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70th Anniversary GP
F1 70th Anniversary GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying
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"I think something on the floor broke," Kvyat says. He went off-track at Stowe, so that may be where he picked up some damage.
Crash
Eliminated from Q1: 16. Kvyat, 17. Magnussen, 18. Latifi, 19. Giovinazzi, 20. Raikkonen.
Vettel only just got through that session, just under 0.3s off of an ignominious end to qualifying.
Grosjean got through Q1 too, so Haas finally gets a little bit of luck this year.
Kvyat ground that kerb at Chapel like he was playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Thankfully he didn't ollie it.
Green flag
Qualifying 2: Electric Boogaloo begins!
Grosjean gets us underway, with Ocon, Bottas and Hamilton also taking to the circuit.
Stopwatch
Grosjean sets our first lap, a 6m52.085s. What is this, the Nordschleife?
Red Bull has really put the Max among the pigeons here, sticking Verstappen on the hard tyres in Q2. Hard. Tyres.
Stopwatch
Okay, Grosjean now sets our first proper time, a 1m28.750s.
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Ocon does a 1m27.292s, on mediums, which is not dissimilar to his Q1 lap.
Stopwatch
Okay, pack up guys, game over. Bottas logs a 1m25.785s on mediums. These Merc lads are rather swift around Silverstone.
Ricciardo goes up to P3, ahead of Verstappen and Stroll for now.
Hulkenberg only managed a 1m27.4s, given he had a really rapid first sector he's lost a big chunk of time somewhere...and it's at Chapel.
The two Ferraris are about to do their laps, belatedly...
Vettel got up to P10, but Leclerc subsequently fires his way up to fourth to provisionally dump the German into the drop zone.
Russell seems to be planning a single lap on the soft tyre. Williams doesn't really have too much to lose with that strategy.
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As it stands, we've got Vettel, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Grosjean and Russell in the drop zone.
Russell's the only man on track, doing his lap on the soft tyres.
Up to P12, then, for Russell - a 1m27.455s. A good effort, for the man they call Mr. Saturday.
Vettel's gone on softs to get out of Q2. This is what's known in American sports as a 'hail Mary'.
Ricciardo and Verstappen don't look to be going out again in Q2.
A few cars all on laps, Hulkenberg is lighting up the timing screens as we speak...
Checkered flag
P2 for Hulkenberg, then as the chequered flag comes out!
Gasly vaults up to fourth!
Grosjean, Sainz and Ocon can't get themselves out of trouble!
Vettel DOES improve, but only to 12th! Norris just hangs on to P10.
Eliminated from Q2: 11. Ocon, 12. Vettel, 13. Sainz, 14. Grosjean, 15. Russell.
Radio Comms
"P2, you're safe," Hulkenberg is told. "Woo! Jeepers," comes the reply.
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Our top 10 for Q3 is: Bottas, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Gasly, Ricciardo, Albon, Stroll, Leclerc, Verstappen, Norris.
Verstappen will begin tomorrow's race on hard tyres, so Red Bull very much taking him onto a contra-strategy.
Green flag
Q3 is underway. The battle for pole hath commenced.
Lando ahoy! Norris is first on the road.
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A mix of tyres, it seems. Softs for all, except Ricciardo, Albon and Verstappen on the mediums.
Hamilton, naturally, is lighting up the timing boards...
Norris begins with a 1m27.250s.
Stopwatch
Hamilton then does a 1m25.284s to go nearly 2s quicker than the McLaren.
Bottas files into P2 with a 1m25.400s, just can't quite ahead of his team-mate.
Big lap from Ricciardo, going P3 with his initial effort! It's a second off Hamilton, but crucially it's a tenth ahead of P4 Hulkenberg.
Red Bulls currently P5 and 6, with Stroll edging ahead of Gasly and Norris for a provisional eighth.
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