British Grand Prix Qualifying – LIVE
Here you’ll be able to see the British Grand Prix Qualifying, live as it happens with live-updates.
* * UPDATE * *
Confirmation from Ferrari that Sebastian Vettel has had another gearbox change meaning he will be starting the British Grand Prix tomorrow with a five-place grid penalty.
Track Conditions – 20% chance of rain, dry & overcast.
Marcus Ericsson not taking part in qualifying after his crash in FP3 – he’s still in hospital for check-ups after the accident.
Pit Lane now open….
British Grand Prix Qualifying 1
Cars now on track…
Drivers have also been told to “respect track limits” ahead of the qualifying session, saying it’s zero tolerance.
Jolyon Palmer left the track and his time has now been deleted.
Rosberg currently top of the time sheets setting a lap time of 1:30.724 with Hamilton in second – it’s only the beginning…
Kevin Magnussen’s time has now been deleted going off-track too…
Vettel now on-track and setting a fourth fastest lap time. Team-mate Raikkonen now goes fourth fastest, Vettel fifth.
Verstappen in third, Ricciardo currently in the pits – he’s in sixth place, for now.
British Grand Prix Qualifying – Knock Out Zone
- Button
- Palmer
- Haryanto
- Wehrlein
- Nasr
Button is out of Q1 as Kvyat took his car up into 15th place knocking Jenson Button out of Qualifying.
British Grand Prix Qualifying 2
Qualifying 2 has now started and we are waiting to see the stewards verdict….
Both Button and Magnussen are sat in their cars and waiting for the result to see who can get back on track for Qualifying 2 which has begun…
Hamilton and Rosberg both on the track – Hamilton now sets a fastest lap time of 1:29.243
Hamilton being told to box as that’s his “race set“
Kimi Raikkonen has a little problem and spins on-track.
Raikkonen gets through to Q3 setting a lap time 6th fastest.
Hulkenberg doesn’t improve on his tim, Alonso goes through to Q3, he’s 9th fastest after Sainz goes 8th fastest in the final seconds of Qualifying.
British Grand Prix Qualifying 2 – Knock Out Zone
- Perez
- Massa
- Grosjean
- Gutierrez
- Kvyat
- Magnussen
British Grand Prix Qualifying 3
Let’s see what’s going to happen in Q3 – cars now on-track…
Hamilton now sets a fastest lap time of 1:29.339, Rosberg in second place…
Hamilton’s lap time has now been deleted – Rosberg on provisional pole.
Why are they deleting selected drivers times and letting others go? Other drivers have gone off-track too without their times being deleted….
UPDATE – If you go off at Turn 9, 15 and 18 will be no tolerance as these are the corners where you gain an advantage. (Nigel Mansell Twitter)
Hamilton is now on provisional pole – again setting a 1:29.287
Lewis Hamilton is now on pole for the British Grand Prix.
Hamilton
Rosberg
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Vettel * (five-place grid penalty)
Bottas
Hulkenberg
Sainz
Alonso (last lap time deleted, drops to 10th)
All the reaction coming soon from teams and drivers plus a little analysis of the qualifying session
The Formula 1 Girl 🙂
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