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By: Jake Boxall-Legge

Summary

Stroll takes maiden F1 pole position in thrilling Q3 session
Verstappen second, Perez third - Hamilton sixth
Verstappen topped Q1 and Q2 from Red Bull team-mate Albon
First session of qualifying stopped by two red flags
Initial stoppage lasted 44 minutes due to heavy rain, second red flag for Grosjean spin
Status: Stopped
Rest assured, there will be plenty more reaction and fallout from qualifying. Make sure you're tuned into Autosport.com for all the news as it unfolds. We'll see you back here tomorrow for what promises to be a truly brilliant grand prix from around 9:30am UK time. Until then, thanks for following along!
 
And here's the full report from an unpredictable, eventful and unforgettable qualifying session for the Turkish GP, as Lance Stroll became Formula 1's newest polesitter:
F1 Turkish GP: Stroll claims maiden pole in perilous conditions
One man who wasn't happy with the yellow flag situation in Q1 was Kevin Magnussen, who got knocked out after backing off as others improved. Here's what he had to say:
Magnussen slams Turkish GP Q1 improvements under yellow flags
It's also only the fourth time that team has had a pole across all its incarnations - with Fisichella's effort following Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Nurburgring 1999) and Rubens Barrichello (Spa 1994).
Intriguingly, that's only the 13th time that the team formerly known as Force India, Spyker, Midland and Jordan has ever started on the front row. It happened three times as Force India - with Fisichella's pole at Spa in 2009 followed by Adrian Sutil at Monza the same year and by Nico Hulkenberg at the Red Bull Ring in 2016.
 
As Luke Smith points out on Twitter, this is by no means the final qualifying result though, as the stewards have a lot of investigations to pour over from the yellow flags in Q1.
It's almost a sideshow today given the mixed-up qualifying, but Bottas will be disappointed with that effort. On a weekend where he needs a good result to keep the title alive heading to Bahrain, he missed a big chance to capitalise.
 
 
What of Mercedes? Hamilton is sixth, just behind Ricciardo, while Bottas can only muster P9 behind Ocon and Raikkonen as Giovinazzi completes the top 10.
Perez ends up third, still his best-ever grid slot after starting fourth nine times, with Albon sharing the second row in the second Red Bull.
Verstappen was just three tenths shy in the end, but the man who has comfortably led every session so far this weekend took too long to get his inters up to temperature after the mid-session switch and paid the price.
Remarkably, Lance Stroll is on pole position. We believe that's the first for a Canadian since Jerez 1997 and the first for the team since Spa 2009.
Stroll goes 1.5s quicker than Perez on that lap, as Verstappen bumps himself up to second on a 1m48.055s. We believe Perez went off on that last lap, which was over two minutes.
Wait a moment, now Stroll goes quickest - and it's a blinder too. A 1m47.765s. Where did that come from?
Now Verstappen goes second, but it's not enough to depose Perez - it's a 1m50.676s for the Red Bull man.
Perez now improves again - it's a 1m49.321s for the Mexican, he's in dreamland!
It's shades of Spa 1998 now - Stroll goes second to give Racing Point (formerly Jordan, of course) a provisional 1-2!
Now Albon launches up to third, but Verstappen is complaining over the radio that he can't get his new tyres to work. Perez could be on for a first career pole here!
Bottas is P6, Albon P7, then Hamilton, Giovinazzi and Ocon. Meanwhile we've got the yellows out somewhere.
So with three minutes remaining, Perez currently leads Verstappen, Raikkonen, Stroll and Ricciardo. Barmy!
Raikkonen meanwhile is still pounding around on full wets and has moved up to third on a 1m53.671s, clearly gambling on tyre temperature being more important than the compound itself.
It looks like everybody else is now following suit in changing to inters, Mercedes double-stacking its drivers as Hamilton follows in Bottas.
Perez meanwhile has had a half-spin at Turn 4, the back-end stepping out meaning he won't be improving on that lap.
Verstappen was set to improve, but he's decided to come in for intermediates - following the example of the Racing Points, which both selected the green side-wall tyres.
Hello, there's a turn-up. Perez now goes quickest on a 1m52.037s as Verstappen aborts his second flyer and comes into the pits.
Now Stroll moves up to second with a 1m53.832s. Bottas bumped down to third, Albon to fourth.
Verstappen lays down an early benchmark of 1m52.326 - it's two seconds slower than his Q2 time, but a whole 4s - yes, four - faster than Bottas in second at the moment.
Both Alfas are through to Q3 for the first time this year. Could we see Giovinazzi and Raikkonen troubling the regular front-runners in these ultra low-grip conditions?
Ocon has taken intermediates for Q3. It didn't work out for McLaren in Q2, but does he know something we don't?
Now we're underway for Q3. All bets are off for this one.
 
Hamilton was third, 2.4s slower than Verstappen, ahead of Stroll and the impressive Giovinazzi. They'll be joined by Ocon, Bottas, Raikkonen, Perez and Ricciardo. Between third and 10th was less time than between first and second...
No doubt about the star of Q2 then - Verstappen utterly dominant, 2s quicker than team-mate Albon in second. If the conditions are like this tomorrow, the rest are going to having to pay a ticket to get in.
Sure enough, Norris, Vettel, Sainz, Leclerc and Gasly all miss out - Norris 0.7s slower than Ricciardo, who squeaks through to Q3.
A superb lap from Giovinazzi moves the Italian up to fifth and out of danger, so Ricciardo is now the man on the bubble - but Norris can only improve to 11th, so the Australian is safe it appears.
The checkered flag is out, will there be any more late changes?
The stewards are investigating an alleged impeding incident involving Sainz and Perez, which we'll update you on later on.

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