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Ocon is first to start a flying lap in Q3, Bottas and Hamilton are behind him.
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Although Leclerc is now on track too.
Eight cars straight out - that's everyone but the Saubers.
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Green light is on - Q3 is underway. Let's hope for a bit more excitement from this part of qualifying...
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Sirotkin admits he "just overpushed it" when he spun on his final Q1 lap.
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As there's very little else to report, we may as well confirm Hamilton was told to "abort the lap" before crossing the line.
Well that was... different.
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Advancing to Q3: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Vettel; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Leclerc; 6 Grosjean; 7 Ocon; 8 Magnussen; 9 Perez; 10 Ericsson.
Ocon and Ericsson have improved their laptimes but remain seventh and 10th respectively.
He wisely rolls out of it. So do Bottas, Vettel and Raikkonen - they will all start on utlrasofts tomorrow.
Hamilton also sets the best S2. He's now seven tenths up on his ultrasoft lap.
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Chequered flag is out.
Hamilton, who is out there on hypersofts, sets the best S1 of the session, but will surely back out at the end of the lap.
The top four have all gone out on hypersofts. It looks highly unlikely they'll try fast laps, though.
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So, drop zone: 11 Verstappen; 12 Ricciardo; 13 Gasly; 14 Ericsson; 15 Hulkenberg. That's final - none of them will bother to run here.
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Despite that radio message, Magnussen has headed back out after all. The top four, plus Ocon, Perez and Ericsson have joined him on track.
Not too many signs of movement down at Renault. Hulkenberg has got out of his car, and Sainz is climbing out of his. What an anticlimax this might be.
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"It's very likely you don't need to run again," Magnussen is told. "We are having a look."
The Renaults went through another set of tyres to squeeze through to Q2, which might explain their absence so far.
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The drop zone is made up of cars that have not set a time - Verstappen, Ricciardo, Gasly, Sainz, Hulkenberg.
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Current order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Vettel; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Leclerc; 6 Grosjean; 7 Ocon; 8 Magnussen; 9 Perez; 10 Ericsson.
That really was a mega lap from Leclerc - Grosjean now comes up a few hundredths short, while Magnussen takes eighth behind Ocon.
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Leclerc usurps Ocon for fifth with a very strong 1m33.488s lap. Perez and Ericsson slot in behind the Frenchman.
Ocon sets the first mid-pack time, going 1.1s slower than Hamilton.
Q1 times suggest the ultrasoft runners will have little trouble advancing to Q3.
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Vettel and Raikkonen are 0.45s and 0.47s off Hamilton's benchmark respectively with their first ultrasoft laps.
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Bottas sets the initial pace with a 1m32.744s, but Hamilton soon edges ahead with a 1m32.595s.
After a bit of a wait, Leclerc, Ericsson and Perez have now all headed out. Ocon did so a little earlier too.
Hamilton is two tenths quicker than Bottas in S1.
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Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel and Raikkonen have headed out on ultrasofts.
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Q2 is underway.
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"I had vibrations," says Hartley. Toro asks him which axle, to which he replies: "Right front through Turn 3."
Another Q1 exit for Vandoorne - who is still yet to outqualify Alonso this season
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