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. During that little delay, Carlos Sainz has been cleared by the stewards of an unsafe return at Turn Three, while Lance Stroll also gets the 'no further investigation' nod for failing to slow for a yellow flag.

  2. Team radio - Hamilton

    "Drier line is starting to appear."

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  4. Green, green and more green. Intermediates all around.

  5. Go! Go! Go!

    Right, clock is ticking again.

  6. A previous radio message reveals Lando Norris is not happy with his power unit. His McLaren engineer says they are aware of it.

  7. No scooter for Checo back to the pits. He's walking along the outside of the track, surrounded by wires and undergrowth. Someone go and give the poor fella a lift.

  8. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    "You've got one Ferrari driver at the back of the grid and a Red Bull out in Q2, so maybe this is the opportunity for Mercedes to get themselves a really good result. We're into another chance for a podium for Mercedes I think."

  9. Session will resume at 21:43 BST.

  10. The replay shows Red Bull crew shaking their heads as Sergio Perez went straight into the barriers. Not at high speed, more like a gentle bump.

  11. While the recovery team come to the aid of Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso is sitting in the garage, happily top of the timing sheets with a 1:30.910. His engineers says there is time to be found around Turn Seven.

  12. The marshals are on the scene and Sergio Perez is now out of the car.

  13. That's the curtain come down on Perez's Q2 running.

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

    "Perez might get away with it if he can get it back to the pit lane... but he came in quite hot."

  15. red flag

    Red flag

    Perez is having trouble getting his Red Bull out of the tecpro barriers. Lots of instructions being passed on to the Mexican over the team radio.

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

    "The intermediate will be better as soon as the water starts to clear. You'll have a bigger contact patch with the tarmac when it starts to clear which is why you'll see people trying to go as early as they can on the inter."

  17. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    And another!

    It's Sergio Perez this time in the first sector. Who has gone in a bit harder than Albon.

  18. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Alex Albon is up against the barriers in sector two. The Williams keeps the engine going and reverses out to safety.

  19. "It's definitely on the crossover," says Lewis Hamilton. "It's very close."

    The Mercedes man is advised to get a time on the board on the wets, then they'll think about the inters.

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