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. The two Haas drivers, Alex Albon in the Williams, Fernando Alonso and others have gone for the green intermediates for Q2.

  2. Go! Go! Go!

    Q2 get going.

  3. Esteban Ocon has also been on the team radio to say Carlos Sainz blocked him in Q1.

  4. Team radio - Vettel

    Engineer: Sorry, mate, out in Q1.

    Vettel: "I mean, what was that? So different to this morning. I had no grip. Felt like the rear left was broken. Ahhh maaaan!"

  5. Out in Q1

    16. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)

    17. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)

    18. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

    19. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

    20. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)

  6. Max Verstappen ended that session fastest. Fernando Alonso was right on his tail, 0.058s away.

  7. No! Both Aston Martin drivers are given the boot in Q1.

  8. Can Sebastian Vettel get out?

  9. Nicholas Latifi can't make the home crowd cheer. The Canadian Williams driver is also knocked out in the first session.

  10. Both Alpha Tauris are out in Q1.

  11. Sainz is back on his way as the bottom drivers try and climb out of danger...

  12. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Carlos Sainz is into the run off area at Turn Four.

    Just moments earlier the Ferrari man had been on the radio to his team to say it's "nearly ready" for inters....

  13. The Red Bull of Sergio Perez has lifted up into 13th place as Sebastian Vettel now falls into the drop zone.

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  15. Sebastian Vettel is dangling just above the elimination zone.

  16. In danger

    16. Sergio Perez

    17. Alex Albon

    18. Yuki Tsunoda

    19. Lance Stroll

    20. Nicholas Latifi

  17. The other Spaniard on the grid has entered the fray. Fernando Alonso, who was last on pole position in Germany 10 years ago, goes second quickest, three tenths behind Carlos Sainz.

  18. The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc moves up to seventh spot, as his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz goes quickest.

  19. Magnussen's stay amongst the quickest runners doesn't last long, as the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, plus world champion Max Verstappen and now Valtteri Bottas in the Alfa Romeo, all post superior times.

    Max VerstappenReuters

  20. Kevin Magnussen doesn't feel like propping up the board now, and quickly vaults his Haas up into second place.