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

  • Get involved via #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Back at 20:00 BST

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  2. And the rest

    11. Valtteri Bottas

    12. Guanyu Zhou

    13. Lance Stroll

    14. Kevin Magnussen

    15. Lewis Hamilton

    16. Alex Albon

    17. Yuki Tsunoda

    19. Mick Schumacher

    19. Nicholas Latifi

    20. Charles Leclerc (no time set)

  3. Top 10

    1. Fernando Alonso

    2. Pierre Gasly

    3. Sebastian Vettel

    4. Esteban Ocon

    5. Daniel Ricciardo

    6. Lando Norris

    7. George Russell

    8. Sergio Perez

    9. Max Verstappen

    10. Carlos Sainz

  4. Right, so Gasly's time has pushed Sebastian Vettel down to third on the timing sheets.

    Next up it's Fernando Alonso's Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon, with the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo slipping into fifth spot late on.

  5. Ahhh. Pierre Gasly snuck in with a quicker time than Sebastian Vettel and it's the Alpha Tauri man who ends the session second with a 1:33.889.

  6. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    What year is this?!

    Fernando Alonso tops third practice with a 1:33.836. Sebastian Vettel is second with a time of 1:33.891.

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

    "A lot of people are making mistakes and the track is a lot busier than it has been. It was a massive snap of oversteer as Verstappen went into Turn Two."

  8. Unlike Magnussen, however, Verstappen spins as he heads towards the grass as his Red Bull loses the rear due to the slippery surface.

  9. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Max Verstappen stops in exactly the same place as Kevin Magnussen!

  10. Nicholas Latifi thinks the intermediates should be dumped. "I'm going to crash at every corner almost," says the Canadian driver.

  11. "Oh, what happened there?!" asks Magnussen on the team radio. The Haas didn't lock up or twitch, it just kept going straight into the grass.

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

    "Magnussen's car looks intact. I think he's gone straight on at Turn One and gone all the way across the run-off area. But he has managed to stop the car from going into the barrier which is no mean feat on wet grass."

  13. The Haas is slowly trying to get his car off the wet grass and back onto the track. He achieves this and we're green again as the Dane is on his way.

  14. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Kevin Magnussen is off at Turn Two.

  15. Sebastian Vettel's time was also set on the inters.

    And once again, the top spot changes hands between the former world champs. Fernando Alonso is back to being quickest driver, 0.055s better than the Aston Martin driver's previous time.

  16. Throw Sebastian Vettel's name into that giant hat. The four-time world champion bumps Fernando Alonso down into second and goes quickest with a 1:33.891.

    Sebastian VettelGetty Images

  17. Alonso is purple across the board again and improves his time to hit a 1:34.229.

    Outside bet for a pole today maybe? Or are we just hoping the weather gods will provide us with a chaotic qualifying session?

  18. Fernando Alonso is fastest is the middle and final sector and the Spaniard's pace is rewarded with a quickest time of 1:34.836 on the intermediate tyres.

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  20. Alex Albon questions on the radio whether the rain is getting worse, as the Williams driver feels he has less grip now.