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Bottas gets ahead of Hamilton with P5, with the Mercs looking third best at, er, best.
That was an amazingly close run to the barrier by Verstappen, but the Dutchman judges it perfectly.
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Verstappen now gets back on top with a 1m10.650s, as Leclerc shuffles Norris down to fourth.
Norris now stabs his McLaren between the two Ferraris, posting a 1m11.031s to go P2 for the time being.
Verstappen is P3, as Hamilton gets up to fourth with just a fraction ahead of Bottas. Perez shuffles down to P6.
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Sainz, meanwhile, does a 1m10.806s, ahead of Leclerc by 0.2s.
There's Vettel in a brief P1 with a 1m11.759, before the Red Bulls and Ferraris come into play and shunt him down to P5.
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Raikkonen opens his Q2 account with a 1m12.018s, but Stroll immediately does a 1m11.876s.
Gasly kicks us off with a 1m...er, 28.410s. Which immediately gets beaten.
All 15 cars left in the session are on track. It's rush-hour.
Gasly and Leclerc hit the road first, followed by Sainz.
Green flag
And we're away for Q2!
That was manic, as expected! Q1 claimed the scalps of Alonso and Tsunoda - will Q2 have any further surprises?
Checkered flag
And that's your lot from Q1! Your eliminatees are: Tsunoda, Alonso, Latifi, Mazepin and Schumacher.
Alonso can do no better than 17th, so the two-time champion is also out of the reckoning!
And Tsunoda can only go 16th - he's out in Q1!
Checkered flag
Ocon secures safety with P10, as Giovinazzi went ninth on his final run.
With that, Raikkonen goes up to ninth as the chequered flag drops.
Latifi went up to P16, 0.2s behind Raikkonen in that much-coveted P15.
Russell got up to P10 to try and push himself closer to P2, but got shuffled back a spot by Ricciardo - who goes P9. Ocon has got himself out of the drop zone and is currently P13.
All of top six bar Leclerc are in the pits - presumably happy that they're going through to Q2. Perez in P8 is also in the garage.
Esteban Ocon did part of the Rally Monte-Carlo in an Alpine - but the A521 F1 car doesn't look to have benefitted from that as both cars are in the drop zone so far.
Our drop zone with five minutes left is Alonso, Ocon, Latifi, Mazepin, and the enfeebled Schumacher.
Leclerc pops up to P2 with a 1m11.113s, just two-thousandths off a very satisfying laptime.
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Bottas now gets us into the 1m10s, with a 1m10.938s!
Sorry, that was Verstappen's time. Norris had briefly gone P1, but Verstappen did the 1m11.1s there.
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Norris goes P1 with a 1m11.124s, also finding some pace.
Leclerc elevates himself out of the drop zone to go P3, as Raikkonen's had a little moment at Turn 1, locking up that right-front tyre.
Sainz went quickest in the opening pair of sectors, but Verstappen was faster in the final part of the lap.
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That's a 1m11.522s for Verstappen, but then Sainz waltzes to the top with a 1m11.341s.
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Bottas now does a 1m11.794s to go top himself, as Stroll goes P2 - 0.2s behind.
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Raikkonen pops up to P2 on his latest lap, but Giovinazzi goes top with a 1m12.132s.
The two Alfas are going quicker, as Bottas is also threatening a quick one...
Verstappen drops into P2, 0.3s behind Norris on his first flying lap.
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It's a 1m12.676s for Norris, so we're getting closer to the ballpark. Russell, meanwhile, says his tyres weren't ready.
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Raikkonen now does a 1m14.091s, but Giovinazzi now beats that by over half a second.
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Russell is first to do a time, a 1m17.580s, but Tsunoda immediately brings us into the 1m14s.
The track is already flooded with activity, as the drivers seek to find a competitive lap early doors.
Russell's first on the road, followed by Tsunoda, Mazepin and Latifi.
Green flag
Tick-tock, it's quali o'clock!
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