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His Ferrari team-mate Vettel has boxed for fresh rubber.
Leclerc has asked to stay out. He's only 11th with just over five minutes to go.
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Verstappen has improved to a 1m17.938s.
Vettel has now been pushed down to 10th and on the bubble. Leclerc might demote him on this lap.
Sainz goes fourth behind Bottas and ahead of Ricciardo.
Gasly gets a bit of a slide as he gasses it coming out of Turn 9. He's ninth at the moment.
Ocon jumps up to seventh with a 1m19.287s.
Vettel has made a move up to eighth.
Leclerc, Ocon, Kvyat, Russell, Magnussen in the drop zone with nine minutes to go. Top 10 make it through to Q3 at the end of this session.
Russell up to 11th in the Williams. Vettel only 14th ahead of Ocon.
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Verstappen blasts Hamilton away with a 1m18.155s. Good lap that.
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Hamilton beats his team-mate with a 1m18.741s on his second flying lap.
Stroll up to third in the Racing Point ahead of Leclerc and Sainz.
Verstappen up to second, but a second down on Bottas' time.
Leclerc up to second, Hamilton fourth.
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Bottas sets the pace with a 1m19.006 versus a 1m21.078s for Vettel.
Vettel did start this run with clear track, but he's got Ocon ahead of him.
Vettel goes onto a lap.
Williams held Russell for a bit, but has now released him.
Rain is coming down a bit more again, but not as heavy as feared at the start of Q1.
Red Bull held Verstappen right to the last moment to try and keep as much heat in his wet tyres as possible.
Green flag
Q2 is underway. It's Vettel at the head of the pack again.
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Let me tell you, that session was a real workout for my fingers! Fully expecting Q2 to be just as manic.
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Latifi was on a possible Q2 lap right at the end before yellow flags in sector three forced him to back out of it. But team-mate Russell did make it through in 12th, signalling Williams' first Q2 appearance since Brazil 2018.
Biggest shock of that session is of course Perez failing to get out of Q1. The Racing Point, who topped FP1 in the dry, just never got going in the wet conditions.
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Hamilton topped the session with a 1m18.188s ahead of Verstappen, Norris, Sainz, Bottas, Ricciardo, Ocon, Stroll, Kvyat, Gasly, Vettel, Leclerc, Albon and Magnussen.
Crash
Raikkonen, Perez, Latifi, Giovinazzi and Grosjean are out of qualifying.
Replay shows Giovinazzi got out of shape on the kerb exiting Turn 9 and sent him into the barrier.
Giovinazzi's car has parked up at Turn 4. There was just 13 seconds on the clock, so that is session finished.
Red flag
Session has been red flagged.
Giovinazzi has gotten going but his Alfa Romeo is depositing debris onto the circuit.
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Giovinazzi has gone into the barrier on the outside of Turn 10.
Both Ferraris have been in for new wet tyres. Vettel is ninth and Leclerc 11th.
Perez only 16th on that lap. Russell has improved to ninth.
Grosjean still in the pits. Doesn't look like he'll be getting out with just over two minutes to go.
Hamilton told his engineer to "leave me to it" on that last flying lap. The concentration required for these conditions must be absolutely immense.
Russell up to 12th and Stroll ninth.
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