Summary

  • Championship leader Max Verstappen takes dominant pole for Red Bull

  • Alpine's Fernando Alonso is a surprise second, ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz

  • Lewis Hamilton P4 for Mercedes as Haas cars of Keven Magnussen and Mick Schumacher start in top six

  • Eliminated in Q2: Bottas, Albon, Perez, Norris, Leclerc

  • Red Bull's Sergio Perez crashes to bring out red flag in Q2

  • Eliminated in Q1: Gasly, Vettel, Stroll, Latifi, Tsunoda

  • Verstappen leads team-mate Perez by 21 points at top of drivers' standings

  • Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to start from back of grid on Sunday after excessive engine usage

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 10 minutes to go already. Intermediates bolted on again.

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  3. Go! Go! Go!

    Q3, make it a good one.

  4. Zhou has also out-qualified his team-mate Valtteri Bottas for the second weekend in a row.

  5. The two Haas boys are into the shootout, along with Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu.

    "Yes!! Let's go guys!" says the Chinese rookie on making Q3 for the first time in his career.

  6. Lewis Hamilton is told his Mercedes was 1.797s off the pace of Max Verstappen. The seven-time world champion is puzzled as to why the gap is still so wide.

  7. Jack Aitken
    Williams reserve driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    "Verstappen, when he puts a lap together, is clear of the field. All he has to do is get a half decent lap at the right time when the track is at its driest at the end, but that's easier said than done."

  8. This is either Max Verstappen's pole position, or Fernando Alonso is going to provide us with a big headline shortly...

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  10. Out in Q2

    11. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)

    12. Alex Albon (Williams)

    13. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

    14. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    15. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari - starting at the back of the grid)

  11. Lando Norris was told to box. "I'm sorry," said his engineer.

  12. Can his old buddy Valtteri Bottas survive?

    No! Esteban Ocon pushes the Finn out!

  13. Hamilton is clear! The Mercedes goes fifth fastest.

  14. Lewis Hamilton drops to 11th spot. Alex Albon is also in peril.

  15. Norris is out! The McLaren heads back to the pits.

  16. Lando Norris to get a move on here. He's 14th and hasn't a lot of time left ti climb out of danger.

  17. The Haas of Kevin Magnussen is now fourth fastest.

  18. Guanyu Zhou lifts himself away from the elimination pack and goes fourth quickest. The Alfa Romeo quickly falls to eighth as the times are tumbling at a rapid rate.

  19. Danger zone

    11. Zhou

    12. Bottas

    13. Perez

    14. Norris

    15. Leclerc

  20. Max Verstappen goes quickest with 1:27.764 but there's Fernando Alonso, once again, near the top, with a 1:28.953.