved #bbcf1

    Your thoughts on track limits

    George Blake: I may be incorrect, but I don’t remember track limits ever being an issue in the early 2010s. When did it begin to characterise so many races?

  10. Great picture

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

    It's better pace we are seeing this morning from Aston Martin.

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  11. A bit more normality to the timescreen now as Max Verstappen goes to the top, but not for long as Valtteri Bottas beats that mark.

    Those two are on the softs, so expect the times to drop quickly as everyone goes on to the quickest tyres.

    Actually, that Verstappen effort is ruled out. You guessed it, track limits.

  12. 'Latifi has upped his game'

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

    Nicholas Latifi had been flying this weekend. He has been solidly ahead of team-mate George Russell and was ninth in first practice, 12th in second practice.

    It's like Latifi has really upped his game, rather than Russell is particularly off it when you look at the times.

  13. At the halfway point, Sergio Perez leads the way with a 1:16.642 on the mediums. Then it's the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, followed by the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi.

    What an achievement it would be if the Alfa Romeos both get themselves into the top five at the end of qualifying later on.

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  15. Those red flags have messed up a few drivers who were on fliers. No times so far from Hamilton and Gasly, second and third respectively in the second session, nor anything from Verstappen, third in session one.

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

    Similarish moment to Charles Leclerc's yesterday. Oversteered into the right-hand part of the Villeneuve Chicane, caught it - but that just pitched him straight off into the wall and through the gravel.

  17. At least Latifi can get himself out of the gravel / wall so can limp back to the garage. That means the red flags are soon eliminated and we're good to go again.

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

    Nicholas Latifi getting a little bit of movement in the gravel but the front left is in the wall... but I think it's pointing the right way still...

  19. Latifi crashes

    Nicholas Latifi, at the Villeneuve Chicane, loses it and goes into the wall. He's done some damage to his front wing and we have some red flags, stopping the session.

  20. More track limit breaches. Valtteri Bottas. Lando Norris again.