Summary

  • George Russell takes pole for Barcelona-Catalunya GP

  • Hamilton second, Antonelli third and Norris fourth

  • Charles Leclerc crashes out of Q3

  • Stroll out-qualifies Alonso for first time in 42 grands prix

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Live Reporting

Tasnim Chowdhury and Lorraine McKenna

  1. red flag

    Red flag

    The session has now been red flagged.

    He is out of the car and walking away.

    A crash in Monaco and another in Barcelona on Saturday. It has not been a good few weeks for him.

  2. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    The yellow flag has been waved.

    Oh no, Charles Leclerc has crashed out of the session and his car is into the gravel.

  3. All 10 cars are out on the circuit now.

    There is under 10 minutes left of the final qualifying session.

    Lando NorrisGetty Images

  4. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Sometimes it's not possible to do all the best sectors, especially on a track like this where the tyres get hot throughout the lap.

    But it was interesting in Monaco last week, Kimi Antonelli didn't have any of the fastest sectors on his pole lap either, but he still managed to get pole. And that was the first time anybody had done that since Lewis Hamilton back in 2021.

  5. Go! Go! Go!

    The 13-minute countdown for Q3 has started. Cars have lined up in the pit lane.

    The TV camera panned to a fan sign which read "eat more pasta, so you drive more faster".

    That is a top tier sign. Who will take pole?

  6. Through to Q3

    1. George Russell (Mercedes)

    2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    4. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

    6. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    7. Oscar Pastri (McLaren)

    8. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

    9. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)

    10. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)

  7. Abbi Pulling
    2024 F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

    Really impressed by Nico Hulkenberg getting into Q3. Really good job by him in the Audi.

    I don't imagine he'll be battling for much higher than 10th, but I'm still excited to see where he can get to.

    This is an exciting line-up heading into Q3.

  8. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

    Audi's Nico Hulkenberg pulled out a lap at the very end there - a real solid job.

    Nico HulkenbergGetty Images

  9. That is both the Alpines out in Q2.

    Pierre Gasly has been on the team radio to say the car felt bad.

    Meanwhile, Nico Hulkenberg put in a fast lap and gets himself into Q3 in the Audi.

    George Russell tops the leaderboard going into the final part of qualifying.

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  10. Team radio - Gasly to Alpine

    Gasly: "Ah, that felt bad, felt bad... ugh"

  11. Out of Q2

    11. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

    12. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)

    13. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

    14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    15. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

    16. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

  12. There is a little over two minutes left of Q2. Time to put in some fast laps and make it to the final part of qualifying.

    Lando Norris puts his McLaren into P4, a tenth behind George Russell.

    Oscar Piastri manages P7.

  13. 'Encouraging from Ferrari so far'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Lewis HamiltonGetty Images

    So, the story of qualifying so far is Ferrari, isn't it? How competitive they have looked. I mean, there's Charles Leclerc in second place and he's only five hundredths of a second behind George Russell, and Kimi Antonelli is very, very close behind Leclerc.

    And Lewis Hamilton is only two tenths away from the fastest time, so really encouraging from Ferrari so far.

  14. Team radio - Norris to McLaren

    Norris: "I have so much rear locking everywhere, it's dreadful"

  15. The top three are George Russell. Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli.

    It has not been a good session for the McLaren duo but they have bolted on a fresh set of soft tyres.

    Just three cars out on track at the moment, the two McLarens and Carlos Sainz who will be hoping to get his Williams into Q3 for the first time in 2026.

  16. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

    Less than a tenth of a second separating the top three of George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli.

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  17. Drop zone

    11. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)

    12. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

    13. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

    14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    15. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

    16. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)

  18. Verstappen's reign at the top does not last long in Q2.

    Charles Leclerc jumped to the top but again not for long.

    George Russell is now the fastest driver out on the circuit, 1:15.228 for the Brit.

    George RussellGetty Images

  19. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    There should be a bit more action in this session because the top teams have all got four sets of tyres left, so they should be able to do, if they feel the need to, two flying laps in each of the next two sessions.

  20. Verstappen fastest

    Here comes Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

    He has gone purple in all three sectors and sets a fast lap time of 1:15.484.

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